 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1811 - 454 pages
...part of a letter on the subject, printed some years ago. " In order to form the minds of children, the first thing to be done, is to conquer their will....be as painful to us as to the children. Therefore, 1 call those cruel parents, who pass for kind and indulgent : who permit their children to contract... | |
 | Christian life - 1815 - 310 pages
...understanding is a work of time, and must with children, proceed by slow degrees as they are able to bear it ; but the subjecting the will, is a thing which must...be done at once ; and the sooner the better. For by neglecting timely correction they will contract a stubbornness, and obstinacy, which is hardly ever... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1824 - 466 pages
...is a woijk of time ; and must with children proceed.by slow degrees, as they are able to bear it : but the subjecting the will is a thing which must...be done at once, and the sooner the better;- for by neglecting timely correction, they will contract a stubbornness and obstinacy which are hardly ever... | |
 | John Wesley - 1827 - 612 pages
...a work of time, and must, ith children, proceed by slow degrees, as they are able to bear it ; lit the subjecting the will, is a thing which must be done at once; id the sooner the better. For by neglecting timely correction, ley contract a stubbornness, and obstinacy,... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1829 - 564 pages
...understanding is a work of time, and must with children proceed by slow degrees as they are able to bear it ; but the subjecting the will, is a thing which must...be done at once ; and the sooner the better. For by neglecting timely correction, they will contract a stubbornness and obstinacy, which is hardly ever... | |
 | Child rearing - 1838 - 602 pages
...proceed with slow degrees, as they are able to bear it ; but the subjecting of their will is a thing that must be done at once, and the sooner the better, for by neglecting timely correction, they will contract a stubborness and obstinacy which are hardly ever... | |
 | William Brocklehurst Stonehouse - History - 1839 - 534 pages
...understanding is a work of time ; and must with children proceed by slow degrees, as they are able to bear it; but the subjecting the will is a thing which must be done at once, and the sooner the better: for by neglecting timely correction, they will contract a stubbornness and obstinacy which are hardly ever... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodist Church - 1840 - 564 pages
...understanding is a work of time, and must proceed by slow degrees ; but the subjecting the will ¡sa thing which must be done at once : and the sooner...neglecting timely correction, they contract a stubbornness, -vhich is hardly ever to be conquered ; and never without using that severity, which would be as painful... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodist Church - 1840 - 686 pages
...understanding is a work of time, and must with children proceed by slow degrees as they are able to bear it ; but the subjecting the will, is a thing which must...be done at once ; and the sooner the better. For by neglecting timely correction, they will contract a stubbornness and obsnnacy, which is hardly ever... | |
 | Thomas Jackson - Methodism - 1841 - 624 pages
...understanding is a work of time, and must with children proceed by slow degrees, as they are able to bear it; but the subjecting the will is a thing which must be done at once; and the sooner the better. For by neglecting timely correction, they will contract a stubbornness and obstinacy, which is hardly ever... | |
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In order to form the minds of children, the first thing to be done is to conquer their will, and bring them to an obedient temper. To inform the understanding is a work of time, and must with children, proceed by slow degrees as they are able to bear... 
