Excerpt from Sermons for Christian Families, on the Most Important Relative Duties Christ. The few sermons in this selection, which are of a less specific character, will nevertheless be found to have an important bearing on the principal design of the publica tion. Christian fathers, the members of mater nal associations, all pious mothers indeed, will find it a welcome companion, a faithful monitor and friend. That such a work is greatly needed, there is but too much evidence in'the prevail ing laxity of family government and discipline. That it may be instrumental of reviving fam ily religion, - of turning the heart of the fathers unto the children, and the heart of chil dren unto their fathers, and thus of averting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.