If He and His Father, and our Father, will that
all should come to the knowledge of the truth, how dare we keep the
truth from anyone?" So we should feel it the will of our heavenly
Father, the solemn command of our blessed Saviour, that our children,
and not only they, but every soul around us, young and old, should be
educated in the best possible way, and in any way whatsoever, rather
than in none at all. The education of the poor would be, in our
eyes, the most sacred duty. A school would be, in our eyes, as
necessary and almost as sacred a thing as a church. And to neglect
sending our children to school, or to leave our servants or work-
people in ignorance, would seem to us an awful sin against the Father
of lights; a rebellion against the Lord Jesus, who lights every man
who comes into the world, and against our Father in heaven, who
willeth not that one of these little ones should perish.
And this is made still more plain and certain by the next word in the
text: "Christ shall GIVE thee light:" not sell thee light, or allow
thee to find light after great struggles, and weary years of study:
but, GIVE thee light. Give it thee of His free grace and generosity.
We might have expected that, merely from remembering to whom the
light belongs.
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