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The Works of Henry Fielding, vol. 12

Chapter 9 CATECHISATION.

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uction. We endeavored to show that Christian parents are under the most

ical class ought indeed to be in the family, with father and mother as teachers;-that this home class ought to be carried on so long and so persistently, that in it the children would become perfectly familiar with the contents of the book; so familiar indeed, that they would know all the parts that Luther wrote perfectly by

ome instruction in the Catechism. To this end each teacher, in a Lutheran Sunday-school, ought to be familiarly at home in this most important text-book. The teacher should endeavor so to teach these lessons, that the pupil would learn t

s. It would then be the pastor's part, as it should be, to review the contents with his class, and thus to find how well the preparatory work had been done. Then could he devote his time an

ee to and oversee the memorizing of the answers. It is his office to expound and apply the truth, to make t

, to the pastor's class, they have done their whole duty. They do not so much as help and encourage the children to learn the lessons that the pastor assigns. And thus does this part of the pastor's work, which ought to be among the most delightful of all his duties

of Christ, see to it that you do your part in their religious instruction. Insist on it, and even use your parent

" The new measures and methods of modern revivals are more acceptable to the fickle multitude. They seem to point out a shorter route and quicker time to heaven. As a boy once said to the writer: "I don't want to belong to your c

up. And in order to clothe their spiritual cowardliness and laziness in a pious garb, they say: "The Bible is enough for us." "We don't need any man-made Catechisms." "It is all

do they sometimes use these pious phrases to quiet a

? Is it in the nature of a substitute for the Bible? Does it purpose to set aside

in the reader or learner a more intelligent appreciation and love for the Bible. It contains nothing but Bible truths. Its design is simply this: To summarize and systematize the most important

out the statement-that those who appreciate and have studied a sound scriptural

insic value of Luther's Small Catechi

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The Works of Henry Fielding, vol. 12
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“This comprehensive eBook presents the complete fictional works of Henry Fielding, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Fielding's life and worksConcise introductions to the novels and other textsALL the novels, with individual contents tablesImages of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original textsThe complete 26 extant plays, for the first time in digital publishing historyExcellent formatting of the textsFamous works such as TOM JONES are illustrated with their original artworkSpecial chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetryIncludes a thorough selection of Fielding's non-fictionFeatures two biographies, including Sir Walter's Scott's scarce study of the author's life - explore Fielding's literary worldScholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genresPlease visit delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titlesContents:The NovelsAn Apology for the Life of Mrs Shamela AndrewsThe History of the Adventures of Joseph AndrewsThe Life of Mr Jonathan Wild the Great.The History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingThe History of AmeliaThe PlaysLove in Several MasquesThe Temple BeauThe Author's Farce; And the Pleasures of the TownTom Thumb: A TragedyRape Upon RapeThe Letter-WritersThe Grub Street OperaThe LotteryThe Modern HusbandThe Covent-Garden TragedyThe Old DebaucheesThe Mock DoctorThe MiserThe Intriguing ChambermaidDon Quixote in EnglandAn Old Man Taught WisdomThe Universal Gallant, or the Different HusbandsPasquin, a Dramatick Satire on the TimesTumble-down DickEurydice, a FarceThe Historical Register for the Year 1736Eurydice Hiss'dMiss Lucy in TownPlutus, the God of RichesThe Wedding-DayThe Fathers, or the Good-Natur'd ManThe PoemsList of Poems in Chronological OrderList of Poems in Alphabetical OrderThe Non-FictionThe Journal of a Voyage to LisbonA Journey from This World to the NextAn Essay on Conversation.An Essay on the Knowledge of the Characters of MenAn Essay on NothingThe Opposition: A VisionThe True PatriotA Selection from the Covent-Garden JournalThe Female HusbandFamiliar Letters.The BiographiesThe Life of Henry Fielding by Sir Walter ScottFielding by Austin DobsonPlease visit delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles”
1 Chapter 1 ALL ARE SINNERS.2 Chapter 2 ALL THAT IS BORN OF THE FLESH MUST BE BORN OF THE SPIRIT.3 Chapter 3 THE PRESENT, A DISPENSATION OF MEANS.4 Chapter 4 BAPTISM, A DIVINELY APPOINTED MEANS OF GRACE.5 Chapter 5 THE BAPTISMAL COVENANT CAN BE KEPT UNBROKEN. AIM AND RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS.6 Chapter 6 HOME INFLUENCE AND TRAINING IN THEIR RELATION TO THE KEEPING OF THE BAPTISMAL COVENANT.7 Chapter 7 THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL IN ITS RELATION TO THE BAPTIZED CHILDREN OF CHRISTIAN PARENTS.8 Chapter 8 THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL-ITS RELATION TO THOSE IN COVENANT RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST, AND ALSO TO THE UNBAPTIZED AND WANDERING.9 Chapter 9 CATECHISATION.10 Chapter 10 CONTENTS, ARRANGEMENT AND EXCELLENCE OF LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM.11 Chapter 11 MANNER AND OBJECT OF TEACHING LUTHER'S CATECHISM12 Chapter 12 CONFIRMATION.13 Chapter 13 THE LORD'S SUPPER-PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS.14 Chapter 14 THE LORD'S SUPPER-CONTINUED.15 Chapter 15 THE LORD'S SUPPER-CONCLUDED.16 Chapter 16 THE PREPARATORY SERVICE; SOMETIMES CALLED THE CONFESSIONAL SERVICE.17 Chapter 17 THE WORD AS A MEANS OF GRACE18 Chapter 18 CONVERSION, ITS NATURE AND NECESSITY.19 Chapter 19 CONVERSION-VARIED PHENOMENA OR EXPERIENCE.20 Chapter 20 CONVERSION-HUMAN AGENCY IN21 Chapter 21 JUSTIFICATION.22 Chapter 22 SANCTIFICATION.23 Chapter 23 REVIVALS.24 Chapter 24 MODERN REVIVALS.25 Chapter 25 MODERN REVIVALS, CONTINUED.26 Chapter 26 MODERN REVIVALS, CONCLUDED.27 Chapter 27 TRUE REVIVALS.28 Chapter 28 CONCLUSION.