It seemed as if she had given these treasures and left him alone - to use them or lose them, apply them or misapply them, according to his own choice. That is all we can do with children, when they grow into big children, old enough to distinguish between right and wrong, and too old to be forced to do either. ~ Ch 7

All that we know of Thee, or knowing not Love only, waiting till the perfect time When we shall know even as we are known - O Thou Child Jesus, Thou dost seem …

One cannot make oneself, but one can sometimes help a little in the making of somebody else. It is well. ~ Ch 10

O infinitely human, yet divine! Half clinging childlike to the mother found, Yet half repelling - as the soft eyes say, 'How is it that ye sought me? Wist ye n…

As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that thank Heaven nobody is reporting in this fashion on u…

A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading King Lear, than by all the dry volumes of e…

Thus we see that the second and third children have a very good chance to live through the first year. Children arriving later have less and less chance, until…