The Little Ones

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A careful man I ought to be,
For my little children follow me;
I do not dare to go astray,
For fear they’ll go the selfsame way.
Not once can I escape their eyes;
Whate’er they see me do, they’ll try;
Like me, they say, they’re going to be,
Those little ones who follow me.
I must remember as I go,
Through summer sun and winter snow,
I’m molding for the years to be -
Those little ones who follow me.
From Gems From My Readings, anon. (adapted)
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (Prov. 22:66Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6)).
“Ye fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord” (Eph. 6:44And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4) JND).
“God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved” (John 3:1717For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:17)).