 | Orlando Thomas Dobbin - 1852 - 152 pages
...proceed by slow degrees, as they are able to bear it ; but the subjecting the will is a thing that must be done at once, and the sooner the better ; for, by neglecting timely correction, they will contract a stubbornness and obstinacy which are hardly ever... | |
 | George Eliel SARGENT, George Etell Sargent - 1854 - 120 pages
...proceed by slow degrees as they are able to bear it : but the subjection of the will is a thing that must be done at once, and the sooner the better ; for by neglecting timely correction, they will contract a stubbornness and obstinacy which are hardly ever... | |
 | John Wesley - 1855 - 738 pages
...understanding is a work of time, and must with children proceed by slow degrees as they are able to bear it ; but the subjecting the will, is a thing which must...be done at once ; and the sooner the better. For by neglecting timely correction, they will contract a stubbornness and obstinacy, which is hardly ever... | |
 | John Wesley - 1856 - 748 pages
...understanding is a work of time, and must with children proceed by slow degrees as they are able to bear it; but the subjecting the will, is a thing which must be done at once ; and the sooner the better. For byneglecting timely correction, they will contract a stubbornness and obstinacy, which is hardly ever... | |
 | Norman Macleod - 1857 - 200 pages
...proceed by slow degrees, as they are able to bear it ; but the subjecting the will is a thing that must be done at once, and the sooner the better; for, by neglecting timely correction, they will contract a stubbornness and obstinacy which are hardly ever... | |
 | William C. Smith - 1860 - 376 pages
...proceed by slow degrees as they are able to bear it ; but the subjection of the will is a thing that must be done at once, and the sooner the better ; for, by neglecting timely correction, they will contract a stubbornness and obstinacy which are hardly ever... | |
 | 1860 - 590 pages
...proceed by slow degrees, as they are able to bear it ; but the subjecting the will is a thing that must be done at once, and the sooner the better; for, by neglecting timely correction, they will contract a stubbornness and obstinacy which are hardly ever... | |
 | 1861 - 214 pages
...with children, proceed by slow de^j crées, as they are able to bear it ; but the subjecting the will must be done at once, and the sooner the better ; for by neglecting timely correction they will contract a stubbornness and obstinacy which are hardly ever... | |
 | Margaret Macleod Mann - 1861 - 314 pages
...children proceed by slow degrees, as they are able to bear it; but the subjecting the will is a thing that must be done at once, and the sooner the better, for by neglecting timely correction, they will contract a stubbornness and obstinacy which can hardly ever... | |
 | John Kirk - 1864 - 448 pages
...understanding is a work of time, and must with children proceed by slow degrees as they are able to bear it. But the subjecting the will is a thing which must be done at once ; and the sooner the better. I insist upon conquering the will of children betimes, because this is the only strong and rational... | |
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In order to form the minds of children, the first thing to be done is to conquer their will, and bring them to an obedient temper. To inform the understanding is a work of time, and must with children, proceed by slow degrees as they are able to bear... 
