The postulate that any portion of the Scripture is as
serviceable as any other portion for the purpose of stimulating
and nourishing the moral and religious growth of children,
regardless of their age--the Bible itself refutes this
postulate. In 1 Peter 2:2, “As new-born babes desire the sincere
milk of the word.” We have a very plain assertion of the need of
different food for different stages of growth in the spiritual
life, the assertion clothing itself in terms of the food for the
several stages of the physical life. In 1 Cor. 3:2, “I have fed
you with milk and not with meat,” we have the same truth set
forth by another writer, who employs the same physical analogy.
When we turn to Hebrews we find the author employing in more
detail the same analogy to teach the same fact--Heb. 5:12–14.
Here we really have granted, embryonically, it may be, the
principle that is striving to-day for recognition at the hands
of the religious teaching world.--A. B. BUNN VAN ORMER,
“Studies in Religious Nurture.”
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=Adding More=--See MARGINS OF LIFE.
=Adjustment=--See UNFITNESS.
=Admiration, Unspontaneous=--See PRAISE-SEEKING.
=Adolescence=--See LOYALTY, SPIRIT OF.
=Adolescent Folly=--See KINDNESS.
=Adoption=--See SYMPATHY, PRACTICAL.