The Children For Christ by Andrew Murray

we commit to Thee. Keep our homes as Thy sacred dwelling-place,
where we and our children serve Thee in righteousness and love, in
peace and in great joy. Amen.
Fiftieth Day -Children and Scripture.
1 Having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in
thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice.'—2 Tim. i. 5.
'Abide in the things which thou hast learned, and been assured of; knowing that
from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings, which are able to make thee wise
unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.'—2 Tim. iii. 14, 15.
IF we connect these two passages, we find in them the true relation in
which children and Scripture ought to stand to each other. Between the
unfeigned faith of the mother and grandmother, and the faith of
Timothy, Scripture had been the connecting link. Scripture needs the
believing parent as its messenger. The believing parent needs Scripture
as the vehicle for the communication of his faith. A parent's faith
teaching the word of faith may count upon the child's faith as the fruit
of his labor.
God has so ordered it that it is mostly through the Holy Spirit dwelling
in His saints that the word is brought to sinners in the power of the
Spirit. It is one Spirit dwelling in the word and in the child of God; in
the combined action of the two the word is made a blessing to others. It
is one of the highest honors God has for the believing parent, that He
has made him the minister of His holy Word to his children. It is the
unfeigned faith of father or mother, a faith which lives on and
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