Suffer the Little Children

Suffer the Little Children to Come Unto Me  

This will be just a short chapter, but it will be a very important one. It is a serious mistake to neglect God, to be indifferent in the matter of one's own salvation. It is just as serious a mistake to neglect the care of those souls entrusted to our care. And yet there are so many parents today who are not only indifferent to their own salvation but who are also indifferent to the salvation of the souls of the children God has given them. They are very anxious that their children receive a good education in worldly affairs but show little anxiety if their children grow up ignorant of God. They are very careful that their children receive bodily food; they care not if their children starve spiritually. There will come a time when this nation will pay a terrible penalty for the godless generation it is rearing. But there will come a time when the parents responsible will pay a much heavier penalty because they did not do their duty. They committed this crime in the sight of the Almighty God; they have allowed the precious little souls God has given them, to grow up in ignorance of their Maker. Christ Himself has warned us: "Suffer the little children to come unto Me and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Photo History:

Hoover Family Moving Into La Puente, California, 1957