Truth Spoken in Childhood Plants Seeds for Life
The illustrious Joseph Priestley recounted in his Memoir how his mother shaped his conscience before her death when he was seven years old. Returning from...
This is historical examples on moral formation in youth and integrity and consequence, drawing on Leviticus 15:11.
The illustrious Joseph Priestley recounted in his Memoir how his mother shaped his conscience before her death when he was seven years old. Returning from his cousins' home, young Joseph carried a pin. His mother asked, "Where did you get that pin?" When he admitted bringing it from his cousins', she replied firmly yet lovingly: "Then it is not ours—take it back."…
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