Horace Bushnell

Views of Christian Nurture: and of Subjects Adjacent Thereto Horace Bushnell

As the attention of the public mind is nov Vearnestly fixed on the great subject of Christian Nurture, it seems to be a matter of consequence, if not of justice, that those, who are anxious to know the merits of the question in debate, should have the means at their command. It was fortunately made a condition, when I gave up the manuscript of my Discourses to the Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, that I should have the right to publish them myself, vith other things, Encountering, as I do, every day, the complaint that they cannot be had, I have at length concluded, after waiting a proper time for their emancipation, that it is my duty, both to the public and also to them as my children, to give them their liberty. There are many very important questions connected with this subject, which, as yet, have been scarcely touched in our discussion, and I would gladly have undertaken a new and complete work, covering the whole ground, if I had time and strength for, such a labor. Perhaps some other, who is more competent, will assume the task. There are some advantages, however, in having the discussion which is already a matter of history and, in that shape, has its interest, preserve its historical form. I republish therefore the Discourses and the A rgument, in company with three or four other articles, which have a certain relation to the view maintained, and will therefore assist the public to come at a more thorough understanding of my general position. The associated reasons too, which give a truth its complement, are often necessary to a full and hearty conviction of its validity. Of course, it will sometimes occurj in such a collection, that a thought is repeated.
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