Dedicating Children to the Lord
Luke 2:27
And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,


When the Duke of Kent was dying, he desired that the little princess Victoria should be placed beside him, and then he offered a very affecting prayer that "if ever she became the Queen of England, she might rule in the fear of God." How many of our noble Queen's virtues and good deeds have resulted doubtless from her godly training I In my first Circuit I knew the excellent family of the late eminent Rev. Benjamin Field. At his birth his very godly father solemnly dedicated him to God. He began to preach in his seventeenth year, and by his ministry and by his very good "Handbook to Scripture Doctrines," he has been useful to thousands. Holy children generally live to be "great in the sight of the Lord," and, if faithful, with God's blessings, eminently useful.

(H. R. Burton.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

WEB: He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,




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