Children are capable of being taught the fear of the Lord. We have heard it said by some that children can not understand the great mysteries of religion. We even know some Sunday-school teachers who cautiously avoid mentioning the great doctrines of the gospel, because they think the children are not prepared to receive them. I do hold that there is no doctrine of the word of God which a child, if he be capable of salvation, is not capable of receiving. I would have children taught all the great doctrines of truth without a solitary exception, that they may in their after days hold fast by them. I can bear witness that children can understand the Scriptures.
As soon as a child is capable of being damned it is capable of being saved. As soon as a child can sin, that child can, if God's grace assist it, believe and receive the word of GOD. As soon as children can learn evil, be assured that they are competent, under the teaching of the Holy Spirit, to learn good. He who can change the course of a river when it has rolled onward and become a mighty flood, can control a new-born rivulet and make it run in the channel he desireth. He can work upon children's hearts as he pleases, for all are under his control. I fear many of you do not expect to hear of children being saved. We are frightened at the idea of a little boy loving Christ; and if we hear of a little girl following the Saviour, we say it is youthful fancy, an early impression that will die away. Believe that children can be saved as much as yourselves. When you see the young heart brought to the Saviour, don't stand by and speak harshly, mistrusting every thing. God send to his people a more firm belief that little buds of grace are worthy of all care.