---
title: 'Dr. John Banks, Jr.'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'William Skinner Rentoul'
date: 1865-11-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Children and Youth'
- 'Education'
- 'Hymnody and Psalmody'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 19'
- 'Matthew 6'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/rentoul-1865-dr-john-banks-jr
---

# Dr. John Banks, Jr.

Argues parents bear the primary duty for children's religious education rather than outsourcing to Sabbath schools; urges family instruction and child-friendly versions of the Psalms to engage youth.

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