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title: 'The Indispensableness of Early Religious Culture to the Permanency and Prosperity of American Institutions: The Annual Sermon … April 5, 1859'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Charles Wadsworth'
date: 1859-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Children and Youth'
- 'Sunday Schools'
- 'Education'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'Ecclesiastes 12'
- 'Matthew 19'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/wadsworth-1859-the-indispensableness-of-early-religious-culture-to-the-permanency-and-prosperity-of-american-institutions-the-annual-sermon-april-5-1859
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# The Indispensableness of Early Religious Culture to the Permanency and Prosperity of American Institutions: The Annual Sermon … April 5, 1859

1859 annual sermon advocating early religious culture through Sunday-schools. It urges childhood training for lifelong piety, citing Ecclesiastes 12:1-4.

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