"17. Have I remembered that it is full time to make a child obey when it knows enough to disobey?
"18. Do I realize that the fulfilment of covenant promises is dependent on my fidelity? Gen. 18: 19.
"19. Have these resolutions been undertaken in the strength of Christ, remembering 'I can do all things through Christ which strengthened me'?
"20. Have I labored to convince my child that its true character is formed by its thoughts and affections?
"21. Do I daily realize that each of my children is a shapeless piece of marble, capable, through my instrumentality, of being moulded into an ornament for the palace of the King of kings?
"22. Do I, by my conversation and actions, teach my children that character, and not wealth or connexions, constitutes respectability?
"23. Do I realize what circumstances are educating my children;—my conversation, my pursuits, my likings, and dislikings?
"24. Do I realize that the most important book a child can and does read, is its parents' daily deportment and example?
"25. Do my children feel they can do what they like, or that they must do what they are commanded?
"26. Have I felt that a timid child is in great danger of being insincere?