It has been said that the essence of teaching is causing another to know. It may similarly be said that the essence of training is causing another to do. Teaching gives knowledge. Training gives skill. Teaching fills the mind. Training shapes the habits. Teaching brings to the child that which he did not have before. Training enables a child to make use of that which is already his possession.

It takes practice to use one's eyes, even when God has opened them. And there are some believers who never get beyond confounding a doctrinal statement of a truth with a living exemplification of that truth.

He who knows how to teach a child is not competent for the oversight of a child's education unless he also knows how to train a child.

A loving trust in the Author of the Bible is the best preparation for a wise study of the Bible.

Jesus has never slept for an hour while one of His disciples watched and prayed in agony.

An over-readiness to criticise or to depreciate a minister of Christ is proof of a lack of devotion to Christ.

No parent ought to punish a child except with a view to the child's good. And in order to do good to a child through his punishment, a parent must religiously refrain from punishing him while angry.