It is the duty of all parents, to provide for their families every temporal good which adds to their own comfort or usefulness in life.

And it is no less the duty of parents to provide for the spiritual necessities of their own families.

And first--we shall consider the duty of parents, to provide suitable training for their children.

This is a duty which God has enjoined and approves.

He said of Abraham, "For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham, that which He hath spoken of him." The duty of parents to train their children religiously, is clearly taught under the gospel dispensation.
"And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord." Here, we have divine authority, for teaching our children, the things, which make for their good, both in this life and that which is to come.