But it may be asked, to what extent are parents bound to comply with these high and solemn obligations?
We answer, to the utmost of their ability.

To whom much is given, of him much is required, and to whom little is given, of him little is required .-- But all are bound to train up their children "in the way they should go, that when they are old, they may not depart from it." This duty is seen in the judgments which God has visited upon those parents and children who have neglected to obey the Lord in this particular .-- (1 Samuel 2: 34.) 3.

We are, in the third place, to enquire what it is to "deny the faith." Much is said in the Scriptures about faith.

Much depends upon it.

We are said to be "justified by faith," and "saved by faith;" we "live by faith." And inasmuch, as such as are spoken of in the text are said to be worse than an infidel, because they provide not for themselves and families, thereby showing that they have denied the faith, therefore let us try to consider what genuine faith is, and what it is to deny it.