The author notes that "[f]rom the earliest period in the history of the Church, the duty of family instruction has been emphasized as the most important of all agencies in perpetuating the knowledge of Divine truth" (emphasis added).

Furthermore, he writes, "each pious household is a separate fibre of those roots by which the Church of the living God takes hold upon the earth, and preserves its existence in a sinful world."

It is especially important that fathers study material like this, for if they will not lead their families in instruction and daily family worship, they have, for all intents and purposes, denied the faith.

For when 1 Tim. 5:8 states, "But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel," it should be taken to heart. Even if this verse refers specifically to the material aspects of life, how much more important are the spiritual duties?

This book should be a great encouragement to those entrusted with these most important spiritual duties and privileges!