Excerpt from Letters to a Mother on the Birth of a Child, in Which Are Set Forth the Feelings Most Proper on That Occasion, the Private Dedication, the Public Baptism, and Future Training of the Child: With an Appendix, in Which the Leading Views of the Baptismal Service Are Considered, and It Is Shown How the Same May Be Used Without Scruple and Unto Edification If it be asked, why these letters are addressed to a Mother rather than to a Father, or to both; it is answered, because, in point of fact, and in a great measure of necessity, the early religious education of children devolves chiefly on the mother. If it be asked, Why the child is supposed to be a son rather than a daughter it is answered, because sons are necessarily exposed to much greater danger and temptation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.