The Want of Family Discipline

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 24, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 21.

The Want of Family Discipline

"Often when I have been asked what are the causes of crime, or what is the peculiar cause that sends most of our men to prison, I have of late years invariably answered, 'The want of family discipline.' The indulgence of the father and mother, who allow the child to grow up without any discipline to form character, leads almost inevitably to evil ways, and, consequently, prison."

And the Word of God informs us that disobedience to parents is one of the marked characteristics of the last days. See 2 Tim. 3:1-5. How striking is the fulfilment!