“And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.”
Deut. 6:7
“But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of… that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation”
2 Tim. 3:14,15
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Order of Contents
Articles 10
Books 4
Christian Schools 1
Historical 1
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Articles
1500’s
Bucer, Martin – ch. 9, ‘The First Law: Children must be catechized and educated for God’ in On the Reign of Christ tr. Satre & Pauck in Melanchthon & Bucer in The Library of Christian Classics, vol. 19 (London: SCM Press LTD, 1969), bk. 2, p. 280
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1600’s
Baxter, Richard – ‘The Duties of Parents for their Children, where are Twenty Special Directions for their Education’ †1691 14 pp. in A Christian Directory, vol. 4, ‘Christian Economics’, ch. 10, pp. 175-189
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1700’s
Gastrell, Francis – The Religious Education of Poor Children Recommended, In A Sermon… in Promoting the Charity-Schools lately Erected in the Cities of London (1707) 16 pp.
Gastrell was a reformed Anglican.
Mather, Cotton – A Discourse on the Good Education of Children (1708) 13 pp.
Wake, William – The Excellency and Benefits of a Religious Education, a Sermon… at the… meeting of the children educated in the charity schools in and about the cities of London and Westminster (1715) 38 pp.
Wake was an Anglican.
Witherspoon, John – Letters on Education (†1794) 37 pp.
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1800’s
Dr. King of Glasgow – The Influence & Advantages of Presbyterianism, especially in reference to the Education of Youth, and the Extension of the Kingdom of Christ (1843), p. 63, 6 pp. an address, from the larger work by various authors, Commemoration of the Bicentenary of the Westminster Assembly of Divines: held at Edinburgh, Containing the Addresses and Conversations Buy 158 pp.
Miller, Samuel
Letter 14, ‘Religious Education of the Children of the Church’ in Letters to Presbyterians on the Present Crisis of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (1833), pp. 252-70
The Christian Education of Children & Youth (1840) 33 pp. bound with a Report on the Subject of Parochial [Church-Governed] Schools, by J.J. Janeway, 23 pp.
Dabney, Robert L. – ‘Secularized Education’ in Discussions ed. C.R. Vaughan (Mexico, MO: Crescent, 1897), vol. 4, Secular, pp. 225-47
Dabney has two more chapters in the volume which are against mandated government schools.
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2000’s
Beers, Gavin – Christian Education, pt 1, The Concept, pt. 2, The Command & pt. 3, The Conflict n.d. about 12 paragraphs each
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Books
1500’s
Zwingli, Ulrich – The Christian Education of Youth †1531 45 pp.
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1600’s
Comenius, Johann – School of Infancy, an Essay on the Education of Youth During the First Six Years (†1670) 120 pp. See especially ch. 10, pp. 70-79 on religious education.
Comenius (1592-1670) was a Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian.
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1700’s
Doddridge, Philip – Sermons on the Religious Education of Children (†1751) 110 pp.
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1900’s
Thoburn, Robert – The Children Trap: Biblical Principles for Education in Biblical Blueprints Series #6 (Ft. Worth, TX: Dominion Press, 1986) 200 pp.
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How to Start & Run a Christian School
Thoburn, Robert L. – How to Establish & Operate a Successful Christian School Ref (Fairfax Christian School, 1982) 476 pp.
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Historical
1900’s
Rushdoony, Rousas J. – The Messianic Character of American Education: Studies in the History of the Philosophy of Education (1963; Vallecito, CA: Ross House, 1995) 415 pp.
Rushdoony was a father of the Reconstructionist movement in America. By ‘Messianic Character’ Rushdoony means American schools having a savior mentality, via their secular ideals, towards the children, compulsed by the State.
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“I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.”
Isa. 44:3-5
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