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100  Domestic affections are enjoined, & sanctioned by scripture precept, & example how careful is the word of God in inculcate, to cherish, & to bless their exercise, & the faithful performance of the duties to which they lead, every thing that tends to disparage them, in any estimation, to weaken their hold upon the conscience & the heart, or to blunt the sensibility that should characterize them while life lasts, is alike recreant to the finest & most generous feelings of our nature & contrary to the spirit of piety:  He that loveth not those to whom he is bound by the tenderest ties, whom he hath seen; how can he love his father in Heaven, whom he hath not seen; Be it never forgotten that our Savior himself in his expiring moments, fulfilled the sacred obligation of filial duty, while consumating his great work; felt that he was a son, & entrusted the care of his revered mother to the diciple whom he loved; Children, honor, cherish Love & protect your mother;

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100 Domestic affections are enjoined, & sanctioned by scripture precept, & example how careful is the word of God in inculcate, to cherish, & to bless their exercise, & the faithful performance of the duties to which they lead, every thing that tends to disparage them, in any estimation, to weaken their hold upon the conscience & the heart, or to blunt the sensibility that should characterize them while life lasts, is alike recreant to the finest & most generous feelings of our nature & contrary to the spirit of piety: He that loveth not those to whom he is bound by the tenderest ties, whom he hath seen; how can he love his father in Heaven, whom he hath not seen; Be it never forgotten that our Savior himself in his expiring moments, fulfilled the sacred obligation of filial duty, while consumating his great work; felt that he was a son, & entrusted the care of his revered mother to the diciple whom he loved; Children, honor, cherish Love & protect your mother;