"It is said by some that children cannot understand the great mysteries of religion. We even know some Sunday school teachers who cautiously avoid mentioning the great doctrines of the gospel because they think the children are not prepared to receive them. Alas! the same mistake has crept into the pulpit; for it is currently believed, among a certain class of preachers, that many of the doctrines of the Word of God, although true, are not fit to be taught to the people, since they would pervert them to their own destruction. Away with such priestcraft!
Whatever God has revealed ought to be preached. Whatever He has revealed, if I am not capable of understanding it, I will still believe and preach it. I do hold that there is no doctrine of the Word of God which a child, if he be able of salvation, is not capable of receiving. I would have children taught all the great doctrines of truth without a solitary exception, that they may in their after days hold fast by them."
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Found on pages 45-46 of "C.H. Spurgeon- Autobiography: Volume 1- The Early Years"
You've got to love Spurgeon! Thanks for sharing!
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