The Rocky Island, and Other Similitudes
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Children playing beneath a stormy mountain become the figures in Samuel Wilberforce's Christian teaching stories. In the opening dream, a gentle, kingly guide warns them of the island's danger and offers small boats for a crossing to a happier land. Each child receives a compass, provisions and a musical instrument, while familiar pleasures on the shore threaten to draw attention away from the course. The setting turns choices about trust and obedience into visible actions.
These allegories were intended for Christian households, and the preface says Wilberforce tried them on his own children before publication. A later exchange between a father and child explains the religious meaning of a path, lamp, book and staff. Readers interested in children's religious literature can see how imaginative scenes and direct instruction work together to teach faith, conscience and the possibility of returning after error.
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- Author
- Samuel Wilberforce
- Reading time
- About 2 hours
- Pages
- 61
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Childrens Classics
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