A Token For Children

In A Token For Children, Puritan pastor James Janeway records the conversion, holy lives, and peaceful deaths of boys and girls whose brief years burned with spiritual intensity. These stories comfort and unsettle. Written as an early modern christian devotional for households and congregations, this puritan childrens devotional gathers searching christian conversion stories that treat children not as spiritual innocents, but as souls urgently called to Christ. Janeway’s spiritual biographies for children dwell on repentance, faith, assurance, child piety and salvation, and the hope of heaven in the face of death. Intended for reading aloud in the home, they invite parents, teachers, and ministers to speak plainly about eternity, teaching kids about heaven while preparing children for death with honesty and scriptural seriousness.First printed in the late seventeenth century, out of the world of English nonconformity and seventeenth century english puritanism, A Token For Children became a widely read guide to puritan parenting and discipleship, cherished alongside works for fans of Pilgrims Progress and other classics of divinity. Long prized by families, pastors, and homeschool communities as a family christian read aloud or as part of a homeschool bible curriculum, it now stands as a vivid witness to early Protestant views of childhood, grace, and glory. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike, a puritan parenting classic edition.