Charles H. Spurgeon on Psalms 127:4

The spiritual uses of children.

1. When they die in infancy, awakening parents.

2. When they go home from Sunday school carrying holy influences.

3. When they become converted.

4. When they grow up and become useful men and women.

Verses 4-5.

1. The dependence of children upon parents. a) For safety. They are in their quiver. b) For direction. They are sent forth by them. c) For support. They are in the hands of the mighty.

2. The dependence of parents upon children. a) For defence. Who will hear a parent spoken against? b) For happiness. "A wise son maketh", etc. Children elicit some of the noblest and most tender emotions of human nature. Happy is the Christian minister who with a full quiver can say, "Here am I, and the children which thou hast given me." —G. R.