The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-04

TIM, that the State cannot mcdde In rogfon-thAt 1t
system Of state schools the State has to do With
religion. for It has TO DO with it, BY strangiing
cradle hss 70 do With il vhsnsvsr it would *.
pei from school Of the people any other doctrine Of
.sso. APpl.uss It Is ssId sA.. It !. .npS:so: for
trine which peculiar to one class q people answer,
tina. all the money that the STATE gives Is given
upon doctrine in reference to religios and
that doctrine is the most sbomlnable that was
The doctrine OF that religion may wisely be excluded from
the schools where youth are educated But It 10 said
that the Introduction Of religious tsssbng .to
schools must break down the State schools that be
1t proves that the system is pad AID ought be
broken down fAppsuss), deny that 1t would nsess-
Is it may exist and flourish II the wish Of It's sup
psrters but to advance popular educ alton Let them
bat show the fret symptoms OF fairness, and the first
dence OF wish ~ come to some understanding. aud
do some measure OF proxmate justice to their fellow ci
zens and guarantee plan will be proposed to them to
which cannot be reached which may require considcra
ton and compromise will for it that 1t will
brought Applause ground taken Sy the sd tss
OF the State school system that religion should be-
cluded sno that has nothing to do With the Affairs OF
this world which ought TO be LETT exclusively Suppose
20 The management Of the devil ami themselves loud
appauso 1t Is in the neglect OF religion in oducition
nom whence come those measures that are Weighing
down upon afflicted society From this selfish
and oppression and the unscrupulo sxtorons Of
the rich upon the poor. Prom this comes these mur-
ment OF tho Q who poor. ana VINO wish to be rich
From this all that OVERLOOKING centiousness which
has brought our socety to such that no long
have confidence in the honor Of their
II the fidelity f their friends. Toese the dargsrs
II is from the absence of religion that upon the
dangers Of bad peghbohOod and yet from beneath this
gded and bedzzened house of modern society
not ashamed to rsse their spectral voices and
excls that there is danger to society from the
advocacy Of p1sitve aud particular rel sious
teaching Economy Ia sometimes urged AS reason sns
this The annual expense OF each scholar sl2 or si3
hat mr. IN tha fnr Ia
insult 10 freemen TO talk OF economy upon vital mat
ter this when they themselves in part bes, the bur-
then tt suother argument which they give aud
it that education may DO neglected and that che State
Obliged take the business Of education Into It's own
hands by of providing for its own interests in pre-
venting the increase Of ignorance and Of the crm which
is supposed TO follow from ignorance And here II had
the ability would rise to this great subject and show
that the state assuming the business education has
would first show that it has done exceedingly little to
diespate the ignorance Of the people and would show,
in the second place. that far from preventing came
1t has absout promoted and been the of crime
The corpora ton OF the city Of New York obtained power
and the law Of 1912 was passed, potwi bstantDs this
solemn warnings Of man whose name will forever shine
brightly In the history Of the struggles Of religion against
Goddess education Well they have had ten years expe
rienoe and .hat is the result Why with outlay OF
halt million Of dollars year with all their gratuitous
education grstutous books snd every other induce
neDt they have got only third OF the children Of this
city into their public schools which Is evideoce tnat
people have confidence in the syssem Evidence OF
this is 10 be found in the official reports themseve,
suppose Mayor Kirgsard whose term Of olse has just
expired will not be supposed to be In the pay Of
the Catholics when he this language II trust that
the eroun. demanded for school purposes which
owe, halt niliion Of money, will have the effect Q. d
Iecng to this sEhject the attention OF rhose VITO
tbuted this sum- and unless action il had with to
placing in the municipal authorities some CONTROL
the expenses OF this institution they viii increase from
yuiior Of feeling against organization enormously
extensive which result in serious Injury to the
of ubisereal education" ME- Kiogsland proposes to
the Common Council remedy for the enormous outlay,
and hope that body may soon have opportunity to
more satisfactory 10, the true Of eduos
tion than the Board Of Educa,ion has done
The lecturer then went to show that the influences
OF the system Of education on society weo ipu
rous, for perussl OF tho police reports so proved
concusvey that CRIME is on the increase.
MIR. King on the Mountains and thsir sug.
genions.
Last evening Rev Thomas Starr King Of Boston, deli
vtred lecture at the Mechanics Hail. ATE Broadway
before the Mechanics Society the I" Mountains and
their Suggestions notwithstanding the unfavorabs
etste of the weather, the lecture attended by
numerous and intelligent audience
The lecturer, who is very young man. and Of boyish
appearance opened his subject follows The title Of
the address which shall have the honor to present to
you is Mountains and their Meaning"-not q series
OF verbal pictures OF mountain scenery just By,
geological Gisqustion the hills but attempt TO
the sbmy science and uses Of the ranges and
summits that diversity planet. with great historical
truths and soc al lessons, for which they TO or
Themselves as hie,oglyphic language.
There many things il that sublime
to thought than ountsin The distance ofa star,
the height from which cataract Of light nows down on
the globe and ths speed Of it's descent the osciaDg
swing Of planet and the rush Of the enormou. rocket
like comets with their trail OF light streAAsing million
OF leagues These the stimuarts to the conception
Of sebimi,y which tnaure offers to tho mind
Ion all
grandeur which the surface OF our planet bears Is
assried But 10 the senses nothing Il cub
lime AS mountain The sea Is more my FERROUS and
bes more noble Influence the springs Of religious
emotion. bot the grandeur OF mountain is most fty
direct seDsuous appreciation The lecturer n on
to show the beauty aud subimty OF nouatsins and how
orsaiy the Landscape would b. without them. He next
sdyertsd 70 tn Green Mountains the All .gh sniea and
the hills OF New Hsmpsbre and 70 the Alps and yarcus
mountsins il Europe and Asia ustrai9e Of his subject
Have pinnaelsd in clouds their saosy scalps
And thronsd eternity in icy halls
The avalanche e thu aderbolt Of SNOW
All hat e,iands the sprt yet appsis,
Gathers around tsose summi,s, As TO chow
H9w earth may hes,en yet leave vain man below
dsur until the scenery II she Himalsyas came into
vision Whose heights, traveller described them
poise Of the globe FROM the Sutej to the Kalse
there are iesty SUBMITS that eu;pass the height OF
Chmborazo, reaching at ct least 500 feet Among
mebased by the stupenaous cliffs, that they are
shrsuded In perpetual gloom except when the l.
tica Sir Alexander Purnss could not OF tain an ooser
yaton Of the north star f among the de-
files Of toe bindoc Coosh and the streams down
into the gorges swrtly That the sir IL ed With per
petoR n,ist be coo-ersed with a clerical frisnS
20 pssonseiy fond Of mountain scenery taet be satd
he would give up his caim 70 immortality for the oppsr
tuD'y 70 visit the Alps ne should be ado that
heaven is level country daughter The lecturer
then referred to the mountsiua B the Mr. rup-
per the proyeibis philosopher has puoisaed fancy
that the moon Is tie hell for the lost spirits Of the Garth
IL certainly IL clothed With pits thai far fro
bott utss At least we shoula be inclined 10 SAP
dropped into th. cavity Sh ob the oSu sycb
l6 Mules IL Circumference and IL eco feet deep When
we eonfio.r tbst the uountsins intends TO
educator. Of lofty sentiment and upcrs of imagery it
II striking fact that poetry has done ouch slight
justice TO them There Is scsrcely slluseD in the
whole extent q tho olssscs TO tho glory aud
meaning Of the bills. Ard Jet what stnulspt
IN TIE poetic fancy be finer than the va
Isoua UP. and changes Of mountain scenery uncr
the differences Of scenery and radiance There is
passage in Shakespeare descriptive Of the mountsns and
Woodsvcyib hos actually insuted nature 10 her Gun
tsins His rt sigh, CT the bishot summit Of tho Alps hs