New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-15

snce, ssfuli Much less when it could not, bat co1ld
only deprive Of what wan'-thsir kill sad taste
srd Labor ard deprive them OF what both and
ibey desire that they should have the hsath giving
ard invigors;ing atmosphere OF our free institutions.
- il !. with he schools We can silently dispense With
what would be offensive 10 any IN the matter OF religion
II are those ho seek % the spread of Com noa
bOos and constantly mIsed by th-ir practical
uirepres nation and transparent falacies They often
repeat The ny and the church the agencies sp
pointed by Divine Providence to train the youthful mad
IL prop.r moral and religious though the
friends Of Common Schools sought to subver undsr
value ether Of these agencies Is is thsy IN. o5jsc.1rs
Themselves that depreoAtA those s@cr-d and dvn-iy sp
pointed influences by INSISTING that the doZma;iel and
consecrated school .bs take the place of the ps
rent the church spiritual teacher They insist
though il their discovery that religion is ths only
true foundation for moral training and without m)-ss
merely intellectual de1t.rty IL curse instead Of blessing
We dis carded morals aud r-s Dn from y-s Of
educstoD ard sought 10 rear up ons sided aad
uIc0nscen'ious Of meo-vhsn il il .oo- who To-
sst that systematic and tn rough r~gious education "a
given to all We do not make squ-son whether religious
instruction be Necessary for the young but Thethsr It BE-
- Necessity mixed With common school secular instruction.
Not whether il shall Re given at all but when and ho~,
and where and by whom and 81 whose expense shall be
gwen. Must Il be given by the schO0lmsst7r Snail his
imperfect occasional, and diluted perfuncory Instructions
be- they Otn have been the ap ,oxy for negecng
regular and thorough religious instruction. shs the
proper religious instruction OF the young be demanded OF
proper religious teachers Oft9e OeOps II there <-re
place but the school fr religious Instruction ], would bs
another thing Every sect has IT'S religious insru tors
it, priesthood and clerical gu adiaDs ihse eyerywhere
hold position Of power, respe stability snd lnhd-nce
Every worship bod is peculiar DO trnes and rites 70 %
If the most necessary AMI sacred character. Wnehe
they Be Christian Pagan they all hold that there shoad
be sacred profession, fitted with peculiar care for II
tscred ouiss and holding IS it were mOr7 Intimate and
confidential intercourse with the Dey, that they may
eficacOusly iD,truct ths people
But what Of worshippers # the true @ ID have eve
found in the ministers Of their relgoo, the actual religion
of their children The clergy perform the nn'srs
ton Of the 'anctusry with fidelity and ZEAL and the 'ts
child is permitted TO lit beside It's parents and fold its NUS
M others preacher
ptruasve Of eoquence discusses the great truths Of re
gion snd the sanctions of duty and the little enid Is psr
nj ted 10 listen in the starch and amt Of enforced de-
pertinent bat much does this teach him what his Little
opening mind need-how Intellectually does THIS cultivate
his religious and form his soul to expand in purity
end moral beauty and TO grow 10 favor win goa Lac
her breaches Ia the cOmps atv-y adut-tD
those whose habits formed who have too often yielded
to temptation Whist should We think OF system O' 80 u
lar education for children which exhausted itself la sbpr9d
essays learned lectures science and art aud profound
and elegant harsDgues reve rs aud criticisms to adult n7n
and sOmtDl
1.-THE minister Of religion habusy devoted half histns
and labor to direct and suitable instruction TO the fouog
in religious msers he would do more good TO all than 10
does HisinpressiOns upon the young you'd % ps
petus to the older The mind - almost LOST n
adm the good which h. would do to his con<re
cation, old well young For this hold nun r'tp IN
sibIe ] admit his excuse, do believe It viii b
tilted here asr that he passed the duty over 70 tn9
srbers Of common schools and lett it their
Grated hands. Their Great Master did not send ths little
children TO the scboolnsster, but he sad Suffer ltis
children to come unto me Nor did he place hen IN Ar
them from distance of forekno Fledge, fate & but n.
took them in hand and blessed them close hand - h4od
Instruction, with tbt kindness of religious sympathy and
blessing was the example he gave.
few wears sgO opened the first Sunday SCHOOL IL
began in rags and wretchedness and on the day c,nt
Grated to religious duties did fitting deeds OF charity by
teaching the alphabet to the poor and the orsaken IL was
ching than fing the OK out OF the PIT On ths
Sabbath day II was lifting heirs Of immortality o1t ot
II ore horrible pit The Sunday boot has gone on i'm
proving It's character aud extending its usefulness IL -
great agency for teaching children the Prec-P' AMI
duties Of religion.
instruction to h. young and who tit 10 give 1t direct
supeIinendence the ri,siers Of rslgloa-'he om's
bearers in the Church Who can doubt that the un
OF good would be greatly increased by devotng half the
sabbath TO careful schooling Of chir 10 religion. AT
ters under the direction Of the proper religious te'Sers
In our cities there numerous ~ Vailed ptroehiN
hoos and schools for the poor where they are
ly taught at large expense. know any such htvn-
each about 100 puplr, and supported AZ cor oI Ap,n
G. go each per anDum-and Just al ms ume pfTochA
schools said 10 be the great want II those Children OF
n poor were the Free Common Sch lo whe Ia
stead Of learning lessons Of hunit'n hey w"nld stAnl
On tie level of our republican equality and b. tiught VI m
eApens- charity aud If the money applied 20 charty AM
paroohiol schools, wisely applied to gving ssn"
saont 10 proper Sunday otot hers and pr1psr
missionaries seek the dwellings OF the gooraot ID -
iniotr. h hways AID heog vies and ieree'on anil
cb Jl ctircH q into ne c'H"oa sca'" ilr gee
usf instruction, AID into the sunday school religious
instruction who can doubt that those few ia usinis OF
dollars would DO incidentally more good than now
TIE Sunday School is now most important agency OF
goo IN the Of religious insfiuci m but u mas not
on in of Develop nent 70 It's mai and hgh
49, STAGE of usefulness Snd excellence II nu D-cone
regular ecclesiastical agency under the form care OF ths
Cbucb and in the superiutendne Of ls Once bearers
MANY Of its teachers and agents must be pad tor Their sr
vices and receive salary IN proportion 10 the sou" ave-
ee udance the School Ii must b. male th- in'7
rt of the teachers seek out aud p-rsuade 10 CONS INTO
the oo poor eel the rich, snd p k'-p nsn
purc,ual auo STE d, their attendance It's inuenoe On
4 Ii.rg generate cannot be over estimated Atd Nh
We lock 81 the ch which would b. wrought GA th-te
Of society," WHEN generation Of children thus reared sns
constitute the adult community the mind is am)s: lost n
~ attempt g mesnrer. .
There is another point in which II will meet great r
gous ant OF the immunity There u IN very DIRE m
aud among s the Denominations of religion IN d unt
Of grest want of candidates for the sacred mia ry ne
love If gain the tondnes, for that extraordinary a5Vy
| Which CharsOteriz,s the movement OF business ali
puhic affairs leads our people 70 rect t1'lr ampl-
lion 10 n walks Of active life and there IL liz 10 . Invite
N, to the sacred calling That calling requires IA on
secular aud theological which cannot BE- oOSatd S'n9l
COZ Siderable expenseeyen where schools are Tres Inc
rsrks of the clergy all ages and 10 all religions receive
lsr,e accessions from among the poorer class OF ths
couuuny-thOse VINO are elevated by II 10 d-srsois
II, siton in the community. Tas state Of s)ci7ty AMI
al urch organ alton this country does not favor the di
cove ~ or bringing ow ard Of those wlo soad gladly os
led orw that position OF usefulness aud those Fno
are without comOelled ~ To- eNi4't m n-ni
10 seek for SNAIL compensation IN SONS huI'"lh cal
tlo,mtut IS a means oisuppor Now l-re we're Pstl
- religions industry 20 sp-sk in which TIA trath ~
r rjor the ar Of nculcaon aud the power OF S2pki1g
rel1iou truth aud OF acquiring, over Others th5 lnll
erc- of kmdN-ss aud religious sussion' came ss
natural result Of that occupation IS the arts ana app
spces Of the trades professions and pursuits OF oasnss
lie are acquired in cerkships aud Spprennce sh ps'
what an sgeucy we should have for good. Ii tlis
was in the and under the control and infringement
Of eah sect or deuOminst would be free from III OBJ
lection and would have also the spur OF devoted zeal tud
reei, Us gandism 10 give aud sustain the IMPOSES
which the love of gain and worldly ambition supplies 10
sscpl.r pursts This cannot bs done % e great an eI
teI As may be desirable bat If every ecclesiastical oESn