The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-02-24
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Mr.. EDIIoR:-A i,iend has called H., attention
TO All article in The last number Of your ra4er With
the anove carVon. viii You permit a leo var'., Of
explanation in Npy.
Nv offence -i1r which Mr.. Nell kim, calls ma
TO account is this In writing 10 Ne iok pa
per- said that g Protestant, y. :. f.r-iujetiai
minister in st Paul calls The Bible a So, an ,.-b
and thinks It should no; lie tole ated IN school B. '-
Mr.. Neil s:.ys: '.In making this state rueni j.. has
been entirely faisled III every particular
l supposed at The time ! made the stat bad
it from good authority; If, however, iave .-"s
'misled, no is more happy to have .ha's .,is-
statements corrected than myself. der,s joe
formation from the Report ct the cuper,atru u' q
Common Schools os the Territory of 1.,...>as.
dated SAINT Paul, JANUARY ~. 1882, and i- -i 81
d. NELL.
quote from page 5, second paragra,' h 60 t.e
page.
'The Superimendon, has aimed to sec.. .ar.
reading books will bc onoblectionable .as l '.-
various GLASSES of citizens. A fruitful ~ q 8
Gcu, in Public : Oh los, has been ti,o rc,.l. r
lessons from The Protestant version # III Bible u
Is believed tina; upon examination, shcrc viii be i..3
extracts in the reading books re'on'. ,iily. ,.-
culated TO any reigio prciudIrc ~ file
State ever expects 10 have her schools receive t1-
support Of the entire community, thoSc "l. herr
charge Of public instruction cannot he to- tstt u
excluding works that have a seclariaH BIZ. -.I th,
good Of every shade of religious belief. : slI watch
that no instruction Of that d.sclto be i.s.il s. by
the teachers
Now when i, i. asserted so explicitly i,yetI.a!
the reading of lessons from the protcstanl 10y ian
Of The bible has been IA fruitful source a. il ic. f.
ty. and that those having chirgc of prti. ia.
struction canno, be too carefsN;n excutiag ,,gr s.
that have sectariap bias; need the : q-unt-a-
den, wonder that the Pastor Of the sinul s..,. s.,
Chnrch, in ST. Anthony, received the if.i russ
ion from the above paragraph that tie i5o,rs-
fapr ln3 ss. o
among other sec,aran books should he excluded
from public schauis. Oiht also Of mar n4ci.iat
acuteness Than m, self. have fallen into 81 sdfte
dilemma. If the language Of the repor .ces poi
adam, OF the View | have taken Of 1t, t',,nk 10
say the least of il, II ia exceedingly unfortunate.
To seem 10 say hat the author does ~ mean.
IL had been ed by il ~ say what nave NJ
MIR. NeIli's publicly expressed opinions touching
the use Of the bible in schools. trust tie caudd
reader will perceive that thcre are sonic ptiIfa-
ting circumstances in my offence.
fully agree with Mr.. Neil, the paste, ''ha' e
would he intolerance to insist iha, Ronar Csfh-
lie child shall he permitted TO read any gerlcu is
school but King james, "Aud that it ,hon5 .e
left optional with the parents THAT version each .i
shall usc.''
surely supposed the Superintendent w-u.5 or
Guide the Bible entirely from Public Schoo, Of oh j-
ever version. But ] am particularly giauh-j ,ilt
Mr.. Neili's views on this point as eNr,csse above
taken from the article exactly accord with iny ID.
At FIST sight 1t seemed 10 me that Mr.. Nci' ih pas
tor, Is better Protestant than Mr.. Neil! Sire ic.-
inendent, hut after mature dchDeiation, c1.ef "a.
there can he no discrepancy between taste an, -'-
perintendcn. And that the Pastor has ri t..'.t
right to say what the Superintendent meant.
did teei regret at first that | had wItJ any
thing to cause seeming controversy; but n-w sn
glad to know that MIR. Nc docs not cnf aftsa jie
views attributed TO him. shall have higher ..-
gard Tor him than before protestant oi Inc g,p-
er Williams stamp.
am sorry however that in vindira,on 81 himself.
Mr.. NELL mas felt called upon to rap 18th our
NEW Baptist version" as he calls it, sugraso h
means the contemplated version by the hn. Bible
Union, which IS not yet given Z" the pubic.
Eminent philologis's, and biblical scholars iom
six different evangelical denominations arc eni-
ployed by the Union IN revising the conmoo version
Some Of the Baptists cndeavor to excite prciu5;ce
agans, this enterprise because Presbycr'aa nr3s-
ter is employed Of the rcvisors and herce sa'i
II Presbyterian Bible, Paul said "prove ali things,
hold fast that which is good" prefer to wai iii'
have opportunity to follow this inspired rule he
fore approve Of the version, or cdnde nsa IT,
LYMAN PALMER,
Pastor of the Baptist church in St. Anthony.