The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-06
SERMON BY THE REV. DIR. CHEEvER.

large and apprccative audience assembled Yesterday
morning In the Eleventh Presbyterian church. corner Of
Fourth street and avenue C. to hear the Rev Dr. Cheevcr
deliver his discourse upon !" Tho Bible in our Public
Schools" Tho reverend speaker based his remarks upon
tho following words
Seeing ssoa hast iorgo.ca the nw OF thy God will
also forget thy children Hosea, iv:
child, said he left to himself bringeth his mother to
shame. Il is an inevitable of such neglect
such abandonment Of the chIlds heart nature habtso
wild and wanton in the ways OF The exclusion
Of the Bible from the common schools is sought upon
pretended plea Of beray-tha OF compelling no one 70
endure course Of Christian instruction which may bc
contrary 20 his faith or conscience This death at
first paradcs the fair seeming blossoms Of universal in.
difference and llcraly wach in fact, - positive cx.
cuson and Intolerance ~ the Kind; for what can
be than the plea OF the largest liberty 10 have
all positive religion forbidden and prosecuted aud under
prctcnce II regard W nia and prejudice 10
have the children forced 70 asc their lessons under sys
tenn where every breath of heavens truth Is drawn OF
by nhdolty ana roiiticrY
Dr. ceeycr then considered tho subject under the fol
lowing heads
!. Our educational responsibility under supremacy Of
2 Tie adapledness Of the Word 10 childhood and tho
necessity OF faith In IL, nwrought early pripcipe
The duty q carrying out these principles effectively
The right Of the people 70 have them fully applied in
any goycrnincLt system.
5. The need of them especially this great city
O. The choice offered between systems: either the
system of schools with Divine truth for preyenton AMI
discipline o. the system o prisons and an expensive 20
lice, with luocssant crime and punishment
l. Now, Is among the nrst rcspons biltcs Oh Chris
tan state 70 step IN and prevent the continuance and
sequence OF the neglect snd abandonment of cnren 10
ale charge of those immortal beings ln their orhanage
Rnd to bring them under that divine tuition which will
turn away IRON Themselves and from society The threat
encd curse And we assert the right ami supremacy of
tie Word q God everywhere. asser, is rsht of free
dom IN al places, for all ages, all clascs all conditions
in all human rclaious and pursuits
Ni tic bfKt nprtSsiOpg should surround
child mind-onc a the nrst elements should be made
familiar with the reality should enter into the sense Of
should he tho atmosphere of Faith ~ God and respou.
by to Him The sense the assurance the feeling that
there Divine revelation should be round about him.
as nsryous tssueround about his Intellectual and mo.
raj growth az the bark of living tree that each year
enters into The wood II should be the medium through
wbIch Tie nerves % Lis moral being lay hold upon the
conscience, ana make their report there.
3. These principles are ndlspuabe. and II they are
good for one mans household school they equally
excellent aud important as ruling elements the best
possible school system 20 far a. the use Of the Bblc i
concerned as fountain aud fixture IN the system they
ought 70 be carried out but instead o being carried out
100 a,sn happens that they dropped out, Tho trs
tees and executors ~ the system seem AFRAID of them
4 u The clam ~ the Iblc schools il Just one Il IL
practicable y tho right uf the people and ought ~
have all and far trial II the right Of the people,
whCh left 70 theinselvts disrntanrcd from politics ia
the system q their own private schools they would Ger
tainy make cure Of could not he wrested from them.
And eLsn n good faith they give this right 10 the
government. The government bound do All that IN
the Judgment u tho people and of IN. best and wsest
among them a thorough e,iuc,tion rcou.res -
6. Il cannot be oo1toyertcd thst ID the city, more
especially the moral and religious influence " essential
Here y the vortex ~ all pcrncous and Internal currents
whrlcd found from vas cuprehs nslve and al nrst i'm
percopibe circles, that converge this cepsre aud with
dcvournE rush and roar carry youth headcns Here
tho seas meet Lere tho rocks tn reefs snd Jagged NINA
clcs secure an infinite wealth q shattered souls e -.
nue. of wrecks for tie Destroyer ~ needs the utmost
ACTIVITY, yEauco omniprescncc, of NJ p,ssbse warning
enlghtbhR, detcfrinF agencies against the crowd and
enanglemrns Of temptations that b,et the young from
the rehgon, waldiness and heeiessuess of The multi.
tude, and The examples of positive aurng vice. permitted
almost pnreb1ked in great city O all places earth
IN the common schools OF such city the influence Of tho
Bible ought to te positive aud the presence and incuca
Ncn Of TeglonG Guths motives and sancons free A