The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-06

Ho bad passed his eighty becSud year.
Tue nsom Mdsoate anuounces the sudden death q Bsr
lin Of NJ MrtIIR, cesbrssd ~ ply Eologist, VINO afer
retiring To bed In perfect health, found dead two
heurs After the same Journal Also nsnuons the dessa
a Venice or Professor hAUr>EK Director OF the Hospital
for Children Professor fArTSsR Frbourg, and r.
hARFsSA, At Ghsrist-A all medical mon.
Lecture ON the bible IA our Public Schools
The Rev Theodore Bourne delivered lecture the
above subject Wednesday evening In the lecture
connected with the Church OF tho Pursns, Union
square. The filled by attentive and select
audience.
The lecturer opened his discourse by saying that be
peaYed before them accordance with 4 generally felt
wish that notice should be taken with reference 10
the position the Romsh Church had assumed through her
organ, Archbishop Hughes, in this city. He would not
say thing depaYagngiy Of Roman Catholics, and he
hoped there were any present they would not take
offence at what he should say. Let it be understood that
whatever he might say OF Archbishop Hughes relates to
bis Official conduct In regard 10 American education. Az
plain John Hughes he was quite different person. Hav
ug passed high euogum the talents OF she Arch.
bishop he sad that the OF the Last twenty
years illustrated the absolute necessity OF return To
their first principles In our public schools. Would the
men and women Of New York stand by and permit tho
nstutiots Of their orsiahers to be tempered with by
foreign Pcutfs He thought they thrown into the
education closely allied With civil liberty
to left to the management OF demagogues Was pos
sibe they only beginning in educaon2 Was their
system OF educston TO be subject TO Archbishop who
cny sought the aggrsndzemcnt OF bis sec For twenty
years Archbishop Hughes had been aboring Ut the
ge. Of their school system Of educston
But let him survey the position Of the schools
when tie Archbishop opened his battery them Ac-
ordpg 10 the act II the Legislature they open
the chic Of the humbess citizen and Twas eaded
that OF the Bible should be read in the evening and
Ttnat Ia ma rv urhn
their ieess from pot house politics; nekher were they
Who did not know hos to read or spell
Ct this State WAS founded upon that basis, and
adoIted and recognized. They wished tbs
schools should recognise the Bibe the holy
book Of God American p.ety and wisdom had .. tina.
time constructed American system OF education, and
alien hierarchy had dared 70 samper with the public
good The Archbishop seemed to think that the Roman
Catholic children Of foreign parents would be American
jzed probably Proestanzsd they sent them to the
common schools: 0n one hsne7'te psrenis were willing
to send children to those schools and the other
the Roman Catholic hierarchy we're unwilling 70 lose
them How many stepless nighs the hierarchy suffered
this question could not DO told, and the Vatican Itself
tire mblsd the consequences 1t said, There Is
10 pursue get the Bible from being read 10 the
selected for this purpose. The lecturer here alluded
to William II. Seward, and said that tho unfortunate
had los, 70 him the oondencs Of those who would do sm
honor The objections to having the Bible read In the
public schools werethat Luther Calvin, and others were
spoken Of 10 terms OF praise and that the Romsh children
contaminated that the instruction they received
seotaran. That allegation, in the FIRST place,
false The truths OF the Bible and the truths OF Re
violation seciarian. Nothey might well shut
out the ai MONDAY exclude the Bible. But the
Archbishop having succeeded in bis first tack was em
boi5eaed 70 continue Such the position Of Arch
bishop Hughes for twenty years and until very recently
he had spared no ondeavors towards the forwarding OF
his purpose bu. be (he soturer) happy to say not
With tsnding that the Bible yet read in the great
jory Of the ward schools OF New York. But The fact
that there even school where the Bible WAS
read should every American cheek TO
blush The truth was, they bad erred exceedingly
in that matter and unless careful they would be over
wbelmed In the ruin Bdtthe usual ssgscy OF the Arch
bishop bad fed from him. In lecture recently de-
Mvered the subject the Archbishop openly said he
would withdraw all Roman Catholic children from the
public schools and that they should be taught to be
American citizens their schools He ne iecturer)
reooed that the Archbishop had tins publicly declared
his Intentions "ro be forewarned to be orearmedn
I'm OF The influence which the Archbishop possess
10 the political world he nearly overthrow their sys
and be turned round and told them that thor
school system dsgf TO the nineteenth century.
They next found him saying that system Of education
was disconnected from religion, but that the New YORK
What was the reason that the Roman Catho-
lie biersrohy EXCLUDED the Bible from their
hockf The resspn Why was be:suse 1t did not
teach their doctrines. Why the writings OF
BoDsce, 81 Alpbossus snd St Francis Xavier approved
Because they taught the Ronisn doctrines. IL the
Bible contained their doctrines they would as earnest
enforcing upon their children ~ they In keep
IN IL from them. hos could theirs be religion wnere
the bIe no;s lie called, them upon the Archbishop
aud bis frends 70 restore the Bible 10 the public schools
What greater crmiraty could be alleged against any
man VINO ned kuCn Bnuehce ~ tne ArCnDsnop tuhn
be deprived 40 many human beings OF the light Of
Heaven. How awful should be the account bishops
and srchbshops and popes would have 70 render q the
judgment bar me esurer referred 10 remark Of the
Archbshops that Cam had received good education.
The arsuments or sophsns OF the Archbishop were re
puded by Thousands OF his sect who could not read
the Bible tor themselves II the Archbishop would talk
nonsense they should follow him up. 10 the
time when Cain lived there was no educauon ~
there we're books schools. How pref
THY the Archbishop spoke OF the educsiion
OF Abel-'a domestic education In the bosom Of
his family" Nov ne (the lccturcr) said that Abel
bad received just the education Cain, and there
archbishop then, and Abel wen, 70 Heaven with
the aid OF the Romish church Would the Archbishop
inform him WHISTLER Cain sent 10 the State school, and
Abel t. the ohsrchY
Amer touching several other points which the Arch
bishop had raised for the exclusion Of the Bible and al
mnstering the castgstsg rod rather heavily the lee
turer concluded by calling In the most Impressive mau
ali true Christians resist by every means IN
their power the exclusion Of the Bible from their public
schoolsL
Hos Tnro BRIsu moved q resolution Of thanks 10 the
lecturer which having been seconded, carriet aud
the audience dispersed.
United States Circuit Court.