Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1858-07-22

a his IS matter. which every 1arIn eI,
eterv ulsil illisrgsisl n lllss Frt'pei tfaiil-s
ing Of youth, has an interest N. Shall
we as a nation go on to incorporate new
principles of seIfshness into our code Of
morality? every man doing that which
is right in his own eyes" as when "there
was no king in Israel" or shall pure
Christian benevolence be implanted IN
the hearts of the growing up! Which
is to prevail ''Do as you are done by, }"
or do as you would be done by" 1t IS
fearful to see the lowering Of public SEN
timent in regard to crime, and judicial or
national wrong. One great source of
this degradation of morals has been over
looked. Many are ready to write and to
talk loudly and earnestly, long editorials
on the perpetuity of our institutions
great speeches on teaching morality, if
any attempt is made to exclude the Bible
from our schools. Who that takes pa
per has heard nothing of the exclusion
of the Bible from one Of the ward schools
of the City of New York, during the
present year? And what friend Of sound
morality has not felt that vice and wick
edness must increase there? For what
are the youth educated! To keep books,
to raise corn, to sell goods-is this all !
Only yesterday good old patriarch was
addressing a school; he told them they
had two safes in which they ought to be
storinr away treasures. These are the
intellect and the heart. What advantage
will il be to store the intellect if the
heart be not cared for? "knOwledge IS
power" and when restrained and guided
by correct principles, will be like the stea-
DIV flowing stream turning the mill-wheel
and furnishing employment to thousands
on its BAN But when the guidance of
principal is gone, when selfshness, not
kindness, is all to restrain evil passions,
the restraint will only serve as did the cuL-
vert at the illfated village Of Roscoe to the
stream, it will only serve to collect force
for terrible destruction Of all It's range.
Where shall we look for q sound morality
out of the Bible? | would be opposed
as much as any other man, to teaching
Presbyterianism, or EpisCOpaCy, or any
other special form Of religious belief III
our common schools, but the book to
which Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Bap-
! fists. and all refer TO in the foundation of
their faith cannot be spared from our
schools, unless we are willing to be poin-
/ ted at in a short time as we are aCcus-
toned to point at "infdel France" The
danger is imminent that we shall soon be
so pointed at at if we do not arouse our
selves. | ask no man to waste Indignation
on the New York Boardthat threw out
the Bible; | ask no man 10 gote 81 Louis
or anv other city in which the Bible does
not ind a place in public schoolrooms; l
ask no man to contend with the opinions
Of somebody in ano<her part OF the coun-
trv who would drive out our standard Of
morality, who would store the intellect
and not the heart, but mostly would call
your attention-you, sir, or madam, that
reads this, mean nobody else-to what
is done where your own children 60 to
school, An attack to drive out the Bible
arouses you. If you will look about you
one half of the readers Of this paper will
find their own children or their nelghbors
will be at schools where no bible can be
found within the walls Of the house.
There are about seven thousand common
schools in this State. 1t is probably no
eyarceration to say in less than half Is
the Bible read at all. 1t IS neglect, not
opposition, that produces this state of
things. Visit your schools, see your chill
dren NAV be taught to be something bet
ter than the rapidly increasing herd of
government plumbers and private swind-
lers.
1t is difficult to ascertain the exact num-
Der of schools where this neglect exists.
1t may be said that the proportion has
been overstated. In a certain county,
provision was made to have all the schools
4 visited last winter. / addressed line to
the commissioner TO get exact figures to
sustain my view. Last night | had his
answer.
There were one hundred schools in
the county last winter. l should think
that less than one-half the schools which
visited read the Bible. ! do not think
that more than three-eights of the teach
ers had devotional exercise either atmOr-
ming or night.
usually recommended reading a select
portion of the Scripture by the teacher
where the scholars did not read, and
spoke of the importance Of devotion tc
every school"
That county is not in Egypt, but is set
5 tied chiefly from Puritan New England
A few counties may be better in this re
spect-do not believe yours to be till yol
: have carefully ascertained the facts.
ILLINOIS, June II. j. H.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Rarev, the
American horse tanner, uses a file of Con
gressionaI speeches 10 subdue the refra t.
5 tory animals under his charge. Aftbl