The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-06


w,hstanding The decree of Pope Alexander .hst
America was open 10 the Roman Catholics, th"7
had not made very considerable progress on tbs
sde Of the Atlantic. The Methods, church had ~
America eleven chur1tx tor thu that ropery
had. He argued that wold be treason to chidren,
TO our religion and TO country u exclude the Rb'
suffer 10 be ban he'd from presence nur children
II the chts hook cursed be the man that would
deprive them Of such teeasure God Designed that the
children should have tas Bible and that they should
II, and he addressed II u hem wen Tae
tempt to exclude from schools should be promptly
and energctcay met, and God would crown with
tne exeruohs o. man ~ preao her alluded at length 10
the teachings OF the liomh Church, and concluded
eloquent sermon by ssng his bearers the necessity
Of their supporting all that opposed the of
the Bible from the public schools
AT the conclusion Of he Sermon Mr. Keeer announced
that there would he meeting in the schoohouse Mon
day {this evening" at six O'Clock, for the election
Trustee.
SERMON OF THE REV. G. C. NORTON.
Rev. C. c. NoRros repeated last evening, the Sixth
street Baptist church. the sermon delivered by him on
the previous Sabbath evening on "The Bible in Public
Schools,
After the usual preliminary exercises, the reverend
gentleman stated that he had been induced repeat the
sermon by numerously signed request from the most
honored citizens of the Eleventh ward His text was in
the Goth chapter of Deuteronomy, and Goth verse
The secret things belong unto the Lord God; but
those things which revened belong and our
children forever that may do all the words of this
law.
The reverend gentleman encrgeticaly endorsed the
text and announced his propositions as follows lie
should consider
First Tho Bible as an important book in public
schools
Second. The actual necessity and deuand ior the Bible
in public schools.
Third Our obligations citizens, as men, and as
Christians to see that the Bible kept and read
public schools.
lie proceeded to show that the consderato Of the sub
ject was by no means "dragging politics into pupr
and declared that be deprecated that mach any man
But he denied that this vas political question lie be-
hcved that any inhde would acknowledge that the book
was good history. 1t the greatest Of hsores from
which all others had cmanated, and such right to
place N our public schools II book Of poetry
containing more real poetry than all the other books Of
poetry that were published, and such claimed
place ~ the public schools. II book rhetoric uni
versaly quoted and containing the perfect dcscrp
tons ever read u logical boo, Of sound argument
and sound reasoning II had to be logical staad the
attacks OF nhdes wicked men, nends and devils for ages
and the tearing asundcr by OF selfish dirty critics
would endure forever, and as logical book ought
read In the schools was urged that il was sect,ri,n
booh-- so, all who believed in 1t sccarans and
was an honor TO belong 10 such sect Bot was not
secarian. II was urged that there no use in
reading II in the schools without note or comment
because that II would not he understood by the children
but the stories OF Moses Joseph Elijah David and Danis
We're OF great interest to children, and would be all se
while slowly impre-sing religious truths on their minds
II urged that he Bible read all tho schools
TINS o thousands q children would DC kept away bu,
tins was nominal oJecton as there existed haff the
public Institutions o America. The Bble was demanded
discplnafian book for IL found TO be the case
that tbose children who DID not read ounces and
sflcss bockheacs, while those who did the best
scholars. should be sead the schools because many
children had no other opportunity Of hearing The Bible
the best rule OF morals the world ever saw and as
SUCH should be read in the public schools II would be
the ruin of America, as l Of France 10 reject the
Bible, while 70 accept Il world advancement M
uaton lie urged them ia the coming crisis 10 it,
that they elected such 20 public school Offices as
would guard these rights AMI privileges. The crisis was
upon them, and II was time % act and he had no
doubt that ~ proper actor they could the favor
Of God and the saving Of our glorious country from ruin