The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-18
WARREN STREET DRo0kLYN METHODIST epSCepA
CHURCH

Sermon by the Rev. Geo. A. Hubbell-ssThe
Sectarian Crusade Against the Public
Scho0ls.''
Last evening this church was very numerousy
attended to listen to sermon from the PASTOR the
Rev. Geo. A. Huobell, on the "Sectarlan Crusade
against the Public Schoos.n The text selected for
the occasion was st. John ILL.,. 19-"And men loved
darkness rather than light, because their deeds
were evil" The preacher commenced BY observ-
ing that these words were used by the
Lord to explain the reason OF the rejection
Of the Gospel by his hearers. 1t also ex-
planned the reason of the present Romish cru
SADIE against the public schools Of the day. Fealty
to a foreign potentate BY powerful class OF people
IN our midst and in this country had and was
striking disastrous blows against American liberty
and these efforts would be persisted In until success
crowned their attempts or their rank and 1le were
driven from the field beaten and demoralized. They
demand the unconditional surrender OF the present
system OF education; and, If we give up this, they
will then ask that the press be delivered into their
hands. and after that all the privileges that
Americans possess under the government, and then
be among the things that were, and this land become
one OF misery and poverty similar 10 the nations
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the worst wars The world ever knew. Ancient reli-
gions dio not attempt to educate the masses. The
Bible has aroused the world to reason. lntelllg ence
caused the dogmas Of the Papal hierarchy in the SIX
teenth century to be attacked, and from these
sequences arose public schools and education by the
State. In Io42 the officers OF the settlement OF
Hartford established free schools, and twenty
seven years after the landing OF the Pilgrims
the constituted authorities ordered such schools
to be established In every place In Con-
necticut where there were nifty houses and
upwards. From the Eastern States this system OF
education extended. In the Empire State II was
established IN 1911, ana last year the Educational
superintendent reported that there were In the
State 1l,614 schools, $3.50 male and 25,s6l female
teachers with g10,S49 pupils and l640 900 volumes
in their libraries. IL was designed that from these
schools, In their management, should be excluded
all political partisanship and sectional bgotry; that
the OF instruction should be broad enough to
ut Its pupils either for business or the ballot box.
To destroy them, and such In the land would be a
blow that must wheel the nineteenth century back
into the darkness OF midnight. Education should be
conducted by the State, and II should be free
from sects or cliques. The unity OF the different
classes and sectional interests with u.s. every nation.
atty and every language being represented was one
or the greatest achievements OF the age. The Bible
could be best understood by those who read 1t.
original sources OF information are better than all
Others Gods Instructions can best be learned by
their perusa. The Bible must be In the public
SCHOOLS on patriotic as well as moral grounds Pub
tic men need TO know its contents that they may
know tne terrible import OF false oath. The State
preacher quoted the arguments OF certain arch
bishops OF the Papal Church to show why they de-
sired the Bible 70 DO excluded from public schools
ne also traced the Legislative snactments Of the State
1885, how certain politicians In bidding for the vote
OF those allied to ROmanism; how the Bible was
excluded from the schools ut one time, and the Jaw
afterwards repealed, and how now the state Legis
parochial schools He characterized the attempt as
the Grst great lever against public schools. The
Romanlsts' opposition must be met After further
eloquent and exhaustive allusion 70 the system Of