The New York herald., 1869-05-26
SEMl-CENTENARY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The fftieth anniversary OF the Presbyterian Board
of Education held last night at the Brick church.
corner of Thirty seventh street and Fifth avenue.
After prayer the Rev. DR.. MAGILL gave brief sum-
mary Of the objects and history Of the Board from It's
inception down to the prese Mt time. Rev. Mr. LORD
followed him. referring especially to the relation Of
the Board OF Education to missionary efforts and TO
its aid In sending forth missionaries.
The congregation then sang the hymn commenc
Jesus shall reign whsre'er the sun.
Rev. Dr. BEDELL followed with short address.
The presiding minister then announced DR..
MoCosu, who on being introduced, said that he had
from the European system on their own Board OF
Education. Frankly, he had nothing to say. There
was state OF transition in Europe as to the form
Of church education and that he believed must be
ultimately referred TO nrst principles. The first
child, but necessity and convenience required the
reference rhs & OF a thus imporant duty to. to ohers.
tom by 't the state Keeping OF in ''is view eoaSa tSs
primary duty the question still was left what was
the Church to dor The Church had duty, but not
to give the whole education to the people. Feed my
sheep feed my lambs must be read together. oxford
and Cambridge and the Scotch colleges had under
Church was different, not secular but religious edu.
cation.
Knox in Scotland, and continued by the Puritan
fathers In this country: The Christian Church was
strong element In the stimulation OF secular or
sa' Rect junction lie would cai a' attention @ @ to to
q danger to the national system now
natonize schools, subject which he was astonshed
had excited less attention-the attempt inaugurated
ny the state q New YORK to give special to
community. He regretted that such thing should
ex cite so little attention. But this was not his main
object in this address. The order was "reed my
preaching Of his own Church was too philosophi,
9th Otherwise sss sesans bu. no: % attractive % 70
driving ing them away to other denominations. s.
In this connection he told story OF Hugh Miller
that be left Dr. McCandlishs church TO relieve HIM
the preaching TO. children and maids should
be more attended to: He thought part
OF the seminary instruction should be the
s U and
religious tone In all the schools and an encourage
ment Of Christian teachers. such an object would
All THIS discussion had an important bearing on the
purpose Of the meeting They should SSv not not rival Iva
me national h, sste9 a. shey dd aey ~ would ndr fa
control OF an ntiChristian. Then they might have
q duty to oppose them. Thon the organization
ans S Ssp ss Sa o sRs ssnes
tion would indirectly help the increase OF the minis
try During the last yoar but little over atty had
Alarming fact hs suseestod that the churches should
Soud Se aid m But Si,Ss Ss Sssasd s sh shas
@ cns she way greatest Ssy
young men desiring to enter the ministry was
their inability to obtain the preliminary education
taned BY On ample education ftnd; but besides this,
matter in Yhldh u was especially desirable to intro
uuSY % he conciSsion Of Dr.. Mcoosh,s address tho
Doxology was sung after which tho benedction
was pronounced. md the congregation dispersed.