The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1870-02-21
b.JCEl.N, n. d.,
, 3 Eh,si.isios.E lSJA1nrn BrRkE,i /,
Wg,ros. Feb N, 1870,

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Eplrons Drnoclir:-l.ct u.ipnt .o,a
lE'eiup'e usiphe Gsu'uud Of hep, !,
bu,Es, the Catholic pit.s inth's town,
that the children Vi families LrlcEgi G to
his congregation sLall DO sdues,e& ~ ap
afa,s ,1ehouis llider'hhn Accnlrol.s Mhete
is ,hs necessity ot the interference olttat
gentleman iu learning ,hu Multiplication
liable g'''Whut' necessary connccli"a u
there 'bstw.en mathematics aud lie dos:
trine sidts' tile iuinucula,s' cpuesl'lly!!i .
Please inform me the snecrwi,. VI te-
lievine thut you and your asxVclssrS in
the ministry are the ouly persons WI. eau
ellee. ths forgiveness Of NV siusr Mus.
II believe that farce iii otdsr to ut,aiu any
knowledge Of mental SCIENCE. or any
other .dogwa sf the Latin Church? lslt
portsntts believe in tausubs'sniliss!iii9sn.
in order to understand English gruIiIuar!
Cannot thu study of geography be prDft-
ably pursued ,uithost raising questions Of
,beolocyl So Of other bruurhts IS Gle
msut.ry learning taught IL Tho pulls
Ichuols. ], is evident that 'hcy. have ie
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS upon any form
uf theology ihan The trade OF shoemsker
or that oi blacksmith. With which, be-
lisve. the priests have not undertaken to
be infinite! JA IdsIleroush e'rPfpler. 4
ready penn,an, an expert grsmmariap
or pupil who can answer at;once any
question ip geography, ,may proceed from
school in which n0ue Of tLt doctrises
that religious sscts quarrel about are eyer
mentioned. y TheI sl,ns process is to be
followed in this sort Of training ., thssby
which us bring up youth so.be clever
carpenters. ingenious muchinists, or accu-
ra,s, pripten-- that 10 tol say, BY careful
ATTENTION and diligent practiceI77iaDd this
docs not require the help Of sn ecclc'ias.
tic Of any school. But it is said that the
religious sdueniionlof y ou,h is highlyiih:
porssut,o the formation Of their charac.
Ter. have 10 disposition toadscry'or
disparpss the religiots element. 10 cJnca.
ton. Opinisns IL regard to religion dr.
fer 10 different familirs, and ihsAhcad Of
every family naturally desires, thst5i's
youthful members should be brought up
id tho family faith. Our .y.tcm Of pub
lie schools SUITS no obstacle in, tho wny VI
this. Those WIN arc Of no religious de-
nomination .. all are free TO bring UP
their children in their own usy. How.
Eeyer.much .hcir,iudifierensc to siulcf lvub.
iecss MAY be regretted, the State PUTS no
res.raiat upon them. Jewish parents cd
uea,s their children In the ancient faith,
though they send them to the public
schools. Calyiuius train up theirs in the
nurture u,r Of thie Wysii,aius,er ea,echism--
Episeopsliaus have their mrthod. Of iaeul.
eating upun their sLildreu the ob.errsn.
ces aud lie lforns of, belief which they
sheri,h-,Ls Methodist Haus, 10 ia .JificuIiy
IN keeping bis FIRMLY within The pale ii
biz Church, though bic children ,,,ssa
tLsl schools provided 'fsf tlitml W The
S,a,e-,hs Bsp,,st, tie UGinrisG. the
Sweden borsian, the liuthersn,. aud .ytty
Other Decentralization d Ch,isiisns sn,ohg
nv ,sve the Kornau Cn.Lulir>. hsts ~
quarrel With tbs public schoola.. N6ths
u all thtse religious dehnmi,atinhsf dee
sires iLs. the CHI drsn Of tsmilir. which
probes, il, faith ,l.ll b. separates from.
III, c,Olns,ani.y il which they livs-tp IL;
p.uned up by themselves md lesta enly
jus, 81 much aud III jus. such nanuer
40 ,ecl..ir.ties If their denomineiisn PIE.
scribe. III. only the priests oruns tp.
liyious sec, who in.l,t upnn ,bi. seclu.i"u
1t is only the tccltsils,irr Of iIlc L,lia,
Cbueh wlio have broken Into 1.-The arensi
81 pSlitis., and with ! .Low u holy hnf.i
Tor, insist thu, the childreu d tl,tir Cock.
.hail be kept apart from tl,o.s Of The res.
Of the r,n,auuity. aud elslnor losi The
overthrow Of that long cherished ib,tiiu.
lion--,he psbl school. All e.i,er de-,
nominations urc content with The easy
and obyiou. means Of iuculrstipg their.
faith upon the childres Wiiuai Provides
baa placed 10 their care. They have
ohutc6cs for religious sotship iand in,
mructiou they have uns day IN ihs sc1rue
set ,p.ft. for tue special preparation for
another iife-tley have sunday sehcols---;
they have pastors, monitors aud rxth,.