The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-03
CHURCH OF THE PURITANS.

The Light that Is Needed In Our Public
schools-sermon by the Rev. DIR.
Cheevcr.
The sermon preached last night in the chapel Of
the University in Washington square. by Rev. DR..
Cheever, attracted numerous congregation. He
said 1t would seem impossible that any nation
could forbid the entrance Of God into the schools.
His standpoint Of view was, the first place, that
of the scientist. All the forms OF ancient work,
said celebrated scholar were simply the results
Of some oxygen, water, &c. Diet became work Of
sacred science. A State and race to sustain 1t
might have been raised with as much
mathematical certainty as school building. II
these principles held good In regard to this simple
form Of life, how much truer they were when
applied to the spiritual light OF reasoni 1t being
admitted that o high state Of intelligence was
necessary to create state OF the purest morality
1t became apparent how inconsistent 1t would be
to exclude the Bible from the schools. II science
affirmed this then their welfare required the
presence Of this spirit in oil their nurseries ana all
their schools 1t would be different sort Of child
murder The arts OF culture refinement and
morality required that all the children should have
THIS PURE LIGHT OF HEAVEN.
Even from the point Of the welfare Of the state
this seemed to be imperative. The school buildings
must be nre-proof. Unwholesome buildings were
marked and reprosated. and all the resources OF
science were true and religion ase oS or the con
trary, they needed light % well for the mind as
they needed II for the body. But the children
were deprived OF both. They were crowded to-
ton. but it was stili more appalling to
Breath now and light few Spf SenerSons 'r Of
legislators who had never been educated in
verge Of ruin. The education OF their children In
science only without knowledge Of religion would
certainly have this effect. This would be system
nj al n of ia of half
truths which carried slow consumption. Their
need was OF principles Of moral architecture, so
that they should be able TO keep their roofs from
falling and their walls from crumbling In. Science
Gospel taught perfectly moral state. The
law OF gravtation was net moro abso-
lutte than the science of the soul.
moral and spiritual lives. II the soul were but .
jewsharp they still needed the science Of playing
upon II. No madness out OF bedlam would he so
great as that which would attempt to build up
society
WITHOUT THIS GREAT SPIRITUAL AID.
Spiritual causes might be physcal-that's what the
scientists say-but then II became still more alb
snrd TO remove these causes from their
were spiritual, but whatever they were
their Influences we're known to be all-controlling.
The habitual recognition OF God and the Bible was
an incaleuable boon. What wenld life be without
oxygen The exclusion OF this one element OF
religious life would be certain, absolute death.
There was working deccase In moral darkness.
There was powerful Impression on the popular
mind OF the necessity OF pure conscience The
Christian statesmen were expected to stand nrm.
Why should they be faithful II there was no God
What was religion good for, the newspapers asked.
ment when they saw such men fall they said that n
these men had had true pety they would not have
fallen. And what would they and their Senator'S
aud representatives be Dfty years hence without