Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-10
FROM MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP.
PROSCRIpTION

.Crusades are the order Of the day. just now
Jesuits, Prolestants, the pious and the impious
saints aud sinners all with one accord are pitch
ing stones a, an old book called, by wav Of dis
tinction, the Bible. The pitch that this game
has already reached is TO pitch the Bible out OF
the Common Schools. We are waiting patiently
for the next pitch. What place the Republic de-
signs to give that memorable Book remains to
be seen. The great infallible Pope, the su.
preme ponliff Of the Church Of Rome, long
since decreed that this oldest Of all backs was
not suitable to be put in the hands Of the COM
mon people. To this day most of the subjects
Of His Holiness remain in blissful ignorance Of
its contents, Abner Kneeland, a famous infdcl,
declared that this old Book was nought but
discordant fable and defed its author, if II was
God, TO strike him dead and gave the Supreme
Being just five minutes in which He might
Kill him L. He could. But the heavens did not
fall jnst then and the Creator did net seem to
notice this defiant infiel. Hence his followers
called him, "Abner the Great, whom God could
not or dare not touch" Why Protestant School
Boards and Doctors Of Divinity should unite
with Jesuits aud inidels in the grand pitch and
cap the climax ofthe game in pitching a ia
nous old book ont Of the Common Schools, eds
explanation. This hue and cry against the BIZ
BILE is ominous: "Forsooth il is a sectarinn
Book Forseoih IL is too sacred to be mumbed
over BY boys and girls at school2 Forsooth it
will never do to mix up the Bible with politics
Oh the Church and State Christ and Belize
bubr BY all means keep these things separate
al ~ n M II
most assuredly let us keep all things clean and
pure-especaly school. houses and politics
Well, pitch the old book Quit But then what
Kind OF salt shall we use7 Something that Is
cleansing by all means. "Salt?" But this old
book, 'hat you have pitched out, says, "Sait is
good." One Of the prims doctrines Of this old
book is, "Thou shnlt not steal" "Thou shalt
not commit adultery" that ia, d. not get things
too much mixed. Now when a man goes 70
Congress to transact business for the State he
cannot get that idea, rather Biblical to be sure,
too deeply impressed -on his or her mind.
VERY we'll, let them attend the Sunday School.
The Bible is not pitched out Of the Sunday
Schools yet" But, my beloved D. d., Congress
men do not all go to Sunday Schools. "WeIl,
60 to church then" But my weIl-beluved Doc
tor of Divinity, the Church mas NJ authority,
whatever. over Congressman. The only place
under hcaven where the secis or the Churches
have any authority Whatever over Congressman
is at the bAilot.box. 'Well, we'll, by all means
let the churches and the ID. D.'s 60 into a com
muuity snd impress upon the minds Of all, the
old and the young, the grand idea that the na-
tiun will rotff we get things too badly mixed"
Very good But why net teach that enrdiual
doctrine in our Common Schools All the sous
aud the daughters Of the Republic gn there
They get the elemantary anl primary ulhs
there. Ii the Bible contains the truths that un-
derlie the foundations Of the Republic, why
pitch it out of the Cumm,n Schools Would
it not be far better for thus Christian nation TO
teach and enfo ce the doctrine that the Bible Is
Gods Book, and that all the people. including
each sec "ught to learn aud abide bv its de-
cisinus. INQUmEU