, 1875-10-30

lhn ''c" Hteft certainly "otad bot Eohahnt 70
have hIs child tanrtt 10 l'ok u,on Jesus m the
lhr.st, f4tteo l,c dcrriH that pcr.pHape to lave
tren myth nr MI itlr0atnr; aud tho inil!c1
Npu,d nor want lis ciilli to be gwen special
sthEon. biaA until he arrives 1T ycars.of t1la.
cr"ll,n and cau Judge fer himfctf. Tho Eus.
sfr, Mitchell vcrv weakly argues that II VIC eject
tho 1:iblc Itnn thu rnbio ncl'ooIs it will fninw
a. n consequence that tho acrlptiros will be
wi:lrlrawn from tho hospitals, lnnltentiarina.
Tho a!tny, navy, exc, sufficient answer 10 lin
wtnla hr. TINT In mono Of these places IL At
tr,nianCn upon religious nervicc compulsory,
md if il wern, tho participants arc adults or III
tn4tahio ago 70 fndgo for themselves. vla non"
bht Clll1rcn COmIl}he Of1F public SCHOOLS.
!, it aenn1 to n'e that there is nlia'lla co'1rra
that inay be adopted that ought tn satisfy bpt|.
tAs cnnscslants III iiis controversy. Tho plan
t. Thicf wir1l 10 cali attention. IL not a new
nu., tut in one that In. bent in operston in diff
fsrcht FaEtA Of tho cnnhtry, and haa mot will,
Eo'bI sHccGes. lhs method !s this Have re-
l!Euls exctcae+ inn,e, iiatelv preceding or fol-
lpwiug echoo! honrr, Suppose the ttnlo for these
services be ret annarter nf All hour before echoot
md attendance bo strictly obligatory npon Ill,
cacept Aneh az arc permanently esct,sctl there
from IL sllu 1ciucHt II! parents or guardians.
Iet tho DECISION a. to what version or potion Of
tho Scriptures shall be uect at tt,teo rxeIc cirnh
be dependent on tho lumber OF the scholars rep.
re.onting nArenta OF different religious fsitls,
ualng tho Dousy aud Khelms J;ib!e, ~ III 1.ast
1t, Louis. ILL.,, when tho majority OF tho ra,ila
arc Catholics. and thu King James vcr.ion when
tha Protestant children arc most humorous.
l eIncefaly hope that some Bnch comptnnliue
AZ tha--honorAb!n TO sll--may be cfIoc,e1. and
that this controversy now raging NAV not In Aay
wHy injuFo that most eacrcd inssltntlon olis
putlC-sclool nyEten!. J.r. G.
w1f1 II SHOULD STAT pr1.
II ts Editor of 1h* Chicago Yr,tnnt;
CHICAGO, Oct. 29.-Ail advocates OF Bible read
Ing iu schools are ptofcssedy houeat, and would
10. willingly make others pay for what they lad
IN right to. Now achool- teachers time, from
when school opena ~ tho c!oae. h. paid for by
Evans seliea1s, 1lousan Catholics, 1nilols, jews.
etc. 70 to compel teacher to give any doscrip-
tion OF religious instruction, however faint,
would be to make Jew pay for religious lnBtruc-
lion which lo copscieutiously believes to be a
positivn oEror; ilkewlHo Tho 1nfidol, ho thinking
tho Bible not tic least supernatural. This in q
FREQ country must DO called dishonest, to .ay
nothing OF its being radically unconstitutional.
But II may bo said that tho BiLlo IL Tho llost
moral Vt buukH. aud 70 to lnculsato morality it
Rhould 10 read, discardinH tho sAcreduoaB.
Imagine grown TIP claAa listening to teacher,
commencing with tnts observation, ~ nm going
to rcad M extract from, rurnly moral book, be-
Loving it will instruct yon az mich Al any words
Of Plato OF C,cero :" this would ,lstiIone tn
authority iu Young minds. and 10 quito snbrcr-
siro Of tho object sought to be attained by Bible
| a1lsocntcs.
Schools arc paid for to instruct youth 10 live
correctly aud truly tie Life that now IL; teachers
arc paid solely for tLis, a,4 taxes aro collected
and Boards established solely for this purpose.
prcacheta looking fur Tho perpet1atiots Of
t tlieir craft NAV rry uut faithfully
With Que of old, il tue Acts Of TIN Apost.cs are
true. ''Grca. is Diana of tho Ephcsans = Ecnsi-
bsp people vii! zee their craft is III danger, and
] though they cry out loudly a,,d honestly. will
| not heod them.
| Thus, from tho standpoints Of honesty. moral
! ity, md 10 keep in tho minds of tho E,uwinH
! generation rcapec. Tor tic Elb.e. omit it au
| cfass-took. Keep 1t rolcly where it wiil be re-.
] srected; let tho youth DO instructed iu public
| schools in knowledge that tsta them TO be good
| citizens and useful IN tic hfo that now il, u
such te,nE the ai,n. And What everybody paya
and supports them for. WILLIAM FAAscil,