The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-11-30
Bible Reading in the Public
schools IIrrcher'S Sermon on
The Subject on Thanksgiving

Day.
ltmm lhrNN York SUM-
Plymouth Church was artistiCAlly dec,
Grated on Thanksgiving Day, and every
available foot Of space was occupied. Mr.
Ieccher looked admiringly at the cOllec.
ton Of fruits aud flowers as he stepped
upon the platform, The choir sang
Ilaydn's Marvellous Work." from the
"Crcotiou," The text was n part Of the
sixth verse Of the thirly.thirl chapter Of
Isaiah
"And wisdom and knowledge shall be
the stability Of thy times, and strength OF
salvation
Mr. RcCChCr announced "a his subject
"Thc Common Schools Of the Country"
And he said that the democratic wave
spoken oiby De rOcQueviIle had not yet
run it, course. The people stood in the
month ollApril looking only atthe expcr.
iencc Of the February and March Of the
past, and forgetting the rich autumnal
harvest Of the future. When that time
arrived the people must change their
views Oh the policy Of conducting the
common schools. There should be no
c.a'' Of distinction among the pupils.
Your Dunes and mine" said he, SHOULD
at side by side on level with one an.
other. There must he distinctions, but
lhcy should he such "a the spelling book,
the arithmetic, and the copy book make,
and not what wealth or social position
deInanl, The common schools should I've
80 comfortable, 30 fat, so rich, 30 com.
pIelc, that no select school could live I'm.
Der their lrippings." This sentence Mr..
Btecher delivered with enthusiasm, and
l'drcw out a round Of applause, and the
preacher enjoyed It. lie was afterwards
frequently CompClledto pause, because of
new outbreaks, and after an unusual
manifestation he said, "Two years ago
The ntterahcc Of that sentiment would
not have met with the approval Of your
leet which It does now
lie spoke Of excluding the Bible from
,he public schools, advocating IL earnest.
M the only fair policy. II was not
lalf, he said, to compel Il Jew TO pay
@Ae' to support schools where the New
Testament, in which lie did not believe,
va read every day to his caildren,
Neither was il fair to his Roman Catho.
l'C brother to tax him to sustain n system
4" public education In which the Protest.
Nl BIBLE was cOnspicuously used. II
Nn not right, either, should Catholics
gam me a'cCndency In affairs Of State, TO
Wy fFoie,tants in support Of schools
'nefe the Douny version Of the Scrip.
,3Ie- was read to the pupils. "Fair
WT, cried he, "is the motto. But,
N'a some, will this not make our schools
soaIc''| Yes, in one scnsc-iust as a
uW store OF furniture establishment il
soaIe's, The schools are not religious
m'u'nIiohs, and should not be made 80
NY more than store What would YOU
@lnN oil mans going into Il furniture
S%nannlaciory and asking the proprietor
pIy9n make chairsT Yes do you
p ps; Ntd'tC1dsT Yes. 30 you MAKE
noIe'G no, sir well, then, | won't
'Nonlie You, Your concern Is a god
~, H. ! THe' The congregation laughed al
we Illustration.
mere were persons, Mr.. Beechcr ex
Taloed who thought our forefather.
WEI, sodIc" because the word God wa
W" IN The Constitution. The same per
y" conicnlcd for the Bible in the pub
W schools. This was phatisaism ruiz
w aal, There were mothers work, ChurCt
II,k And common school work in thu
WV, Of a man; and each was sCpa
,a from the other. lie believed in in
ii.aung principles Of honesty, kindness
, mnuc, charity, and the like, The iunia
S nv0'a' principles Of true morality, bu
M ' %''arahism or even lrOtestantism
' iay,e were topics that belonged cxclu
, no TO the different churches, and wer,
sI properly a part Of common schoo
b' u,allon BESIDES having the schoo
, Su'S comfortable and particular relig
me- ,.tN,lnded, the public should sec thu
,,tgvFt Commissioners Of Education ar,
Y, Ei5Oi1'cd, u know Of cases near here,
,,I Nf' BCCchcr, and his voice dfoppc,
". ",' lace assumed q serious expires
lmu' Where Commissioners have hiret
, g11Ie teachers, and have made thci
NV ss,.p..ymcni depend upon their willing
No surrender their bodies to gratiiy
e ~, ,u,l oil their employers; and in som