Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-10-09
mand of the ship War Hamk the
same having been published in severn,
newspapers on the Sound.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.


presents as facts, that the directors Of
Olympia School District No have re-.
resolved to do during the present term
without religious service in the school
and that the writer of the article is yery
indignant thereat. The comments are
neither creditable to the writer nor lust
to the directors. The writer of the
article signing himself " Parent" is too
we'll known in our community as n
Christian and as o gentleman for auy
one to presume that he wrote the ar.
ticle with the intent of inAicting pain or
to misrepresent facts willfully. 1t is
simply one of those cases where the
bias Of the individual clouds his better
Judgment and perverts his logic to an.
ply the proper test. Under ordinary
circumstances the present writer would
let these matters of opinion right them.
selves, but as Parent" advances views
in his article which, if carried out might
become dangerous to the peace of the
nation, the writer considers that silence
would be tantamount to q sin of omis-
! sion.
The attack upon Mr.. Barnes, in say
ing he is giving vent to personal
hate of religion, q personal thrust to
wound religion" clothed with brief
authority and perverting the Office"
are SO entirely out of place that GER
tainly RI" Parent" must have felt in any,
thing but Christian spirit when pen
ming his remarks. Mr.. Barnes was
known in this community as q man of
kind disposition, the friend of every
honorable man, women and child long
before Parent" made his advent in
this community. Such remarks can
not injure Mr.. Barnes and have ten
dency to weaken any cause which can
not command better argument The
thanks of this community are due to
Mr.. Barnes and his fellow directors for
their manly and fearless action in be.
half of the maintenance of our public
schools.
"Parent" asks, "Who was ever in
iured by religious services in public
schools ?" 1t will be hardly necessary
to refer q scholar like parent" to his.
tory, but for the sake of others let it be
stated that the Roman Catholic church
always insisted upon the control of the
public schools; that whenever that
church welded power the religious ser
vices in the schools were insisted upon
as c0nditione sine qua non of its good
will. 1t was the price kings and en-
perors had always to pay to the church
for its assistance to enslave tho body
and mind of their subjects. The con-
quence of religious service in public
schools may be seen to-day in the de-
plorablo state of mind existing in the
people where the Catholic is the state
religion. When by the influence of
Prussia the power of the Catholic
church became weakened throughout
Germany and it became evident there
was danger that ere long religious SER
vices would not be performed any more
in public schools, the Vatican concluded
concordats with Austria, Spain, Bava-
ria, Brazil and many other countries
for the purpose of securing by title
deed the boon of performing religious
services in public schools. parent"
will therefore observe that nations were
injured and its people are suffering to.
day in consequence OF this religious
service. 'l9.t e7*' 7aI
Bismark and Gladstone are now en-
gagged in the herculean labor of defeat
ing Rome, and If the people of the
United States arc not cautioned, the
day will come when it's best men will
pray for Bismafk or Gladstone to
arise and liberate it's people. The toe
sin of war is already heard, as the war
fare is raging in Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New Jersey and
Ohio for the mastery in the public
schools. In some of these States the
Catholic voters are already marched to
the polls under the guidance of their
bishops and priests to defeat the con-
stitutions which forbid school funds to
be appropriated for secular schools.
Those of our citizens who insist upon
religious services in school will find in
the Catholic church q faithful ally.
Rome does not want anything better
than to have protestants make religious
services precedent case, 30 that the
priest may have the argument Of dis
suading the members OF his own church
from sending their children to the pub
lie school, and then ask separate funds
for public schools for the purpose OF
religious services. ~ ii S71v.u.4
The United Ststes have become the
home of individuals of many other ma
tons, religions and colors; before the
law they are ell alike; they are not
asked under what form they pray to
their Maker, and TO what political creed
they adhere; ell that is asked of them
is to be loyal 10 the government which
gives them protection. Enjoying the
same privileges. they are expected to
perform the same duties. The laws OF
The Talmud or those of the Alcoran may
DO obeyed by Christians without dis
grace. The teachings Of CONTIGUOUS
were directed to the elevation of the
human race, as were those of Christ.
The jew. the Mohamedan. the Chinese.