Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-12-30

church. AID hen 10 Cisfiuc hc habj,uailv
dill MT attend church. thus iutcu.ifvins the
force of his advice by. the power OF hi, ~
ample.
No objection was made TO Mr.. Arnott on
account of hi, religious belief, the inquiry
was not made. We do not understand that
creed : made a qualification for employ
ment In either school. After careful IN
qnire. of students and Investigations Tor
the past fye years. We have failed to dis-
cover any >cciarian tendency 'n either
School, We shall be happy 10 cooperate
in any movement to FENDER these schools
deserving the entire confidence al our peo-
pie. wNgHEN JoHN>oN.
Chairman OF lu>prc;ory Committee.
Mr.. J. uar.--l tin>s hail u- found 40
keep entirely within he spirit OF Your wise
counsel.
There WAS slight ni-priui IL the ,hi5J
clause from the end Of my former article.
Tor has fonud. read was fnuud" You
also misapprehchdcd me. in suppo,ing that
| intended to say. that sectarian in-iruc-
ton was given 10 the Normal school room.
Tha' perhaps would be more manly bat i;
would he dangerous. Such instruction
could be given quite as effectively aud
more safely, elsewhere.
nave been told indeed that me Priuri-
pal j. in the habit Of introducing hi theoi-
osical idea. into hi. PRAYER. Ia the school
room. and that there J. more or less pf sec
tartan matter IN the manual 81 deyoiio
used there. but this j. 40, what | mainly
referred 10.
propose ia thi. paper 90 state such
fact, and consideration, as have lcd me To-
the opinion expressed IN the farnc- one,
50 that the public may be enabled 10 draw
It's own differences.
or course ia a case % tn, Nina wc are
not to expect direct proof. to the fullest
extent but Se must reason IN some meas
urc from circumstance. aud from effect, %
causes.
Wh-n the school Mas established and To-
Gated. some ct a. who had been active in
securing Il. location. were DESTROYS that
one who hsd Lecn the teacher in orr High
School. should be- appointed Principal. lie
wa> OF liberal culture aud one OF the mos,
able and successful teachers Ia The whole
county possessed Of thc hishe-- ,ualjtie-
OF character. and admirably fitted for such
position. lie wa, ~ the Librial F1.th.
Bat he Na> an honorable man. and would
a, soon have thrust his hand into a heated
flruace. A. hsve suffered the least yiuoturr
OF >-ciatia. u li,houor hi, school
Some acknowledgement WAS held on, 10 H.
by the then Superintendent. that lac should
be appointed Principal. But upon h. re-
| turn to Augusta. il vas otherwise ordered
/ aud the present principal Was appointed.
/ Since his residence here, he Ia, become :.
/ leader Ia the Orthodox Church, conducting
I the Sunday service in the absence Of the
/ Pastor; and becoming strongly identified
/ with that society.
! And not only he. but all tile teachers in
/ the Normal School. are Of the Eyanerlicsl
order, called. aud That cla,, OF teachers
/ has been exclusively employed. witch very
/ slight exception since The establishment 81
| the school
The Principal aud all the teacher. attend
| the Orthodox Church upon Sunday And
the Normal scholars, with but few cxcep-
/ tons attend that church. Aud here th.s
| are indoctrinated into the tract, OF the
/ Orthodox creed. wa, myself present Oh
| one occasion when the atonement was the
subject OF the discourse; and it was press
cd. | thought. especially upon the atten-
| ton of the Nogmals. substantially in this
wise; man sins-by the law the penalty OF
! sin. i eternal death. Man having >nned
has incurred this pcAalty. and eau ,p moth
ing himself To escape il. The penalty must
be inflicted. In this state Of the case Chris
present. himself aud offers to bear the
| penalty in mans stead, aud does bear it,
or what is equivalent TO it; and so. those
who believe this and trust in 1t may be
pardoned, while those who do not. are
thrust into hell forever.
The Normals are also members of the
Sabbath School of this church to very
| large extent. They are encouraged TO be-
come so by their teachers, or some of them
When one of them proposed to join the BIZ
bic class at the Unitarian Church. he was
urged by the then principal assistant teach
er in the Normal School, not TO do SO. and
| to join class in the Orthodox School
The Principal aud all the Normal teach
srs are instructors in the Sabbath School.
| The Pastor himself has class made up
largely, is believed, of Normals.
The teachers, | am informed, meet the
| Pastor weekly, and receive from him such
| doctrinal aud other instruction as he de-
sres to give them; and thus prepared they
go before their classes on Sunday.
Thus we perceive there has been CON-
pact, and skillfully arranged course of
measures employed with The full concur
renee and active cooperative of the Prin-
cipai and ut least his two principal assist
ants, one Of whom is not now in the school
| for indoctrinating the Normal scholars in
the creed OF Il particular church Could
anything more effective be done in this re-
gard. within the walls of the Normal
School Building?
II they fail of success. il is because of
the Intelligence and independence of
thought Of the Normal pupils, not from
any lack Of adaptation in the measures