The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-30
GhpgnteIIigeucer.
,Lrrrurc BY RIshOp Kain.


,eporter proceeds to give an outline oI
nj. lecture the subject OF which was
ar,ith" At the close Of his lecture, the
rcpor,cr says, "hc animadyerted to the
cre,, question OF the day--the Bible in
tbs Schools" Upon this point the Bishop
i,ouo,ci follows:
"l lIc stated that PrOtestants generally
bouuht that Catholics disrespecled the
MbIr and wished to cxpel it from the
.rhool. lie said that such was not his
f,rlipr.. he wanted to see the Bible in
tbc schools, he wanted to see prayer and
rcIiyiou, devotion there also; that he
sincerely hoped that these little children
woubl he raised up pious Protestantsj
tbtii such il not done the schools would
6ergme dcmorali1ng; but that Catholics
coud not send their children to be taught
Protc.tantism, for this would be the most
rIaring inconsistency in Catholic parents.
While he thought that r Professionalism had
some defects, yet, beyond a doubt, 1t Is to
be preferred to the skepticsn Of the day;
thai he hoped that Protestant children
during their younger days might be
TAUGHT to practice their religion"
We should Judge from the above ver-
sion Of the Bishops remarks that he
pitched his key at least u triilc milder
ont at Weston than ut St. AIphonsus'
.cbool house in this city. There is Ger.
,,inly nothing in the tone Of his remarks
a. ohovc rcuorleL To find fault with. Ii
w, were n Bi,hop and wanted to make an
imnrr..ion uuon An unbelieving public
wo wonld odont this tone as our general
s,vlo and discard the ipsc Dirt and cx-
cnthcdra tone that toooitcn charOcterizes
clerical dcliycrances.
THE Bisbon wishes il to be understood
,bo,Lo !. ma, hostile to the Bible in the
ochools ond sovs That he i. in favor Of
retaining il there. Furthermore, he
would like to see praycr and religious
Jovo,ion in ,hc schools. Yet at the same
Alma bo woulI po, rotroni,c such nublic
.cbooI. Wbyg Becanse "Catholics could
mt .ruJ their children To be taught
pro,o.onti.mp
Tbi. /, where the Bishop md the Cath.
ollie clergy generally assume the whole
oues,ion against the nublic schools, They
,,.,,mo,ho, ,hov must he either "podlcss'
school. or Protestant schools. They can
M, di.conr.ct fl school svstcm from dog.
matte relivior NJ somc sort. According
to tbcir iIrn II would NOT do to patronizc
.chools whore reading, writing, nrilhme.
tic vcovraphv and grammar were taught
and where no religious instruction was
given. Neither would II do to patronizc
schools where in addition to teaching
these branches Of education chapter in
the Bible was rcnd every morning and n
PRAYER offered. Nor vet would it do to
patroniye schools where in addition to
all these features there were daily pre-.
cents of non.dogmatic religion taught,
such as the nculcations Of the Ten Com.
mandments and of the Sermon on the
Mount, which are supposed to include
the accented points of religion touching
mans duty to God and his fellow men.
None Of these kind Of schools suit the
idea. Of the Catholic hierarchy, and they
object to and condemn them all either rs
goddess or heretical schools.
They want schools where they can in.
still into the minds Of tho young the pc.
culiar and distinctive tcnels Of their own
faith. not only the general precepts Of
religion are to be taught but the doctrin.
al point, held by Catholics, including the
traditions Of the church. They are op.
posed to any other kind of schools. These
are the schools they have to-day in Spain
and in all Catholic countries. Spain is
pre.cmincntly Catholciscd in her educa.
ton And yet out Of fifteen millions of
people less than two millions, according
to the statistics of 1862, could read, and
only about / 100000 could read and write.
This shows that the Catholic system Of
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