The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-25
THE METHODIST MINISTER'S.

SHALL OUR SCHOOLS BE PUBLIC on sEcTA-
RIAN?-sHALL THE BIBLE BE CAST OUT OBJ
RETAINED?
Judging the sentiment OF the Methodist Episco-
pal Church by the utterances OF ner ministers in
their weekly gatherings here there are none more
an xious than they TO the Bible OF the pub
lie schools, out az the same time, to show their
consistency, strenuously oppose the proposition
70 incorporate the Catholic parochal SCHOOLS with
tue common schools in charge OF the Board OF Ed
ucaton- For four weeks under different aspects
the ministers have mad this theme under consd-
Grafton ana 80 fruitful Is IL or thought ana WORD
tuat next Monday IL Will be discussed under the
form OF question shall the bible be turned out
or the public schools or retained thereluY
And on this question the Rev.. John =. Wins
Will pc heard, prs. Curry, True, Kettell and Reys.
VI Lloyd, ]. NJ King and others, woo spoke on
tnis question yesterday, and there ofore have
taken the ground that the DiDle should not be re-
talned ia tho schools. There are other ministers
in The Methodist Episcopal Church OF equal prom.
inence and ability who hold different views, and
they wiz now have an opportunity 10 speak their
minds. Mr. King yesterday feared that the delay
OF the BOARD OF Education meant treachery for
such base proposition as that OF he catholic
school officers should have been answered with q
prompt negative. At least nineteen OF these
Catholic schools have been erected with money
Mr.. King read from . Catholic paper certain ex-
tracts which severely censured the Catholic
gna Sl iG r. nmng or 70
and me music aud ecclesiastical millinery Mr..
King summed up his own views very briefly. Ho
isvors compulsory education and the closing OF
the schools against every influence OF a foreign
Power or potentate and the incubation Of patriot.
ism In them, and the publication through pulpit
and press OF religious doctrines.
Rev. NJ. $. Terry took exception 70 the state
ment that the Bible Is Protestant IL Is so only in
- that the English lQNuuara
Protestant. lie did not favor taking the Bible ous
Of the schools, out II It's putting away would Sc
cure peace between Catholics and PrOtestants he
would oe willing TO consider the subject. Ihe
Bible is merely symbol or Protestant iaith, as tho
IL is eyerybodys book, aud tue issue Is no longer
Bible or no Bible, but rather Catholic education
or none at all Tor this country. Mr. Terry read
from recent number Of the Bdtnolr0h heUleto an
article by convert TO the Catholic ialtn, In which
the writer declares u Is the pubic school
the Catholic C1urcn here. Mr. Terry
expressed the belief tnat the BIDle
win one day overthrow llomsn,sn. DR.. True IN
sisted on defining morality and religion so - TO
remove the misconceptlOn that they are synony-
nous terms. Morally even OF high order. no
But tue public SCHOOLS can't pc secuiArHed with
out surnlng morality out ana 70 40 tnSt would 90
the greatest misfortune that could happen 10 our
land. Rev. John Dickinson thought u Was settled
I'VE years ago that the Bible should remain In the
sciences OF Roman Catholics, Jews and in1dels,
and secuiartsts generally. IL - as BrOtner Terry
remarked. a SYMBOL, aud the symbol or Protestant
ciyllizstiOn Dr. Kettell thought the real question:
In issue Is snail we have the Bioe In the schooisf
ana ne believed III that were answered and the
Bible removed the Catholics would nave no ground
or complaint whatever. lie would put u away,
ana would then, II ne had the power, pas laws
Tor compulsory education and Tor the forfeiture or
citizenship by any man who failed or refused 10
send his children 10 the public schools And he
would also compel Catholics, a. well as all others,
TO pay their reasonable proportion OF school tax
Tor tue common veal.
committee was appointed to consider the pro-
Of 4
the French in New YORK, and another committee
TO attend Father Boehm's centennial, June s.