, 1875-10-04

| p!otcy hltlhch alr. itaff!A Ia pnGtiehl III MS
| i,ieh1 md l,tA expression Of th"ao adoan sHacls
not n litto al tho acI,nol livperl'oca!. Notwt;h-
standing. tho audience appratd 10 relish tho
| young pastor, who showed enthusiasm anl hNl
the moral courage 10 cHeheW tnas noN a'ni'ss
! universal c,lstob,-n manuscript aornois+ IL ~
renliy refreshing to sniniAter 0t tho t}oare
esn.nl np 10 lis work In tho good old oxte1npoto
| fashion.
the first clsltef Of Paul 10 tIo Cothl lltans. 1io
| etnke long ilEon tho stbiGct. and declared hin
Intention Of lntor!ng hard III tho fold 10 wlinl'
lo hns heon calrd. Dining The rroGr"Ta n' hu
tIircun,no. Mr.. Harris made Bnte gracntttl nl!l'-
| sin,s tn lH predecessors. Rn'1 rrc'lic:ed Erent
things Tor 1t. Jame4' Church IN tho future. lio
alunnuc"d Tint tho chutcl, rrurer wduid be- "l'cn
for the iirbt memorial service aohiay ofci'itIs,
SCRIPT URE EXERCISES IN SCHOOL.
| 4'NunlpnAs" tstyEt Hts ytEws.
To the tiii'or of TIE Chttdao iribuac'
| CaIrAuo. Oct. a.-Tho nr.c!o in Tue TRInuSE
| OF today, agned "T. g." protesting nEnBt tho
nction Of tho board OF Education III discontinue
Ing Scripture exercises In the public schools, IL
| 80 full Of erroneous statements that l cannot
foshenr calling nttont,oN 10 thont. Seldom is tho
ercctncle presented Ut eo many orrors btrung on
20 short string m his acrc1d displays. II DEM
onHtrascs what rrofoand ignorance man may
\ display who las lccn educated tudor religious
auspieos, or rather ,nldt system OF education
|
light or knowledge at variance viii, tLe religious
| theories Of bis educators.
| I am willing to concotlo great worth to lnrgo
! portions OF tho Dis,ie, bnt when writer lars
e,tcll cxalfod clnna to 1t aa this one does can
| not refrain from challenging thum aa nnfolnlod
| in fact. lIia Insertions TINT cr1ticiBo arc as
! follows:
Firsi-" Christians Of ovory namo CLAIM, tho
| Dhlo aA their book"
Mistaken for tho Catholic Cbrigtinns do not
their book nor acknowledge It at all on eaered:
Stcon,l--" Tho 2D0 Protestant Churches In this
city regard it ms THO only source Of mnrn1s."
Some mny. but know Of nia''y that hold to
| Thi,u-"It IL the book from Which the found
ers Of tl'is Republic ob'a''.cd their idea OF FREQ
institutions"
Falre III toto. snct, men al Thomas Joiror-
son, Tom raino, and Deulamin Franklin worc
| prominent al toundorH OF this Qovotutncnt, and
tho Elble WAS ono Of the Inst piaccs wlote thoy
looked for their IDEAS Tim idea Of fire. insttli-
| ti0ns, too, IL not contained in tho Ulble. Tho
| Bible tenchcH obedience to knga.
| F0nrtA-"lt lies at tllD foundation Of common
Iaw."
Another ntupopdonB mistake. X has no moro
really to do with tho common Inv, 70 far as
foundation III concerned, than it haB with tho
! RcleIcs OF geometry. III tact, It haH nothing 10
do with it IN amy way.
| FtM-."wo arc indebted to it for all correct
notions Of Rtatuto law"
Vas anything ever moro absurd TlioEe IL
hardly an idea Of Htatste law, i'll either the Old
| or New Testament TINT coull bo utilized In our
modern times in application to existing soelety;
too barbarous aud cruel. and from tho Now
Testament too mild and mpracticallc.
GirM-"It is from tue Bbo alono that 1s
have learned the Golden Nule, 10 do uu1o 9TH
ora a. wo would that tlloy should do 10 na.'
Not 80. by any manner Of moans. That pr[t,-
oiplo iH almost na old ~ the race. It wab known
Thousands Of years before the New Toaeamont
wns written. It ~ not now In Lho Dible
!ssrcnia--" It IN tho book Of all othets most
nocdea in guarding ns from crime"
For Tint PURPOSE I pvefor tlo ponal utntuscs OF
tho State, and guess II. q" would, too nftor
OF eacl, separately, II tho Dible can guard t,a
from crimo, 1t Ia pity that cur Legislators have
not hug ago found 1t out
Eiyath-'. Drunkenness. adultery, Sabbath
bronking lying, stealing, murder, and all oshor
crimes run riot wlloro tho Biblo Ia not llonofod"
Tho facta nltl not support this assertion. Mo-
haulineaan nations arc free from drunkenness,
tons III regard to tho other vcea and crimes
enumerated. In fact, IN tuiA very nation,
won,on Of lofty virtue. there aro prob.
naultory, md d,abolical murders peEposratod III
Bnglo month than could bo heard OF In any
civilized Aahommodan or Buddhist nation OF
tho samo population In all sntiro yoar.
l NMukN1' Nv HHstuA ctct tu@uo ot'J att"4AlAoAt
in public morals without It,"
l dun't know what ho moans by "puhlic
mo.aIs." No uation. perhaPB hna naslo any very
exalted attatnmont ~ morals with or without It,
No Christian nation hns ever vet produced, how
ever, q generation whcto lis public men as
q claas would bear any comparison Ia their
honesty, patriotism. aud personal purity. with
tho pullc mon OF Rome III her best cHtnto Tloro
IL hardly a heatlon nation, past or proaont.
whose public 1nen have not bcen, OF arc. lesH
given to robbing Tho people, than aro tho pub
lilo men OF tlla Dtble-feAdlng Unitol HtateB OF
Amorlca.
Tenth" It develops Intellect rs woll as moral
astiyities."
I dony II. It binds IN to tho pAst, and
quo1IcheH thouHht and inquiry.
people. mud formidable only to tyran.s."
On tho contrary, It hlWayH was tho bulwark of
monarchy, from which Its dofnndors drow tho