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become yieibae to men and angels Then and
thus will these churches and all be one MaY
these Beginnings speedily appsat.
THE BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS.
TEAcHKa'a OPINION.

GILBERT HAVEN.
THE BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS.
TEAcHEn'a OPINION
To Tie Editor Of The Chicago 71ibun<:
Chicago. Oct. 2.-ThcFe is an assumption on
The part OF some OF your correspondents &C.
specting the Bible in the schools, which ohenos
altke the rules Of Christian courtesy sno COM
mon ciyiiity. It is this, that the Board Of Eau-
cation, who voted for the removal Of Inc o'o4e
from the public schools, did 90 to their disgrace;
and that the persons who favor its removal ara
therefor OF in 60 fr chargsable With oeins
enemies OF Protestant Christianity, nders anu
abetto1s of infide1ty, atheism, mmofalss, ete'
It is not true that ell those who Wish sne .o1olo
taken out OF the schools arc the enemies OIL eue
BibIs, or that all those who Wish II Kept III aso
It's friends Nor fs it possible elthes' as eo.1o
seem to desire. to mark OF line on thl7
question, which will rank together on one s'ae'
Jews, Roman Catholics, Uuitarians. Universal
is.s. Liberal Christians, and on tho other Iresog
terians. Congregationa}ists, Baptlsts evangehca.i
Christians Orthodoxy versus aetefooo1y. !.
nav hapre en- to be true that in Chicago some Q,
tho prominent evangelical CLERGY take etand
against the removal OF the Bible from the
schools: bnt to try to make mans OPINION pro
or con GA this question BhibboIeth OF bis Or
fhotldIF or ProteSlan.1atn liz 70 oifpa5 t6noA"nso
OF the worlds thought and thinkers.
T'tsra lies before me book reviewed in your
noinnns within yeas, " Religion and the State,
written bv the President and Professor of I1eol-
ogy in the oldest Baptist Theological Seminary
m Massachusetts, the Rev. AlEah HoToE, L. u.
This gentleman Is Well known to many Chtea-
eogns as Que OF the most considerations.
Candid, and scholarly ministers Of his
Denomination, and, It rumor Gays true,
hs has received more than one request = make
Chicago his home. The chapter OF his book
cencernlng the B:b1o in the schools is pertinent
10 the subject in hand and will make some
quotations the1efroln, NOT SO much for the pur-
uose Of giving the line Of arGument-"nich
cannot bo dona in brief-as 70 make good my
position that to oppose the reading Of the Bible
in public schools ia not inconsistent With Pios~
estant Chrlstlanlty-even with rigid calVInlsm.
There is probably no minister in Chicago whose
acceptance Of the ''fse points Is mora hearty
and unqualified than that OF Dr. Ho7ey. aet
this is Whist he says about the Bible IN SCHOOLS:
The eurloynent Of volume which is supposed to
te.cI With absolute authority cAnuot be Justified.
It would no, be strange Jews or Chinese should OBJ
ject to such cse o. the New Testament DS auhostS
nor NE tnere AZ uu tpears any solid reasons Witty
the state should oyer1ule their objection.
He also reassures those persons who appre-
bend ovil results from this withdrawal Of re-
ligious instruction, IS follows +:
10 thoughtful tr3n should be alarmed at this con-
c]usiou For it must be borne in mind that childen
WHOSE parents are unwilling to have them read he
scrjptures will not, if compelled 70 read them, be
likely 10 90 II "ln r,n Iy,,ssr1eJ m Hovay has bcn
Iny w. ~ tS shool Bosrd Of lis cty1 tic carexsa
a1d ,erf,ueory manuer IN which the religious er-
cses of many public schools arc dispatched especially
when The children belong for the most part to catho-
Lie families must have serious doan1 "aethee any
good resul. can be expected from 'nem. A..
Then again he suggests tnht even ~ were tne
rcnndurtad bv an Indifferent OF unwilling teache1
% would be- @ worso % o. than useless. Yet who will say
that teachers shall be tested by examination At
- THAR oual;fcatious for conducting devotional
a4ercises? Az DR.. Hoyey says:
nr,es. thu d powers that be make it reint to Sc
lect uonc bus earnest Christians to teach IN the pabc
schools there will be many schools 10 charge OF pei
who have no interest II the Bible ana no power
ward the union Of uuch and state as to haze ths lat
ter cit IN Judgment On the fene'ous cnatseeef u itet
body OF itsaFervants7 Most ecrta1n1y sne fesn!t u
aaea i ~ - ~ annesrned ~
oe ev'' 70 ~ oos:sAA ~, r,,+ ;.
We mlgns aaa. - - n ~ pt,Is uIe - % t,,a s1.,on
the teacher 70 20 Mno' py sne fG.e " baht y. Wy NJ,
Boasa le9ulinH oipleIi "a II o, 40 ~ h;a 49,
conulcI "1.n ~ ~, n,an, ~ r1,1a - on;t tanoi
science osIy uay ra.,1,, s ~ ~ h;aot ~ 1eaIni
ing, is the reaoy Ieply oi .nn ossos w 1aot
Put WI an eniaguteoea Puuo Rs,, R; sasa. <',,a,
dict? Moud It toleIate rule "en to.ees F 'ee w.
n.Io o. y; e,haoia - c~r nrt Tint Tia ramovaI il a
6lbe IN scnops " e5 oas ns;nat ifs 1,se a1a
bretense. ran n This policy Of the crafty may catcl
| the simple, but the intelligent American people
are net TO be befooled into the idea that sht
safety OF Republican 1nsutnuons or frotestan'
| fnnntory school-roo1n derotions. If those wht
feel this fear would be led by it to dilgent home
! training, doubtless the cause of Protestant
Christie nity To,ild gain. Dr.. Hoyey says again
| The religious education cf children cannot bc in
trusted to The state T. must be lef. in the E.nds