, 1876-08-28

.r. hu. trrrrdlcn,s in Tho golden c,,n q, educa-
lion. Yul NAV no on and 1A,,s Into tha mind
tha Thing, tha. grammar trsn.s o., that :; eeo9;;
tf,{s sIonc. jlas YOUR child rot gool elementary
r,,,,cniion, There ia sotncthIng wanting.
There is a department in that child that re-
qurcs tuition which figures and secnttiis facts
shos sbait not kiilTThou slslt not steai-what.o-
cvrr vn wnnld that men should do 10 you, do
Va even 10 tl,orn.n Here arc lessons that tlnh
tl,eiE way into the moral department Of mind,
and and 60 further III making gooi citizen than
thc mere knowledge that iwc1vo tlincs twclya
makes one hundred md forty-fous. Sotna may
INV iii that can be tloue A. home Or IN Sunday"
school. Bit the question Is nut where IL can
DO done. THIS question ia, What arc our public
and tra!ning Of our youth so that they may be-
come lntel1Ircnt, honest, peaceful, patriotic
citizcns Of The commonwealth
Property ts taxed for the maintenanse of the
% srty, or Whether lie owner has any chil'iren Of
not TO Gc learned, The property ia taxed; and
wlly1 ia II not on The ground that education Is
better than Ignorance, that ln an educated com.
there l. IN al ignorant community. that etluea:
tIan 10 q Kind OK saichlarl 10 socfety,-a grand
system Of moral police that will lcssct criminals
and crime, and anL1natc the rising youth with a
,Nits Of lief This ia, tlis Should be, the grand
Sim OF School Boards and school work. And It
ia on Tho ground OF these general benefits to tlic
community that The authorities levy upon The
property IL ali, inuisyrminatcly, o tax for the
support of free schools. Education Is supposed
to pay back all this In tho advantages OF
an isiproveu Intelligence md soelAl ORDER
in dlmtnution Of crime, and hence Of
expenses in guarding sgninst criminals.
Nov these are ttie supposed benyNts Of q FREQ
systclu Of education. Can we then bare these
benefits without sonnc moral traintngl And
what simpler, purer lessons Of morality To- be
found thnu tliosa on the pages Of the l1ib!c !
Now, 10 remove TINT book and leave tho moral
dcparttHcut Of education blank Is IN injustice
To ta2.payers, who e1poet as compensation Tor
their outlay tho prevalence OF good morals.
Catholics aid Jews may clamor for tho expus-
sion Ut the Bible, and they may rlanur forothcr
munlty cannot allow. The Bible is NEEDED IN
schools needed 10 complete the tuition which
IL most likely to produce those results which
| tax.paycrs expect in return for their outlay.
THE&rnlnuNE lays great strces on the fact that
the Bible is religious book, and thereiore
should have no place In secular education.
don't ark the book 10 be- used Ia school on sell'
gious grounds. want Il there because it'
| moral lessons 20 fnr In building up agood sccu.
lar education. It Is all very well to be able to
conjugntu. y verb aud work out an algebfais
enter into good secular education2 What is q
good SECULAR education but that which fits 10!
good secular citizenship And to havo good
Secular citizens YOU must cducAte the mora
faculties and show them the ways that are goot
| and pratseworthy. This tho Bible does and ex'
perience proves tts influence IN this direction.
| maintain then that the Bible cannot be dis.
penectl With in our public schools. / do not sal
thut Boarls Of Education must turn1ah rcl!g.