, 1876-09-25

committee Of lawyers wait tt,on tic pa.tors
With proposition to intrsx1utc into the Sur
day.sehot,is the Revised Statutes OF Illinois,
United States, and let them make an eloquent
pfca, enlar9lng upon tic necessity Of having the
children 'nMtc acquainted With tho government
and laws of their country. Tie pastors would
ntor St 'pd,s liz asefs s 1sa@tGaep @ M no waa p% 91y liz
such instruction was 10 be given in Sunday
schools, which do not Undertake 10 provide for
nnSthing lnorc than the Religious trntning Of
children: Indeed, the advocates Of tho use Of
properly eloquent over the value and necessity
Of the Hiblo fn tho education of children, most
ineonaistsnsly, yet nccchsarsfy, admit that the
unc OF II In these schools ulltst l,e restricted
must on'y be read in cautiously selected and
brief extracte TO tho children, and on no a..
count tc explained Or applied! What mock
eery tllls scoms to 1cf Il is claimed III ono
breath ttat 1t is die to tho religious corr
ssctfons Of tho n,ass Of TIM pcoplc, u the rncna
ory of opr ptot,s forefathora. ani to tho moral
wants OF childhood, that tho Blhle shonl1 I,s
part Of the educational iHstrutncntalttes In our
public SCHOOLS, aud tn tho next bEcatlt II Ia ud
,nittcd that, becauso of the varIsnt interpreta-
utter syllable rs to Its meaning. even to pre-
vent nh utter mfsconception hT The Children Ut
some passages rcad III their hearing; and that
the PORTIONS read must tu selected with grcat
not wholv IN s nanIng mi " y .u prG rainc
to he fout,i in fta application to div ltfci '''
y. And this difficulty occasions tho suspicion that
tue good effect Of tho use lately srialc Of the
h!b!e ln The achools hos been greatly cxagger-
ated. The reading Of ten nr twenty vcraua each
morning, often hurr!clly sud by an irrcllgous
teacher, without word Of exposition ar app1I-
cation, while having an incidental value, ca,'iut
be so influential M element Of education as Is
fhose whn o,,nnooo ti"m.nicas aPF1Ie ~ ~
tanlInr fnr tie bnnnr # thr Ward ~ G"1 ~ ami ~,
The no1ai education Of tho yonr. Il intr11cct". @
nr:nicd hw ~" Rnnnn aiIoie '"u ,gn t''ov
insist unon fiji mrtho,s n rclInio,a nair,,rtio},
fnr shcr c,iJrcm n I'M ,aiiv
md mot m thc ,ncrc ira md s,,n,Io,y ~ ~
ifeious tastrumentniity. Isl w Whit T Is auite O. amus-
in- in thr nlsa fnr ill., re,finv ri III" Islh1" na
81, trn,suc,nrv nrcrr.c h.n T. IL s'S ,sn s
rofcrcnao ~ tho i,m~t1,, fnn,,cn. ~ .t ~
ton il. tat thn eTercso IN n,,"stton ~ IL ,rns,.aiy
,rhnt. tl,na. fonnisrs ,.onIo.nneI md ra1,,i
a,eI T%vrc was notl3nr nsnst r 1rtirh Igp ~.
nrnnnnnrcJ linn nrninst thu huhitr rca'sn,. ~
t1,e n,h,s ,vitI'"''+ IN nsa
Ti,is yxns thrir staniinT nhierti,,,, r. ho ~.
tcmnttc rcnlnr nj Scrtntnrc in TIM Fn;scnyy,ai oyi
chantcr rc,d ,sna invoriah1v eTnt,,af ks ks
nrnnlc mf0ht not nnfv hcnr III ,ynr1o ~ m.
"rptond fan m"nniny ';is Viii tv i m uut rt-
e1,ci tn Via Inv .Jnhm rat,nna Is !, ~ ~ H.
CHURCHES. !. ssc ~: md Taffrcy. in hts nisorv 1v
Of New Enrinnd u fyni. H.. 4M
saws. GThr rrntisntr ~ tho Tih,op i, ~
n,ihifc wnrshfn' ,riftnmt nrnnsf1tnr :" ,rn, .s
f1ancrnt,v disnn,,rovc1 h"inr rcrpra"j ~ ~. t.a
nfoper cnnfnrfnty to tia htcn,rclicni ssrrira.
and qua1ieti BY ihe oprrobiioas @ name Of % dun.I,
itv To Ia annenlei Il, In favnr ~ rnSSI pi,io
rcn,ifnT IN vn,,fr cifttren tn tio sct,nnis l.. tat
nf tos, win csfahlisIr, tic n,iiiesr3,,n, NV sr
lem in New England; who never nra:ticsd d il,
read 1s IN It. bt taet IT fro II an ana naaG aG' % ey
ti,e ratcrntsn. VIII a ras,m1ar Tistnt'nn ~ t,,e
GnnTrcontinnn, rtnrry ~ nvan,ne IL, ~ Inv
M t. tflcir t,rofrienSy h, Christian ,In.frinr
Now. ali that Which t1e pnrita,,a yaiuetl hayin.
hecn i!ronnc.l. wd ara rrayriy urttri in ti,ci2'
na,no mint to rataii, onlr that Witch thcy snsrs,Iiy M
iisnnnrov.d' Si,a;n ". s." r thc ,innlsr NJ n,
mnfifnmfnafc,l rHtfIrinus zeat. which 1nfatakrs
nnincs fnr fhinrsi oTlrrr ia m t]ian,itc MI ,nr
nart a. to Tie value Of religion III tllc e,Iuca-
tnmre of mixing diem familiar with ti.a I,IIIe.
~ NJ tn fhr ,xis'inm ~ tntr1s,r;ntr into crva,,
schools ths study IA well rs tls reailints hi th,,
Bi,fc: hnt cati IN question The nru,rfstY III
narposc. @ % and atso tl,e m prac,icaS yaluc ''f 81
f,rirf i,ih1c-rea,lInr. lmite,l tn n frw nartx of
srr;rtnrc and as.n,ut,a,fr1 hv m svor,s ~ ~.
nianntIon or atpliclti1n.
iii. It may also l,rloiIy be remarked, In pass
e,;ta mi ,1s ri The Bir nr nr r9trcs tru t,,
q ~, nrrtv r iffnrarr ,rn,,n,}a fn tts rcsncct
II in nen t,3 ,ise NJ inv nther hnol wn,ld IL NJ
nrosc nr nortry. ri lIistory. nnrnls. or oratnrr'
ind il has h!rl clattls to recognition a. The lead
I'M EnriIah Ii,rrnTv c,n.sirs II NV c,"mniirr @
ot W 4 Readcr Chooses to make part Of his sricc-
linn If fron thu Hbfe. IN the s{mnIa er.,,,nI nj
thcr asi"ntsdnsss to hra inrrary n,,r,nses. ami
mt as favinr RELIGIOUS amtllorify: X for IN.
atat,I4. ie tnies J,Ijnhis snccrh t;o}oro phnroah
for its nathns. n nassnrte fron, Jn1 fnr its s,h.
ft.f.,, H." ~ ff,nI, f.s a. .,..f ~ Ta 80
raniis ct,fn,ncnlatIons Of CHARITY or ioyn. f9r
its nntvnrsn1iv r,.Y,pn1zyI, ntLi.yl rhar,u mi
ttcr extracts for thrir Sn1on styo: tharr ro,,i,i
ho no oiicrtion 10 thn ,fsc If sich Reni,rr in
t1,c Srl,nn1s' 'Fhrre ia m iltsnositton ~ mok,
Tia NihIc. ~ IL sometInrs ai1,r,nr,i thrn,,,ti,
,nlsannrc}sns,n. or fnr ,,nn,lIar ,.ffect' & i5a
o,.c probtcl book" /. ca., bu used % for lcslt-
f,nH,n src1iar n,lrnnses M nnvothar j,oo. mi.,Ht
In: int syI,e1, Il "a st,,frht Ia hs fntrnrcd, ~
rrtni,,., ~ nm iusnirr,i. amthor,tativs vni,,me
~ r"iifr{n, and tnnrais. nnd IN In rcni3 m
m cTcr'ts. of i]aiIy wnrsl,in' II romcs Mn,,nr
tt,c an,,,., nhirctiot, as In iii othrr reiri",s
unrEs conrcTninr wi,,rh thcro ia n titYcEa,,re
~ nntninn n,n',,f- III" ss,nnrtcra - IN
arhonis % i.et INV nv On" soak X intro,1,,c, H.,
TamisIa missals Of the Episconal prayrrs Book.
nr nm1,'ri.5~H's tRisn % md srngrrss3 u or s,'v
VI t3Qs4Al4o6o0 As1.o "tFA tvt3tNosf. ~ N"5