, 1876-01-15
GRANTS SCHOOL PROPOSITION

His recommendation Will meet' We trust,
with ready action in Congress and hearty
eoncurrences in the State legialatures 1t is
the only possible settlement OF the question:
and it Is thoroughly honest. Some persons
who have studied the question only on one
side NAV doubt It's wisdom, but We are con-
fdeut broader views will bansh watever
fears have been suggested by The universal
adoption of strictly rnsectarian public schools,
: There can he bat one settlement OF
the question Taxation of church property J,
and the sooner it Is reached the better. No
one will suspect the President of Il crusade
against religion and churchly benificence.
He simply treats one OF the most important
questions Of our time as statesman rather
than as politiciau,-CnI Christian AGtOoats.
the question hgs been forced upon national
consideration by paPal intrigues, and We de-
voutly hope that swift and nearly unan-
imous assent of the country 10 the proposed
constitutional amendment may sweep away
the danger that menaces Us, and leave Us in
possession of our old boast, that free Church
in a free State is not only wise statesmanship,
but mighty peace.--Heliocia.
Every Baptist, at least, should favor it.
| Our fathers secured the adoption Of the first
constitutional amendment, by which 1t was
| forbidden to the States to establish any form
| of religion by law. Their children should
aid in securing a similar prohibition against
| the establishment of any ssctarian teaching
in our puoliG schools. The two objects are
kindred, and are included in our American
idea of government and It's limitations
| Christian Era
| As to the prohibition Of religions, atheis,ic
OF pagan tene,s in the schools, We look for
| the speed concentration OK the Protestant
mind of the country upon that as the best
available standpoint on which TO rest Il per-
picking matter. 1t would practically be a
little difficult, no doubt, so TO phrase snch an
amendment as 'he PRESIDENT has IN NINA On
this subject, as 20 fix definitely the positive
boundaries between what Is allowed ana de-
manded on the one side, ana ioroiddeh on
the other-what il the pure, essential, uuob-
| jec:iUnabIe, neutral lor rather common)
ground oi fundamental moTal'y ana na' "r"i
rri'Glon' as Distinguished tro" distinctive
OhiiS'i"h'y Oh 'l'e one see anu A'"e''ii' anu
I"E"h''h OH 'ho ''h'i Onl 'ho 'hih9 'A'"
De Gone' ana we oel'e'e 'he 'u'"'T VIII See II
DONE leaving the Religions cni'ure ot me
rising generation 10 the family and the o"a-
day school. ana whatever oihfr agencies inc
church may hnl heenl"l ana P'T''''7'-os''-
g'tya''0'fa-' ~
Inc p''?'S'' 70 i'ro'i AZ religious
teaching Is ha2tri"n1 one. Who l. TO de-
/ fine what is. aud what il not. RELIGIONS ?
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nave All Fe'i5'oh III every FORM eAoina IF''h
! popular education: Ii religion may bo
] gICllI-1l Nv tle STATE, ~lv not morals
.Iso for rao,la 5i4-r ra.-I,, - ,,,.b y,
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Our own views aye known to have been all
al,,,,, IN b,roo,v u,i,b ,bosa ro,y arrorrc-
III ny TIC i''Niieh'' We trust hiS S'SSeS-
tions will be favorably accepted by Congress
and the whole country, and that by The
roatbol nrooo.a5 opr s.bo,I srs,e-r may hs
secured from 'aPrlclooS leSiSl"'ion ana ec'ie-
sias;.cal controversies, and at the same time
effectually removed from the arena of party
noIitios y Y cEgJs,oo 16,n,,,.
Inc lsc' Is anu there Is no use IN denying
it, there are already two parties in the coun-
try who hold two widely different svs,erns Of
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