, 1876-01-15

.eninst danger which ho followed !" thrcatcnlua TIM
sssttna Ct froe education In This country nn coming
rom an authority 70 high md with weiKlt enough 4,
eas m,ortacr. huol, iuses!,tAo~nRs u approaching
evl! may well cAnea the fricAs Of common achooq to
e,ny And these irenta viii not lie Inclined 10 relax
thclr viganes IN vtcw OF Tho event" which ltaro re.
s.ny .r.nsirta eathng , w. c9mmsn,1hoo .rs;
ctanxhtrE.
Here tho Superintendent ludu'gcsl In
A nnEEr HEYiEw
OF she Fundamental pf'nclplcs Of tho common
aeAool ayBtctn md, IN c0HgIdnfiDE tho iutlucncn
Of the Bible. he boldly gives 1t place AZ tho cor
uor-atone OF our civilization.
l1eturniug to Tho threatened invason OF tho
cotnrpon-scllool BsRiern, be bnys:
1rcre We stand. Schools n.st 10 maiutalned, eup-
ported by a free 10 ALL aud tr to all. All sects nt
all parllss must tend iher children 10 these schools,
:, @ t1tG avn 'y .s Ssr, Letter .c
oE Tho public school funds 10 eilixcn sla In ex-
cInlted from .a1atfun tnr school purposes. No pnte
ctarian schcol shall receive dollar of the peo-
pcM money raltei fot the support Of this 1eoiie's
rrsservea .sa,a,t Iii sho ..ll .iaro 10 ...aii H.
In that concluding paragraph tho suporintend-
ent gives vigorous expression TO the popular
aentfuent OF tho ncopo of ronnsslvan,A upon
this question nj tho division of tho school fund.
Quaker State though It he,
T11E rE0rLE ARE FIGHTERS;
thoir cohts arc o1 now, md they nro fairly ac.,-
Ing Tor tho other. pido to g1vo them gage Ut
baltic.
ln thia CONTROVERSY tho Protestant Churcl, will
not bo quesccnt spectator. Il, tin lroaleEt
soneo Of the term 1t will bs chu.cll-lniiltAnt.
The ininiktera Of Allegheny Counts lsayn an Aa-
Bocsusion called tho "alinisterinl Evan
County. and they meet monthly to
iisc,lsa nyents of the day whicl, have boar-
tug upon religious matters. During the crc,ial
atrnpglo iii OHIO this Association atofutly noted
t1tu n,ftk tkn{r .trI
TINT It was titne for them 10 begin action. Tho
Association embraces ministers Of MI Protestant
denominations, and their frltcrnal convccations
hrEct good feeling tint 1nltitatcB against ell
practically cetops. tho dcnuminatsonnl bickes-
ing 80 common in aonn ollier places. In tlio
Dccembor mocting Of tins Evangelical AFaoc!n-
ton tIlig Quntston Of tho bible III lle p,lL]ic
schools waH discussed, anh
TIRE NEv. r. LEROY HEsoCn
Presbyterian minister OF this clly, whH ,or,,i-
mated BY tho Society 10 present TO H. at liz next
meeting. tho PROTESTANT STANDPOINT IL, tho cotl-
troyorsY. Tho Association met OIL tle AFTERNOON
Of tho I'd inst, anu With ONO or lwo exceptions,
tue Protestant churchoA Of Allcghcnv County
were represented by tliclr pastors. Tho Kov.
i. LEROY Senour. orator OF ths day. rehd All ca-
haustvo paper upon Tho Protestant aide OF tho
question. rich In Theological leatuing and
historical research, and tuultlcEs Ill rnelorio
aNd logic, from his prelnlsce. Ills conclusions
were /:
That Tho State nrs continue 10 s1crc,se its right
Of giving education to ths ah that at Ill lag
nrJs tho o'o O. maes ns lea,hou u ~ ssnSus: 70
sudcia1 ,",',.o .h inntar, 1'st ~" n ss ,s,s ~
faro,nn cverv o,sr ec~t In III, ,.I,S wtI t,rn,"m1
liln cofaitis rstou md ihc result wnrI la i'm litter
dn,no,n ~ nnr ,,ii,i,c. sclnn1 svssu, ~ ,1' ''''
NJ .,"I -. ~. .,.' -, s'aen
Nr. Sonour 10. aDo7e ~! tulngs, an orator, anu
ho delivered hls nororaion dramatically. Ills
laco was lighted with ilory sellginus zeal AZ ho
thun.lercd forth tho description Of tie position
which wna
rnm"r, ,,rov ,.,,r urorr,r.xr cr,r,,,
p,+.s'i,, ~ ~ nth;,. =; ~, 49,, ;i
Nolertlng 10 tle nlo'e Ill tha SCHOOLS, hA1a 10:
And Ju8t hero VIC may well taxa staui. aud
lust hero al now II 1nay a. well be said hereafter.
that Tho people * this great ad fsce country will not
givo up theft schools Neither will tley ths
se Ut school funds fer tectariau purposes. Tho tncs
omtilous. Great eyenta are coming from tho
womb OF the fuuc. Let every patriot, every lover of
our lcro institutions anu goro9s iepnhllc ttsnd BY
n, as Hsors y m ,sn, and Il n n T. .ne wosa OF
Eorn Generations tho noLIo hessYa bsnuralhn to nv
by our iatLers.
Tho CONGREGATION Of a,;uis.ers vcro In full &C.
cord with the sentiments and conrlns,on. n tho