, 1879-01-20

so'I o,nn tc 1cttcr for II liz bnrrly possible Tint
our N,00U greg Shops at1d jow rcst,rts nrc sur.
ua.stng the school-tiol!Eo in hcn,ltng the twig
mi inclininv 'Lc tree OF thc future; nni, II 70,
sEnn The State which bunsts II educating Its
children Is beaten nlong ia own ttrcets BY tho
e, cnmalIy free schools Ut vice. There nre Other
educattonnl powers tt'n a INC s,,1 ashoo,.l,ousc
4urrd bT It's slocttine Of salvation by faIth. The
!Gnrtt;t1o was scripsura and true, hut tllu theo.
jogans defined badly tho term "fnlth." mud
ok e;ysa al ,9rss H't 81 Saa man, %ho 1s
h. filth Is q grand dugtrinc, provided tho word
Efnitl II be properly defined: hut II tnan whu
xt1iultv chcats can lopr to DO saved bY faith.
then hen ht'te wrapping himself IN covering too
short and too narrow to envo!npo hts SOUL Its
faith viii prove Inadequate. The public Ia tnak-
inr simtiar mstakc II, its assumption that Il
IL sayIn9 tts children br noans IT tho public
fchools. Salvation by cdHcat!on s + y as grand .
tlo Church, hut this rrandness viii depend Mp-
~ tHr t!cltullt0n the public assigns to tho wu71
eduratton II the term education ts exhausted
ty Tic course Mt this public sehuols then tho
Gtstc will not bc sayGd, but Will ho damned by
ia own cardinal creed.
''1 Tic common schuols nra onlY one form of
rnyc 5ar tho young. Even should our city yu,ttl
iii pass on through tho hlRh-sclool they would
only have tahtcd cue u,ore atape Ut personal
asad a,,,i one more form Ut political bcncvn'rncc,
hnt they would emerge ut,tavetl, fer tAey would
nostcst no trade, no habits ot tnanual lubor,
no longing fur farln or A[Iop. no lnwuven
Integrity. no years Of deeply !neuisated ,norai,.
IN fac,, 81 Imperfect Il this pmlfc Institution
tint If los tliytrtc,l thousands from tho n1nt,Y
forms Of nnnlial lalhr and sent them, nnrallc,i
jor, pouring into tle open gates Of thc so-cntieI
Intellectual pursuits. lnstcat Of bcIng tVo
broad ulr schools aru Too HARROW, for instcn VI
tciuT schools fru.n whic, tho higher stul.
tcs should be cllninatct, they perhaps should:bc
schools wIlrru any yDuiIv pcrtou could learn
s xi;,rc It ngat hu discovered tlat ali Industry
il noble, nnI that lie Is too ehUrt not for lnt,or's
sorruYy, hut fur lts pleasure. Munry poured In
IL d broattcr education might saFc greater nut
TLe Inquiry Should tavo been rasscl In tic
outset Of .tuso remarks upon tho public tluLyt
wnrd minors whether there dulles sIu'sllI not
all hc east OF upon the family aud the Church.
But pcrlaaps here as well as 1T my tllnc .nuy
remark that tllr 4tute cnnnt afford to await the
tIuw AMI UNCERTAIN intellectual ANIL mural Dc.
yelupnicnt thut might come from thu ilruxIic
aud the altar. 1t hny V,e that tlt ttleal thcury
Is that which nssrns to tile parent anL tho clcf-
hlstUrs VI Tho world shows that thc t!al theory
dctnalils marc HIM tban thu State ca arurtl tO
allow. Ills Roman Catholic Church has l,al
about fifteen hundred years for its experiment.
Church ias enjoyed tho sa,ne right to teach Tor
at tenst three hundred years, at,I neither Ut
these immense Motllcfs Ut salvation las been
able to gather IN her nr,''s my very largo pro-
tnn Sn; ~ ~ !" t,n.U t,nt w"r" Iara ~
tHesr .rn,s IN Frnnrr and italv nn.l f;rrnonv
snd Encjan,l, mil America, It il i G,est;un I,,;;y
far thu Children wcse blesscd by ths kind TIM
I'm NJ, nnro nf1nrl tt, wnt far fhc t;h,,rrh r. ~
ncatc TIC cltdreu tln it ca, uIIor,l to wall it,r
our uur,rrcrs and thieves to hc rendered er.
&inet ly tho spread OF tho Ideas III tho Serlnon
v"nro Win thrir rnn1i wcry s,nwiv. ,rh"y
marrl,. tIry auyoncc, they srsttcr blessings. hIt
as q rloetcr moycs. rho Smtu cop,u,t WIT Inr fnr
tacm for sinvle erncrattof,. sn,s "c,,tnrr smt ,r
nj trcst. might seoI f,,r,vrr iii! tr,,t,,, nr sr.
rlfnc ri n nntfnn. lntrrd thc gtntc ,'ns, IT. ~, ~"
icfOre morals md ciiuratio11. nni krcn hark tlc
snyaccs, w,c tic l,eartil aud tic altar are WIKI M
m,,,,. "'N 1'3 -
IN rnon,wcrnn,e, ,oh,cctfn,, In III, t1oo ,h,.
t5ucatin, ,rurnI md iainii,wi.,ai ettIrr ~ ntI,
Should ba left to ths parent aud thc ccrryn,am.. man.
snust ic fnm n III. fa"t I'M tons ~ t,,,,5,
ri thuse Vim bcIn1 nn,S vnI,,r| }nnst iii tSn
0itjrca. and make nnii cxcnt,tc Ina Inws ~ sho
ncxt rennTatinn. hayn M, hnMe, nn1 n" ,.f,,,rsi.
md. tsorefnre. en-, nevrr r"rciys ,,itneo fri,,n
iiose sn,,rrcs x hov lncnc IL ~. ,,t9a ,n9a.'
all iortra tn.,n thurs ~. a... - tn 10y t'tea
vn@ nor.nns vn" ,',r ~ ~ no " sosan1s T..
t,cn md M church t,cs that cnn s"o io WI: ~ n,v
avail. There .s only one tac tlat wives "a ~ oysr WI
FL oH - w ,r.. Mx snt1r eonhrY.
ins nS9 u Cm,s. "o1lu iofa 20 eaet its shadow
will ira @ ~ sxtn ~ y, i psmeTpence 2. none
-.s'N
s 1nSac saapes o! w.s!'nGness tue state ts tho
nur ~, " ~ tt.Is Wnu y iao actnnt minor htu
Ill., us1Ss s, u 81 anls yoaIn1a! sue tsnder throts.
r"ds 4 10 ntsses lcw: y spr!nkles the lote-
ncaan a II uc% ,ants; y gathers nto its CLASSES
.aua s.nai! numoer; a!la tt.o cultivated trcslle
cd ss aeq b,s ~ " G o. Tug rsdheo
m,.uHt ,',. on!,'HT w. anE!o sool. IAsse arc oil
nnegu tn 70 owafa %itn tl!sr tar9e inluq',pss,lor
tairs N.Y. , '"s .t'o cn "n9 ieal IN PUBLIC a[-
W.. :. 10 , uS oLasr ony tat ea to.day OF
Ii -, ~" ssas. III tne is4noe, yGunE ard
~, t'r y. t,' so s!!to cuuns!. lashl1l:l'. thcru-
aia' u'' ~ tme pau.lS e4lpol Wal Tor other agtA-
sea s, ~ e9uH aR,i cafn Tor lis y0utht and ihas-
musn ,. - anU halAlc WI oe politically r1tncs!
nsss no yoqne a1c cafea lor, the Inference is
s,s easyt tnst t'tte Lotal and General G"scrnacnt
t,s. t ,uSyg py so'ne ~ nttetto IT, 70 the education vt
ea enGeo "no a'o 10 oG Hs Officers, ana electors,
.,t uMu tt..sns , ~ 1iaef 10 favc ltscltt nntton
''1s. H., IVY 'se III ~ ea,, esi1uren;
,,,s,' I'M " LIE esch1 uenehdencc o1 government:
s,,, s"tSuson t, Aas eos!.o ouF common stn9ol
s}ste. . ue onlegtson now IL lhat tile bchei'ts
H. put m ~, sSunna no nt sGne anyweFs near
H.. ~ ~ ~ ot toe woFd eailtattots.
,n.s s,, ~; ~. ~ n ap noeless ald clnrgl-
ACo- w XIV 'AnA AtU lluL EuttAkQu IN ti4