The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17
RELIGIOUS OPINION.
TEe Rights and Duties Of the Church
in Regard 10 Education.

in Regard 30 Education.
The American Catholic Quarterly Re-
view, in an article GA The Rights and
Duties OF the Church in Regard to Educa-
tiUn," says that the Church is bound to
exercise the greatest vigilance, that
while the child and youth is growing phys
ically and intellectually, his moral and
religious development may keep pace with
his bodily and mental growth.
Such IS The divine mission of the Church,
such her indispensable duty If then the
Chulch has received this charge from her
divine spouse, she surely has the right
10 fulfil il without let or hindrance. But
it cannot be fulfilled without free access
to the rCho0!S, without perfect freedom
in teaching the children, in assembling
them to daily exercises of devotion, and
at stated times to the sacramentS. without
the means Of assuring herself of the moral
and religious tone of the schools, of exer-
ciSing ihv necessary supervision, Ia pre-
vent anything heihg taught by word or
example which might cnGanger the faith
or Morals of the children. And
this can lie obtained only by the direct in
fluancc of The Church on the schools and
their daily workings. II the child has an
immortal oul TO save, ana his eternal
veal or Voc depends upon the issue of this
affair Of salvation, surely M less, but
much more stress should be laid upon his
training 10 success in this all-important
business thaH to cteVegnGSs III the sec
ulai pursuits of life Ii such is the
case, VI ny should the Church, the divinely
appointed organ instituted by God foT the
salvation of mankind be excluded from
the domain OF cducat!u,l such an c'.clu
sion is q crying miGuiiy against God and
man, niauifC5ting either the g!oSsest igno-
rance OF the most elementary Christian
maNmS or the most inconceivaDlc and
liendiah malice, l3Ut we go still further
and assert that the Church has not only
the right t. give complete rel gious edu-
cation 10 her chldreu in all schools, but
has also the riIht Oi Supervising The see
uIur distraction, UiM literary 0:,d SciCH-
iifC. ut least 80 far as to assure herself
that there is nothing either in tie subject
matter caught or i'll tie mannerof convey
ing it which might cudanAer the faith
or morals. or ohStruCt the moral and
religious development Of the youth.
This will appear 4 hard saying 30 tie all
vocate3 OF secular or unscctarlan educa
ton. Yet it is only u cu"Oilary OF the pre-
CCding pril.cipia. This right Of
supervision W. NiiGitat3 l0r the Church
in virtue of uer divine mission Ia regard to
all schccis OF every 4r.d", trC.M the kin
dcrgart en- TO The university, though not in
the same degree Permanently size holds
and exercises il toward ;;riMufV >ciiOGl..
i = We 90 not deny The State its due
share il he conduct OF schools. 1t may
put its u!nip!@ within its own sphere, in
ftgarti "a he secular results to be OBJ
tanned but the Church. being charged
with what is essential in the education,
must have the decisive vote and supcrin-
tendcncc.
4 correspondent OF the Churchmau says
MOnachlSm can neither he brought into
nor kept out of the Church by resolutions
or L"s, opinions, or prcjudices, and the
verdict OF the reformation will go for lit
tie to-day or in the future. What made
mOnachism in the Church III the past ?
What pcOplcd the very deserts in Atha-
naSiuss day? Not the notions or the self
will of one man or Il hundred mcn. Nor
will it be otherwise in orr day. Mona
chism will not rise or fall at the mere
bidding Of n prelatc. Nor will it perish
under Il storm oil paper Pellets. If it once
state of the Church and of the world, on
the whole, justiiies it. The lack of candi-
dates for the holy orders, clerical sup
port the restlesSness of the C.cr.cy.'' the
standardization of the clergy, Ii',nnchisin,
etc, are related subjects, which are to be
considered i'll the light of the present and
probable state of the Church and of the
world
The Examiner says: The interior
wants to know 1t is very much disturbed
because Baptist papers are not yet weary
of harpiDg on their tavCrite Greek word,
and thinks the object must be the pro
selyting OF Christians from other denOmi-
nationS-to unsettle them in their faith
and in their church relations Our die.
tionary defines proselytc as to cause to be.
come converted 20 some religion, opinion
or system That describes our object cX
actly; we desire to 'unSettle Christians
of other denominations in their faith
that sprinkling is baptism, and we hope
to cause them TO become converted to on.
opinion chat obedience to Christ demands
that men shall inst believe in him and
then be buried with him in baptism
And why should we not strive after
this
The Churt hman says: cit must neye,
be forgotten that the Church of Christ is
q temperance society instituted by God
himself, and that to it all other temper
ance societies must be auxiliary. st
Paul gives rs the true key when he tells
Us that temperance Is one of the fruits OF
the spiTit-that is, Il Christian grace OF
virtue. Religion alone can furnish the
strength to resist temptation ana save
from falling, When men realize this. il
they can be brought to repentance and
prayer, there may he hope OF real reform
Human law and its restraints may bt
valuable as q help. t9a certain extent, The
vicious may stand in fear of it hut il does
not strike at the root Of the c5il; It doe.
not reach the heart No man was ever
made better, no man was ever Chris
tionized, by law
The Christian Advocate thinks some fu
tile inquiries addressed 10 it concerning
mysteries may best be answered py quot
ing the following sentences Of II negro
preacher MY beloved brethren, SUP
pose Eve had sinned and Adam had not
Would Eve have gone ont of the garden
and Adam stayed IN Aud if so, woul6
Adam have had grace to bear the sCpara
ton Brethren, Lave often thc ught Of
this am getting TO be an old nan, ant
| don't know any more about it nuw thar
| did at the beginning. | have come 10 tL(
conclusion, in my old age, that Che Les
thing man can do Is TO believe what i.
necessary to his salvation and what viii
help him work the works OF Righteousness
and leave Adam and Eve 70 take care o
themselyeg
The Observer says " The Eey. phillip
Brooks, in Il recent sermon severely repri
manded the press fGT the lack of discrim
alton in cOmmcn inr upn:i the moral char
acter Of men GhO have figured largely il
the community for their wealth on in pub
lie stations. If Boston miliionair
should die, he animated that the paper
| would eXtoi him for his wealth and maxi
him out TO be public benefactor whethe
he had gained his wealth By fai
means or foul Undoubtedly the press i
in fault in this matter But is the pulpi
| so free from fault as to be justified in cast
! ing stones at the press We trow not
/ The Baptist Weekly sais THE appal
! ing spiritual restitution of Brooklyn, III
city Of churches, is made painfully appa
| rent by the announcement that the Lon
Island Railroad Conn any proposes to rul
| special trains on Sunday mornings to tax
! worshippers to the new cathedral at Gal
/ den City. of course it is not I. love u
| fifty lucre, but pure philanthropy, whic
| induces this action. The company is II
solved to do its part to promote the spin
1 itual good of Brooklyn, if all its employee
have to work every Lords Day
1 According to the Christian Leader,
would appear that the study OF SHAH
/ speare in Sunday. schools fatally aztec,
/ Bible research. That journal says y
one of our church papers, not lolg agt
4 was a communication from Methodi.
! preacher, in which he makes the swee,
/ ing declaration that the plan of furnish
ing every teacher Il Journal, and ever
! scholar a oar has raSulta6 in ha nj sbi -