Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-05-01
DELICIOUS oPTIION.
Tho Rights and Duties OF the Church
IA Regard 10 Educafion.

view. in an article on The Rights aGd
Duties of the Church in Regard TO Educa-
tion," 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 Pnce with
his bodily and mental growth.
Such is the divine mission Of the Church.
such her indispensable duty. II then the
Church has received this charge from her
divine spouse, she surely has the right
to fulfil it without let or hindrance. But
it cannot be fulfilled without free access
to the schools, without a perfect freedom
in teaching the children, in assembling
them 10 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 eEer-
cising the necessary supervision, to pre-
vent anything being taught by word or
example which might euGauEer the falth
or morals of the children. And
this can be obtained only by the direct in
fiuenCe of the Church on the schools and
their daily workings. If the child has an
immortal soul to save, and his eternal
veal or woe depends upon the issue of this
affair of salvation, surely no less, but
training to success in this all-important
business than to cleyerGcss in the sec
ular pursuits OF life. If such is the
case, why should the Church. the divincly
appointed organ instituted by God for the
salvation Of mankind, he excluded from
the domain of education Such an eXclu-
sion is Il crying iniquity against God and
man, manifC5ting either the grossest igno-
rance of the most elementary Christian
maNims or the most inconceivable and
fiendish malice. But we go still further
and assert that the Church has not only
the right to give a complete ref Cious edu-
cation to her children in all schools, but
has also the right Of supervising the sec
1,lGr instruction, both literary and Scicll-
tifc, at least 50 far as to assure herself
that there is nothing either in the subject
mStter taught or in the manner of convey
ing it which might endanger the faith
or morals, or oLstrnct the moral and
religious development of the youth.
This will appear hard saying to the adj
vocates of secular or unseCtariGn educa-
ton. Yet it is only colOllary of the pre-
ceding principle. This right of
sucerl ision we Yindicate for the Church
in virtuo Of her divine mission In regard to
all schools Of every grade, from the Ii,
dergarten to the university, though not in
the same degree. Prominently she holds
and exercises it toward primary ScAOnlS.
We Go not deny the State it's due
share in the conduct of schools. II may
put its claims within its own sphere, III
regard TO the 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-
tendence."
il correspondent OF The Churchman says:
MOnach!sm can neither be brought into
| nor kept out of the Church by resolutions
or laws, opinions. or prejudices, and the
verdict OF the reformation will go for lit
tie to-day or in the future. What made
monachism in the Church in the past |?
What peopled the very deserts in Atha-
nasiuss day Not the notions or the self
will of one man or a hundred men, Nor
will it be otherwise in oar day. Mona
chism will not rise or fail at the mere
bidding Of n prelate. Nor will it perish
under storm o., paper pellets. If it oaee
more gains foothold. it will be because the
state Of the Church and of the world, on
the whole, justities it. The lack of candi-
dates for the holy orders, clerical sup-
port, 'the restlessness of the clergy the
seculari2aton of the clergy monacEi3a,'
ETC., are related subjects, which are to be
considered in 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
lecause Baptist Parcrs are not Yet weary
| of haYping on their fayCrte Cree word,
and thinks the object must be the pro.
selyting of Christians from other denumj-
| n@tiCns-to unscttie them in their faith
and III their church relations Our die
tiOnary defines proSelyte rs to cause to be
come converted to some religion, opinion
or system That describes our object ex-
| aCtly; we desire to unsettla' Christians
of other denominations in their faith }
that spriakling is baptism, and we hope
| to cause them to become converted to our
| opinion that obedience to Christ demands
! that men shall first believe in him and
| then be buried with him in baptism
| And why should we not strive after
! this ?"
! The Churchman says: at must never
| be forgotten that the Church of Christ is
q Temperance society instituted by God
| himself, and that to it al other temper
RnCe societies must be auxiliary. St
Paul gives us the true key. when he tells
| us that temperance Is ore Of the fruits OF
the spirit-that is, a Christian grace or
virtue. Religion alone can furnish the
| strength to resist temptation and save
| from falling, When men realize this if
they can be brought to repentance and
| PRAYER, there may be hope of real reform
| Human law and its restraints may be
valuable as help. tOa certain extent, the
vicious may stand in fear Of it, but it does
not strike at the root of the evil it does
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 to it concerning
mysteries may best be answered by quot
| ing the following sentences of a negro
| preacher: my beloved brethren, sup
pose Eve had sinned and Adam had not.
| Would Eve have gone out of the garden
and Adam stayed in? And if so, would
Adam have had grace to bear the separa-
ton Brethren, | have often thought of
this. am getting to be an old man, and
l don't know any more about it now than
conclusion, in my old age, that the best
thing man can do is TO believe what is
necessary to his salvation and what will
help him work the works of righteousness,
and leave Adam and Eve to take care of
themselves.
The Observer says: "The Rev. Phillips
Brooks, in recent sermon, severely repri-
handed the press for the lack of discrim-
alton in commenting upon the moral char
acter of men who have figured largely in
the community for their wealth or in pub
lie stations, If Boston millionaire
SHOULD die, he intimated that the papers
would eXtol him for his. wealth and make
him out to be public benefactor whether
he had gained his wealth by fair
Iusans OF loul. CHuOQDtedly tue press is
in fault in this matter But is the pulpit
so free from fault as TO be justified in cast
ing stones at the press? We trow not"
The Baptist Weekly says; 1.-THE appall-
ing spiritual restitution Of Brooklyn, the
city of churches, is made painfully appa-
rent by the announcement that the Long
Island Railroad Company proposes to run
special trains on Sunday mornings to take
worshippers to the new cathedral at Gar
den City OF course it is not love of
fifty lQcre, but pure philanthropy, which
induces this action. The company is re-
itual good of Brooklyn, if all it's employees
have TO work every Lords Day"