The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-22
RELIGION AND THE PUBLIC scHooLa
The Need OF Religions Isstruetisn ana .
Plan for Supplying IL.
From TIE Catholic World.

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Plan for supplying It.
From TIE Catholic World.
Tho Ne,o Princeton Repiep OF January last
has an article by DIR. A. A. Hodge OF Princeton
College. lately deceased, which. is remarkable
been made ~ non, csthiollc to the Catholic
Ii 81 a IN fSS 'ea sss i%me q sh i9g soana. o Of the 5s,
fnnqhi e 50 often A. held BY Us; that IN the words
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great mass Of human knowieds tas"f The heY poc tor
holds that " every school must Of necessity be
neutral I'm RELIGION 4 must be Imperfect and
he further insists that
The infinite evils resulting from the exclusion Of re.
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hand cannot coalesce with and counteract an athsistio
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madness to attempt the universal dislribution OF poison
nish a partial distribunoR OF an imperfect SntdotSo..
Catholics will scarcely believe their ears
whom they ind him saying, further on:
aa m yis% . and snf m sRH sys s,ine OF pubic tGes seS ns fs sdaSssion TN N
tue Cnteu Ibthtebl Snail We not al Oh US VINO rchlly Do
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He goes on to show that tho plan OF sxclud-
soiutels unprecedented. nS!hation or race hav:
all mankind and their conviction having been
that reverence for God and knowledge Of the
e n rSe 70 ths ST gahaing 81 psr sas aiS ana Heg.
ernmental authority. unless, indeed. IT. be an
obedience Of mere fear and terror Of physical
sustained by It. would make 1.-THE worst Kind Of
despotism. and its subjects the most abjeot and
glorious republic was the Christian religion. as
Pr. Hodge proves by pages OF quotation from
each q State in n particular i as we'll as alf By many any *.
tracts from speeches and writings, Of its great
men, none of whom ever dreamt OF building on
an infide or agnostic foundation. Even Frank
exceptions. never excluded God from their
Of the sessions Of the Fedora convention with
prayer. since God governs the affairs Of mem
nation cannot be thought secure ecu rev when we We have
removed their only firm basis-a conviction in
the minds Ej,9 81 Of d tbs people 4' t Asds sse ,se liberties sa are
upon Catholics and observation-disclosures Of
q common Master-t0 come to an understand;
the United. States, and not permit them to be
destroyed by, the inldels who are. at least as
"A plan BY which religion could be introduced
use il tho asylums:, &C.: the denomlnatipn
State paying for results in the secular branches.
II the State wishes to regulate the secular
not g suitable, might be accepted by us; Let
the State appoint Catholic teachers for Catho-
estant children, prescribing the present neu:
trail system, OF education for certain hours OF
S tss ssh iSr dda ayIiiy an rsl f!Si5ns i nlsS q !lfsa h9 ~ d %
this the State need not recognize any Church,
but car and SHOULD take cogniza9ee 81 the
tiers It does 1t continually. 1t is by the iniu-
enHs q somebody that teachers are now ap-
According to the plan in use in Poughkeepste.
Schools B. o; Ne Ne. Il snd +, a 9ast G as lhey sr IN P roSsio
tants in the other schools under the same
Board. The following is the order of the daily
ol2.keguIar secular course as in other schoolA
if fa'"ki P!fays1; i sssH stSss''
5 5:SeniEissu IsTs secular .x s9sp.s;
The State school hours nre from 8 to - and
1880 to 3. and no child is compelled to be at the
religious exercises. unless by its o,nn parents
to the Catholic public school he may do so. and
it Is taught in precisely the SINE way as it is
Catholic child rem have teachers who arc able
ceive. and which they do receive outside of
State school hours. In Poughkeepsie the way
this has been managed was by the Church let
Education, for Their school hours only. Where
the school. houses belong to tho churches
this could be done generally, so that the State
may be exempted from all expense for re-
ligious instruction. Who're. on tho other hand.
the State owns the school house the Church
could pay rent for its use, as for a furnished
room, during the hours appointed for religious
instruction only. The vital point il the teacher.
When the parent and the teacher are not OF the
day, and home antidote' system, OF which Or.
Hodge complains. is being carried out, whether
Intentionally or of necessity. by teacher and
parent. A child is like plastic clayi in the hands
Of q teacher, and learns its lesson not only with
its ears but with its eyes also: what the teacher
does it will do; what she. omits to do 1t will
omit: what she has no belief in or respect for
the child will not believe in or reverence: or it
will try to serve. two masters. the parent and
the teacher, and. serving neither. will emerge
ing. For it will not regard rs truth TO he ac-
copied and acted upon n doctrine about which
two such great authorities disagree.
Will the co-reliGionists Of pr. Hodge come to
State to help the churches even to the extent
OF one cent. At present the people of the United
States, Catholic and nOn-Catholic. are. no doubt
unintentionally ~lavislily spending their money
II it goes on much longer It must soon break
up this free republic. which, founded by Chris
tians. can only DO pcrpetunted by Christians.
Here are the last words Of DR.. Hodges article:
The system OF public schools must be held. in
their sphere, true to the claims Of Christianity,
Or they must 60, with all other enemies Of
Christ, to the wall"
BRIGHAM YOUNG'S CHILDREN.