St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-07

amongst Protestants themselves; lest
BaptiSts and Meth0dists may fall
out over the pill they are administering
to Catholics. 1t bristles with doctrinal
words and phrases. There are three
hundred passages in 1t that have each
given rise
TO A SEPARATE SECT,
and yet they call it an unSectarian book.
The teacher must read muzzIed against
inquiry. and the pupils must listen to it
as half a riddle; and yet it is supposed
to enlighten and guide. What is the
value OF such an exercise, even where
there is no contest over it?"
In closing his argument, the attorney
said: 1.-The men who founded this COM
monWealth saw the necessity of educa-
ton to true democracy; observe how
richly they lowered, in lands and funds,
their common schools and their univer-
sites. Here they planned to mould this
mixed population into commonwealth
homogeneous, intelligent, patriotic; and
to that end the schools must be free to
all and fair to all. Hotbeds of religious
rancor? Prey of contending sectS?
Pens of pr0seVtism for decorating the
feelings of children? Never. The
trainers put distinct negative on such
mischanceS in their constitution. In the
great responsibilities that fell upon
them they did their duty. 1t is for us
to do ours. The law that will most
honor the Bible and religion is the law
which most nearly follows the golden
rule OF each, do unto others as you
would that others should do unto you"
l would respectfully direct the atten-
ZION or the orthodox ministers OF Mime
apolis to this abstract of the agreement
used by one of the attorneys in the Ed
gerton Bible case, and would be pleased
TO nave Ole OF them reply to it argu-
mentatively instead of indulging in
rhetorical ciaptrap and ironical Jokes
The facetIOuS pastor of Westminster
church Is invited to reply. He re-
Gently stated that Catholics have only a
Latin Bible, when could take him with
In few blocks of his church and show
him that he is in error. PrOteStantS
are more liberal and enlightened than
their ministers imagine, and they know
better than to believe the word of DIR.
BurreH on the Catholic Bible question.
The minister who asserted that Bishop
McGoirick got the Bible out of the
MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
eight years ago was misinformed. The
bishop informed the writer that he was
heartily iE favor of the Bible for the
use of Professionals because the Bible
was about all they had. and he pre-
ferred Protestant Christianity to skep-
ticism and rationalism. or course, he
would object to Protestant Bible read
ing for Catholic children, the same as
Protestant ministers would object to
Catholic Bible reading for Protestant
children. DR.. Burrell was correct in
saying that Catholics are loyal citizens.
They have always been so and will con-
tinHe to remain so whether he likes it
OF not. 1t is blessed thing for our
glorious land that preachers have moth
ing to do with the making of our
laws or the administration thereof.
The laymen of all denominations,
as well as the men that belong to none.
will see to it that no union of church
and state will ever occur here, and that
no one church can obtain supremacy
over any other. Every tub must
stand OH its own bottom, and every
church must paddle its own canoe. and
survive or perish according to its merits
or dement's. ROGER VAIL.
Minneapolis, June 4, 1890.