Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-10
RELIGION AS 4 PART or
EDUCATION.

The topic IL discussed from n purely
educational standpoint, and Ia there
fore unbiased. One portion Of II affords
an example Of the failure Of an at
tempt, la England, To give religious
lessons through the fundamentally Of
clergymen. TO children after school
hours The principal reasons given Ne
the cause for the system proving inef-
iective ls that ",he children are tifei,
instruction IL unsatisfactory, u new
man comes In 10 take the place u the
regular teacher, etc" An effort Of n
similar character was made here, but
collapsed, through causes that were ex-
planned In report made at the late
Conference Of this Stake.
The Journal states that II Is n vexed
question, whether child eau be
trained up ethicslly, and become up
right, honest aud successful without
religious instruction. II exclalm.:
"is the admitted increase Of crime
among young men due 20 the increase
Of church indifference? n 20, then
church instruction must be insisted
upon In all our schools" As n In
partial snswer to this interFogatory
the article als) says:
"rhc old Ihoologians believed that
ihore Ia no possible way OF making
children good but by making them re.
llgious Now hero i very important
question. Wo must have in all our schools
moral grit and tone, II we have nothing
else. The late Mr.. Thring, head master
Of the famous uppinghan School, was a
pronounced religious man, aud gavo his
pupils unmls akabiy church blot Thorc
Il no question hut that his work was
omlnontly successful. Especially was
he able TO turn out a large number Of
upright God.foaring young mon, who
became distinguished In various walks
| OF life. Another such man as MIR.
Thring was Thomas Arnold no man In
England had more pronounced yicws on
religious questions than he"
We could furnish numbers Of ex.
amples Of the benefits Of religious il-
siruc,ion Ms a p,rt Of education through
the fundamentally Of UNCONVENTIONAL
or church schools In this Territory,
but VIZ differ from the Journal Ia IT,
view ns to the possibility VI the intro.
duc,ion Of training Of this character
into the public schools anywhere In
this Republic. II is not practicable,
nor would 1t be just under our form Of
government. The impracticabllity OF
II Is almost self.ovideut. All Glasses Of
citizens are entitled 10 the uso Of tho
public schools, and II II should be de.
oided that religion should be taught
therein, the question of'which religion"
would at once smash the proposition.
to say nothing Of those who are In no
way religious and whose rights
In the premises are entitled TO
a. much respect as those
Of any other class. In the
face OF these obStacle, the Journal
holds that the introduction OF religious
instruction into the public schools Is
possible, providing that It DO clear
that II IL necessary. IL illustrates Its
position In this way:
"Noihing Is impossible that Is noces.
sary. This Is fundamental principle.
II It were necessary to tunnel tho Rocky
Mountains, II would DO done. A canal
from the Atlantic to the Pacific lisa ncoes-
sltyi somebody will build II even though
the Panama scheme l. failure. II
church teaching Is necessary for tho sal.
walton Of tho world. then church tcaoh-
ing must bo enforced In all our schools"
The comparison IL not appropriate.
The difference Ia overcoming physl.
cal obstacles no A. TO tunnel the Rocky
Mountains, and excavating u pass.
agewsy through the Institutions
OF FREQ government Is Very
great. The one IA mere feat
Of engineering skin, by which the
mountains arc not mate rally changed,
the other would require the whole
governmental structure to be altered by
revolutionary process that would re.
semble seismic disturbance.
while we believe religious instruc.
ton TO be an essential part OF the train
Ing Of n child to enable him to develop
symmetrically, that partoi his education
must be impaired outside Of the public
schools. Any strong attempt to have
II otherwise In this country would