Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-10-25

pen TO you. the very incest thing that
has ever yet happened"
Gwen looked up at her astonished.
some tone in her soft voice touched
her.
4 wonder she said slowly, Il
wish"
What DEAR
"Oh, l don't know said she. with a
short laugh Come on. Cru. Look
at the table covered with books and
things! knew it was an exam,
Look, Dacrer'
When her greetings 10 her host and
hostess were over. Mrs. Fellowcs went
over to her husband, who was stand
ing by the table Of books.
Zone of the evidences of Christianity
to be placed before the infant mind. Z
he said softly, pointing TO Lord Am
berly. Another and he put his fir.
ger on Remains Life of Jesus
Good gracious! you'll stop thnt?'
IF | can-what's wrong with
Gwen?"
Il don't know. I pat my foot in II
just now by pressing for an explana-
ton"
Dacre. meanwhile, was feeling less
than d worm under the concentrated
gaze of his parents. After the first
remarks concerning health addressed
to both children. with a casual allu-
sion to his projected departure for
school for Dacre's benefit, and an
earnest request from his mother to
consider his teeth and his stomach
aud to eschew sweet-stnff. 'the great
temptation of public schools" she OBJ
served sadly, and when some supine
observations with regard to things in
general had been turned on Gwen,
Mr. and Mrs. Waring looked appeal
ingly at each other and subsidized into
silent and curious inspection Of their
son.
The dumb endurance OF the boy
showed a good deal of pluck: he
merely wriggled spasmodically from
time to time. But he had come to the
EXTREMIST end of his tether and was
on the point of some outbreak. when
deliverance reached him in low
swift sigh from his mother, and a
queer sudden movement on his
fathers part. who pushed back in his
chair, loosed his wife's hand with a
deprecating, pray, my lover and be-
gan to speak in general inoffensiye
way, fixing his gaze on no one in par
ticular. to Dacre's infinite relief
"There are subjects that are usually
comprised in the education of young
children" said he. (Which we, after
deep and anxious thought have seen
fit to omit from the curriculum of our
son and daughter We have taken
special pains to impress upon their
various instructors, as also upon the
persons appointed to their personal
service. that certain part of tlleil
minds should be kept free, entirely
clear and free from certain impress
sions. that they should remain, so To
speak, a blank as far as regards this
form of knowledge. The form of
knowledge | allude to-" he continued
his eye falling once more on the luck
less Dacre WHO was drinking in mis-
words with open-eyed wonder, and
finding the boy useful as target he
fixed him inexorablv until the end OF
the discourse 1.-THE form OF knowl-
edge | allude TO is that known as the
knowledge of religion. 1t is some.
times called sense, and has in a
manner become so by heredity, but
doubt much whether it was innate in
the race in the beginning. This point
of view has, of course, powerful ad-
vocates, as we all know, ut least" he
added coughing nervous ", las MIR. Eel
loves and his wife know. However
this question though most interesting
is not necessary to my explanation"
+ Here his eye which had sweryed for
a moment, again caught Dacre's
''The reasons why we have insisted
upon the denial of this knowledge to
our children are many. Firstly, my
wife and / consider that 1t is hardly
fair to any human creature. with nor
NAL brain power in its young recep-
tive condition. to give this brain
power distinct bias with regard to
the fundamental points of any science,
| speak of 1t not In the common but
In the original application Of the
word, which is merely empiric and
can certainly not De looked upon rs
proven In any part,-however great
its ethical value as factor OF culture
may be-. he added with an apologize
glance at the rector. For the same
reason we have withheld geology and
the advanced parts of several of the
natural sciences, wherein is evolved
the doctrine of evolution. But Of these
later.
1--WE have been more stringent in
our regulations with regard to religion
and its most advanced and refined
deyelopment--tha known as Christian
ity-because il ,nters so largely into
all current questions, and entrenches,
or at least the arguments of It's expo
nents do. on so many Of our more ex-
act sciences Another reason for
Withholding this knowledge was the
strange methods so many Of it's disci.
Piles have of apprehending and apply
ing it--eyen Of considering its liteta-
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