Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-02-10
BIBLE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
AcrroS rAKrN ny CONGREGATION
on HOWARD MEMORIAL CHURCH
Rev. ". ". r. Hackney. tho Pastor. Makes .
strong Plea for the Reading Of the
Scriptures to children Edu-
Gated by the state.


when Rev H. NJ r. Hackney. pastor os
Howard Memorial church. ascendea the
puirit yesterday evening he was greeted
hy n much larger ccngre gation than usual.
vossiliy owing to the announcement that
tho subject q his discourse would be.
..Durht the Bible TO BE Placed IN our Free
schools" As showing the demand FOR the
revised edition. he said that some S.0m,m0
were called Tor in q few days and that
now On the eve OF the twentieth century,
ioonoeo copies were being read by the
peoples of the world.
The following memorial was adopted by
thc ,ouE-e eehtiou:
"ro tHc Honorable Members OF the Board
't3rnti.mcu we. the undersigned. Of
Kansas city. Mo-. 10 most humbly pray
ite rlatine of thSS Hnle N tho public
Setnuie rf our city. We further ask that a
ittt rf th" same be read ia the schools
cteh lay. not to DC taught IN any sectarian
manner hut to give TO the children those
motives So uurr and grand. No text book
sem ever Dos wyittcu which will contain
o'tr ot riorol training which viii. IN any
MARINER equal the Holy Bible Therefore.
.E-atis men. fuinli your duty to God ami
man ty restoring the Book Of God TO our
Rev Hacknoy's topic was: should tho
.o lc Read IN the Public Schools?' lie
i am heartily in favor Of placing the
EH's in the public schools.
First -BeCausc it is Gods book. and the
only hook that does belong to Him in
personal way. lie is the author Of H. Ii
ii- revelation. In Il lie reveals Himself
know nothing u God or Ills dealings with
mankind.
slyoni-It Is the best history Of the hu.
UaM race that We have. In 10 we find
msn's creation. his fall. his redemption and
rs salvation. Without 1t we woul1 know
nothing of mans origin. or his destiny.
e. HHs L. lF - OF nr hgF
1t.er without Il death would come TO us
1s an eternal sleep. and the epicurcan
anI o. merry. for tomorrow We die. Hut
,.le ard Immortality hath been brought TO
schools. Not only as a history Of the
humnn race. and the best history we have.
but want 20 taught as a biography. In it
than IN any other book. For instance. take
Moses. the lnweiver and statesman; Abra-
cessful business man; Joshua, the colon
ist. caleb the soldier BCaZ the farmer:
Ruth. the virtuous; Gideon the deliverer;
samuel the ruler; Jonathan, the friend.
and many more might mention. All these
are worthy OF emulation, " II be the
thing 70 teach lessons OF patriotism in the
ingtou as q patriot ana Lincoln as the
savior OF bis country. etc. why shall We
not hold w the characters Of these Bible
men. who ild the right thing. and God
honorei them for so doing?
FOURTH would place 1t in the schools
ana have It read as the moral standard.
Where do YOU find such fine moral teach-
lrgs as Christ gives To- the world Are
Very @ G s "gS "nrS bey noi Sg ia
upon the life OF every boy and girl? The
best reform school Is the one IN which
sermon We call the Beatiiudes. where Is
anything 50 lovely? Let the teacher real
ye Rs ~ how 6y gnf h"a ireH vds rfeEe 'ho mo-
surprise that the world bombards the
Scriptures. but II j. amazing, to ind
Christian ministers picking at It.. some
declaring that every man Is his own nlble
and that every man makes his own Bible
or that nature Is the Bible, and thousand
other silly assertions. There Is only one
Bible. That is Gods Bble-God's Word.
d" Let God be true. II every man is
"Flrth-AgaIn would have the Rlble
read In the public schools because a great
many children never hear II IN their homes:
that contain no Bible. The children In these
homes. are growing ny ~ perfect lgn9IanGo
OF God and His Word. suppose you 10 eIl-
ucate them. You turn them out into SOY,
clety intellectual mpnstrositles-no moral
basis 10 build on--and they never viii come
in contact with the Word OF God except Il
be from other than home sources. rs to
jew ana catholic not desiring II IN me
children, for instance, IN reading the his
tory OF job, the patient mnn; Moses. tho
tRr % patTiot. riot 'etc.e We ali aer"S @ hat these
We're great men, worthy OF emulation.
Then take tn" lIe or Nnfist l.Ntn IL
late saidi I fiqd no fault in Him and
This man. Why not read His history and
life as worthy OF COpNing-thc perfect man.
Whom could this harm Certainly We 10
not want 20 harm, hut to DO all good
"SiNth-I would have the Bible rsal in
the public schools because IL reveals the
plan OF salvation. We cannot AFFORD 20
eglect the cultivation Of the spiritual,
The soul must br cared for. society must
be- guarded. civil liberty must be conserved,
10 run an 10 mind is 10 become 'l0p-siled'
Tho whole man must De- cared for. Nou
say, rrlegate this part 20 the church, etc.
hut hundreds never garkrn "A church door,
and, therefore could not be reached this
AS "a the Bibles teachings. show me
one human being that has been ruined hv
its teachings. and | will give up
read I would trust the good judgment Of
the teacher who would make no mistakes
TN this matter / am sure. l'N 8ll means
place 10 in the schools. Therr Is not q Nir-
sorrow Dc does not comfort There is not
goOf law on the statute book of his coun-
Try but is founded on these Ten Commando
m,nts. There are NO Hruytr, grHnder peo-
heruiues which b. hi1graphizes ana we 10 a
not want 10 placed there I'm fragments with =
a few patriotic songs attached We want
the whole Bible, King James version,
sire iJ read simply on It's own account, hut
on tho rhill's account, on the young man
ami young ladv's account. These are TO
rule society. These are 20 teach in oar
schools: these are 10 DO the business Of the
future. We want them morally right. Give
hem plenty Of Bible ana YOU have helped
them into the formation Of "a character in
Witch. In the after years, they viii rejoice.
schools. \ flag for every school house and
church, q Bible for all