The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-02-02
PUT US IN THE RIGHT LIGHT.
Zanesfield, O., Jan. 81, 1900.

LdneSHelu, w., JAN. ol, lSUU.
Editor REPUBLICAN,;
Noting in the Fridays issue of your
paper, an article from the pen of "Slo-
cum, % in regard to the entertainment
to be held on last Saturday evening,
limiting that the entertainment had
originated in antagonism to the revival
| services held in one of our churches,
and believing the same not only to
have done serious injury to the public
schools of this place, but also to have
given forth an impression to the public,
| injurious to the reputation of those en-
gagged in such school work, we beg
leave to be heard in our own defense.
| We are glad to learn of this bit of
original news, and it has its originality
on more than the intellectual side.
Mother, Eve, learned such new fact
as this to guide her quest for more
knowledge" And we have no doubt
our Zanesfield correspondent, when he
comes to taste this fruit of new know
ledge, will wish he had something like
Ewes supply of leaves to cover himself.
Now we do not believe our friend wish
ed to deceive. A moments time,
though, would have proved sufficient to
convince him otherwise.
The work of the entertainment had
been in preparation for more than ten
weeks, had been postponed twice, once
on account of said services, and further
postponement would have proved detri-
mental to the work OF the schools, as it
would have required considerable time
on the part of the instructors to hold
the pupils at the point of preparation,
to which they had attained, thus TAX
ing from the Just deserts of every pu-
Ipil. When said service began in the
church, the practice was so arranged
as not to interfere with the services,
and at no time in the practice was any
one kept from the service who desired
to attend. The work of the church and
school is one, and if it is not in har-
mony with the work of the church tc
; interest people in the best literature
that the world affords, we have failed
in our conception of the Gospel.
Had the entertainment been of a low
order, some drama presented for tick
ling the public ear, with no thought o.
the moral effect, then the writer of the
article referred to above, might have
found some ground for his ''deplorable'
fact. "And by professed christians
t too" Well, where is the harm in be
= ing 'professed christian" if one live.
| 10 Ills 10 10 uDu Will lliOSt
who profess and fail to do, that the
: danger lies? The school makes no at
3 tempts at pleasing every one. The
One at whose feet we would gladly
sit and learn, failed in doing this, an(
was crucifed by the very ones he came
to help. Every advance meets Opposi
ton. Paul saw through a glass dark
2 | ly, and desired letters of the high prizes
that if he found any of the way he
might bring them bound to Jerusalem
but where the scales fell from his eyes
r he was most Jealous in correcting, a
g far as he was able, the wrong he haC
done, and we hope that the writer o
the article, appearing in last Friday
issue of the REPUBLICAN, will cQrrec
t the impression, as far as is within hi
: power. 1t has gone forth not only to th'
, readers of Logan county, but to thos'
outside the same, to whom its circula
tion extends, and has placed our school
in very unfavOrable light.
: Yours Most Sincerely
FRANK MARCH, Supt.
G.. w. POLK,
= MABELLE MARQUIS,
= LILILN FAWCETT
Teachers Of the Zanesfeld schools.