Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-06-06

piesei'ation oI u1e ana property. But
every state, which considers public
morality to be within it's sphere, must
OF necessity occupy to some extent the
same ground as the church.
The church is chiefly concerned with
the problem Of being; the state with
the problem of doing. The one de-
slres man to be right and deals
with ideal life; the other desires him
to do right and deals with the actual.
The church is to instruct the youth
Tor the benefit of the individual. it is
true, but chiefly for it's own purposes
and ends: the state, is to teach him
not tor himself but as an integral
and inseparable part Of itself; to
cause his duties as a citizen to be ex-
erclsed with care and consideration:
to make sure his permanence: the
independence and general happinss of
the commonwealth through the ballot
that is cast with knowledge and def
mite intention.
Among the agencies which strive to
form the man and cultivate his active
powers for the duties of life, the
nome stands pre-eminent. The church
is the home written, at large. Hence.
as the child's distance from home
lncreases,its force should be more di-
rectly delivered that the spiritual in
f1uence may not be diminished. The
home may not be ideal, vet unless it
is actually violating the rights of child
hood, it must be respected. By pa
rental care and instruction the earliest
physical, intellectual and religious
wants are necessarily supplied. La
ter, different points of social contact.
more formal discipline and a more
accurate scholarship are needed. Tax
es are paid by all and practically all
are benefited, hence the objections to
taxation for purposes of elementary
public education are few.
The home must not demand of the
school religious instruction more Sec
tartan in one direction than it is will
ing to grant in a different direction.
Nor should it. because the child is
enjoying church and school privileges,
! lose the full sense of responsibility for
religious instruction. Probably the
greatest danger in American life today
is the gradual shifting of response
bility for ethical training from the
home to the church and school.
The denomination academy is
practical necessity for those who de-
sire secondary education in religious
| life. .ss 81, A
Missionary zeal and ecclesiastical
self interest will always plant and
support. ~ r. -.... ..e. ~ v
Beyond the. high school. for those
who wish to seek a higher life. is the
college which takes the immature but
rapidly maturing youth and trains him
for moral and mental culture 1t seeks
to form the man not the artisan or
professional. Its work is chiefly with
life development hence the church
should play an important part.
Beyond the high school. because re-
quiring at least a secondary scholar
ship. and in many cases beyond the
college, because requiring collegiate
training. is the genuine university. an
institution for men who know their
bent and seek profound scholarship or
definite preparation for some special
pursuit.
. Probably the hardest question to
solve in the course of our educational
work will be the introduction of moral
and religious training into our state
schools. If it should be introduced.
the kind and quality of such instruc-
ton would Immediately excite the ap-
prehensiOn Of each sect In these ad-
vanced times and notwithstanding the
logic of the situation. the old tradi-
tional idea. that the church has right
to direct educational work. still pre-
walls and it is the moving force in this
grave issue.
Whatever questions may arise and
whatever the relation Of church and
state to education may be- the demand
for practical educated men and women
will grow INCREASINGLY: and the young
scholars. who today are poring and
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