Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-05

| permitted-simply on account of the
extravagances which have made them
notorious-to ridicule the sacred vol
ume or Its contents In the presence Of
| students and as many other citizens as
can be drummed into attendance A
| university without reverence may dc
some good, but 1t will do more harm.
Tho Idea Of God Held by North
American indians.
| We most of US have come across
references to the Great Spirit which
| has been so often represented as the
object of Indian generation and wor-
ship. The impression conveyed by this
| term is misleading one, says Latitia
Moon Conard, Philadelphia lady who
has given careful study to Indian
mythology She writes in the Asneri-
can journal of Theology:
THE first thing to note and to re-
member Is that the Indian has not one
god only. but many gods. When ne
PASSES by remarkable waterfall, he
makes prayer and leaves an Offering.
There are various rocks. caves and
other objects of nature that are APP
preached with awe and presented with
gifts. Father Brebeuf, writing about
the Hurons In 1885. tells of certain
rock which they passed on their way
10 Quebec. and to which they always
offered tobacco. placing It in the cleft
of the rock and addressing the demon
who lived there with prayer for protec-
! ton and success. When the indian IN
crossing a lake finds himself In seri-
Gus danger. he prays to the spirit OF
the lake. throwing an offering, perhaps
dog. into the water. When the sound
of the thunder frightens him, he prays
| 10 the thunder being for protection.
| When he needs rain. he directs mis-
rites to the god of rain and thunder
/ Air md earth and water are alive with
spir.ts. any one of which may be
| nra we'd TO: but, as matter or fact,
certain ones are singled out for wor-
| ship Add to these the many animal
deities which are invoked even more
frequently than those OF the elements
! In the sacred formulas OF the Chero-
KEGS. Among all the Indians we ma
particular species of animals ana
plants adore6 by particular individuals
ar tribes as special guardian deities,
| the famous totems of the Indians. II
| will be remembered that the Indian
corn appeared to Hiawatha.'
Sentiment for American Schools.
| The sentiments which President Eliot
| would have American schools cherish
and inculcate are these: Family love,
resnect for law and public order, love OF
freedom. and reverence for truth ana
righteousness" and, incidentally, but
|incessantly," "the doctrine that we are
all members one Of another" The grow
ing interdependence of civilized society
LEADS him 10 the opinion that ut Is high
time that a direct and vigorous inculca-
| ton Of the fundamental social sene1-
ments should be deliberately made a
part of the discipline of every scnoo.
and college in the country AS sucA
sentiments are recognized by every re-
lligton and religious denomination ana
none objects to them. minor rellelous
differences he contends, should NOT
be allowed to prevent the teaching OF
this primary principle to all the chill
dren In the land.
Now. undoubtedly. all the opponents
of the Introduction OF religion into the
public schools will agree with President
Eliot In advocating the teaching OF
these sentiments and principles, but. not
less Enthusiastically, will those who are
now agitating for the Introduction oil
religious teaching reject them on the
ground of lnsuffieiency and an irrelig
ans tendency. Roman Catholics and
msn who are not of their church. of
whom the Rev. Mr.. Geer Is repre-
sentative, would deny their efficacy I'M
less based on religious faith and sup
ported by It, They would regard the
reaching of civic virtues Independently
OF religious faith, as disunctively II
religious. They want religious dogma,
and they would be likely to look on sucn
instruction as President Eliot wants -
n dangerous attempt to substitute the
state for religion as moral guide.
So strong is the conviction of the
Roman Catholic church that direct and
dogmatic religious instruction is neces
sary that 1t has established In this
country. according to the Messenger
magazine, nearly four thousand paroch-
ial schools with nearly million pu-
pills. in order to keep it's children from
the influences Of the public schools. The
satisfaction of President Eliots de-
mand for the systematic teaching of the
social and civic virtues merely, no
matter how complete, would not lessen
Catholic opposition to secular educa-
ton. and might rather intensity 1t.
The question is agitated with increas-
ing earnestnexs by Roman Catholics
wherever they are most numerous. and
eventually it may become very seri-
Gus question for political decision.
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