The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-09-11
cuRR1cULUn OF THE SCHOOLS.

cuRRIcULUh OF THE SCHOOLS
At the beginning Of the school year,
this thought suggests itself; why
should not the Bible be taughti"
No mans education is complete, with
out some study and q fair know edgs o.
the Bible. In public writing and public
speaking. no book is more quoted Our
laws are founded upon its morals; our
government draws its inspiration firm
its teaching. Without its Influence
upon the lives Of men, the written
laws Of man would be as meaningless
to civilized nations as they are to the
heather Ignoring. for the sake of ar
gument. its claim TO inspiration, and
treating it's pages merely as profane
history Of it's time and peoples, aud still
il stands in absorbing interest and
classic diction, 10 eloquehce, in paihos
and 10 power, immeasursbly superior
to any book that has ever been wri ten.
And yet, by common consent it seems.
it is tabooed by nearly all the schools,
b1th private and public, from their
curriculum.
Why lie this, aud what is the rea-
son for it? Why do our school boards
and school faculties. deem the life of
Caesar and Nap leon more important
to be taught the young, than the life
of Christi Why teach English history,
and not Bible historys Why the
chronology of European kings and
lords, and not that OF Bible kings and |
judges? Why follow Napoleon in his
wars, and not King Saul? Why study !
the daring of other men of great renown,
and ignore the more wonderful achieve.
ments of the brave lad David?
In this christian, protestant land
why not teach and study christian,
protestant Bible? Why not?
liz Nashville recently little boy of
small statue and delicate frame was
refused admission to the public schools
because his mother was afraid for him
to join the foot ball game. And in that
same school the Bible is forgotten. Is
foot ball more important to the physical
development than the Bible Is to moral
culture?
Wherever the American flag is :
raised, every patriotic son of America
BOWS in reverence and love before it, and
our armies stand ready, aid our treasury
IS we'll, to fight to the death any , .
nan or nation who would tear it
Town. And yet, as Nation, we have
owered the flag of our christian
aith to a foreign vote who came
here from all parts of the earth to enjoy
freedom the open Bible gives them.
Making due allowance for the weak
less and frailty of human nature,
md the selfshness and perfidy of
we can very we'll understand :,
Why the Bible should be left out of
ONE of the city schools, dominated as
hey are by Catholic votes. But why =
hould it be left out of the Columbia "
ublic schools? And why should SO little =
ttention be paid to it by our private ;.
chools? :. =,
These schools are not the place for y
ogmas or theology; that is true. But :
ible history; the lives of its men and :!
omen; their travels and their dangers; =, ~
,eir plumbers and their victories; their :.
rimes and sacrifices; their bloody wars -
nd wonderful works. and the matchless =,
sample and sinless life Of its central -
CURE, together with it's thrilling stories y,
I'd unequsled prose poems, why should 80
ot our childrea be taught to learn -
I'd know of these?
Will anyone answer us why?
Aud in the meantime, are we, as
tristan parents not derelict Of duty 40
not demanding that this Book of OF
ooks be added to the school curric- on
um?