Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-28
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have You not recognized the fact that
the in1dels, the ngnnstics, the atheists,
the dcists and all those who would
deny public recognition Of God are try
ins to diave out the Almighty from the
control of our piibiic ufe3 What is the
meaning of the movement that has &C
complished this one fact2 There Is
hardly a state college in all this land
where the Bible Is now studied as n
text book. In all those different schools
the faculty makes provision for the
teaching OF English bellies lettrcs. They
are willing 20 teach Grectnn and Ro-
man and Scythian and Alexnndrisn
aud Asiatic mythologles. They are
willing to teach buddhism. Confuclan-
ism, Brahmanisln and all other isms
but they are moi willing to teach who
Jesus Christ was and Is and for what
the gospel of Jesus Christ stands
Now. for my part, while | hold that
denominationalism ought never TO be
Taught in state Institution. contend
that no young man is properly oducat-
cd who has not been made familiar
With tho bible ana its religious and
moral principles. | claim that Hs' edu
Gated men md women II IL just Us I'm
portant TO know who were Moses and
Joshua md David as who were
Shakespeare and Burns and Walter
Scott and Goethe and Victor Hugo |
claim that II is more important cdu-
cationnliy so know who Jesus Christ
IS than who Mohammcd was and what
was the cause Of the Trojan war If
the atheiSiic cleiucnts Of this country
nrc not trying to get possession of this
government, why did certain inhdel
newspapers n fcw years ago denounce
tue presidential act Of taking the oath
Of office upon the leaves ot an open
Bihle2 They claimed that MS the
government had no established church.
therefore the president elect had no
right 80 render allegiance to any
one particular God. Men who write
Sophietrics Of This kind are enemies
whom we cannot afford to dcride.
They masquerade under The banner Of
"froc Thought" ana they appeal TO
the intellectual pride which tlourishes
among moducatod or half educated
elements in our population. DO not
imagine that they arc despicable op
moments or fhat there is no danger of
their ever eloctin- president of the
American peoplo tell Won that 10
dav tho church as we'll ae the neopla
nj large should recognize the evil in
nuouccs which are working under
Meath Us and all about us 10 render
This q cndloss natinn and TO exclude
All recognition If God from the acta
and policy ~ The United states.
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/ up the throne OF God, You never saw
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at heart an iuhdoL Furthermore, You
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