The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29

Tho dcnominational school has heen an | important factor In the bringing about this desirable change. The fact IS the
 denoninationai school is the best moral
 tonic and state schools ever had. and they are largely indebted to the de- nominational school today for their usefulness and prosperity.
 don't believe in d national or State religion, but State or Nation with out religion will go to pieces sooner ] or later and the sooner the better. would not put politics in religion but
 certainly would have more religion ! in the politics of our land.
 | Our Government, the grandest In the world is founded upon the Decalogue contained in the volume of eternal | truth, and for our government, gener- al or State. 10 authorize CT even toler- ate the baiiishment of Gods word and I moral instruction from her schools, is
 to authorize and encourage that which will destroy the Foundation upon which we stand The process is suicidal doubt if the word of God is taught with
 as much earnestness as It should be lin any of our schools, Church or State, but let it be prohibited, not allowed to be used at all in cur secular schools. that fact In and of itself is calculated to give us a generation Of staiwart' minds wanting In sympathy and out
 
 pies Of tho xospel that secure to us the liberty and protection we enjoy. I be- iieve in tho freedom of conscierce, but we are not warranted fil allowing free dom that will ultimately destroy our very existence unless it' is restrained The Limit ef Freedom.
 | Many foreigners come to our land be- cause If the freedom we erjoy, and then
 set themselves against the very insti- tutions that secure to us our liberties and blessings innumerable. There Is a limit and we. with our boasted free
 dom and intelligence should know where to find II. We are now con | frontcd with many grea. and difiIcult problems, boti, social siid moral which can only find there true solution fin rightly understanding and practicing the principles of righteousness. Al state or government without the leaven of religion in 1t will sooner or
 later tumble into anarchy. The frag-
 ments of thrones and republics which have ignored the Christian religion. drifting down the stream of human | history should serve as solemn warn l Ing to us, and cause us to honor tho | denominationaI school for the empha- | sis 1t puts upon that form of education 1 that means the right development If
 the moral as well as the intellectual man.
 | E than no education. l would rather my child would grow up in ignorance than Ito be educated away from the Bible and from God and the Church.
 | In order that we may successfully counteract existing evils, and still greater ones to come, the Church must carry education, saturated with Chris | tlan teaching into the homes of our | land, must open ap great fountains of religious thought ond religious teach. | iugs. that will send forth mighty stream of 1eafnfng throughout all our land, bearing upon It's bosom the bless | lngs of light. liberty and righteousness
 to all mankind.
 Let uB have early Christian training and a liberal education that we may have men with giant intellects. who can stand with scientific text books | in one hand and the Bible in the othsfs and harmonize their teaching In such way that will reIe9ate to oblivion the 1 last traces of skapticism and material l ism and every other ism that is opposs | ed to the religion of Jesus Christ. 1t does not stand to reason that the see- uiar school can as successfully empha- size the development of the moral na- | ture of man as can the denominational school. understand full well that the 1 principles of the languages, sciences, etc, are the same anywhere and ever
 where, but there is world of diner- ence in the atmosphere where the youth of the land learn these things. The young, while in the plastic state, great iy needs the intensef religious influ- ences of the dAnominational school uri- til true character Is formed Of course the mental culture in the donomina- tfoual school Is no less thorough. and TO less intense for its denominational | influence. Such thing as Methodist
 Latin. Baptist Math. is absurd, but the youth who learns the principles of | Latin. and who traces she curves of | higher Mnth in a denominational col lieEe, will most probably leave college | c more nearly complete man for the in- | tense religius impulses that went with
 his intellectual awaking. Hence the denominational schools exist in obedi- l ence to the law of highest development | that man may fu1lfi1 his mission on earth in accordance with the wishes or | his creator and hear at last the well come piaudit we'll done. | believe in loyalty, loyalty to the State and Church. but our plea for the existence and patronage of the denomi- l national schccl is not based on loyal | ty alone. but merit.
 The Denominntiomal School. when these schools furnish just as | good advantages in the way of equip ment and intellectual culture. and far better in moral culture than the secu- | lar. schools, ft would seem nothing but
 natural and rational that the church | people should send their sons and | daughters to their own denominational
 schools when the time comes to send | them from home for the advantages of | higher education. The best place in
 the world for a boy Is home. especially when he has a good one. Parents | should exercise good judgment in the l selection of schools for their sons, | choosing those schools where there | is e healthy moral atmosphere. l As the air we breathe purifies us with its purity or poisons us with it's miasna. so the moral atmosphere which the youths of our land breathe l during the years of their schooling
 is potent for good or i'll to their fu- | ture A good climate for the educa- l tion and development of cons1lence Is | Infinitely more important than good l advantages in other respects. The ] moral nature is the nobler part of man | and should he provided with the best
 advantages and influences possible for its growth Parents should demand for their sons and daughters schools where ample and suitable provision is
 made for their physical, mental and moral development. They should choose the best in their reach as the best is none too good for their chil- dren.
 This Is our plea for the rationale of the denominational school