Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-11-19
BIBLE IN THE
PUBLIC SCHOOL
Brooklyn Minister Con-
demned System Which
Barred Its Use.
CHRISTIANS CAUSE OF 1T
to the EVENING NEWS.

New Brunswick, Nov. 19:-Rev. s.
Parkes Carman, D. D., of Brooklyn,
very plainly condemned the public
school systems of this and other
states which barred the teaching of
the Bible in the schools in his address
before the New Jersey Sunday School
Association here last night and de-
clared when 1t came to the point that
the name Of Jesus Christ could not
be named in the schools he would
take his child out of the public school.
The greatest hereto today" he
declared after congratulating the
convention on its fifty years of
growth, lis he who is always afraid
of the truth of the Bible, who sits up
at night shivering with fear for the
safety of the arc of the Lord" The
United States and France he said
were the only two nations who stood
out alone, a miserable and unhappy
isolation, without having any definite
religious teaching in the public
schools. He was not unaware of the
great debt this nation owed to France
and that If art, opera and music
counted for anything in the religious
aspect France would today have the
advantage over any nation of the
earth. But today her blood rests on
her beauty and France was a dying
nation.
Squabbles Among Christians.
He attributed the fact that relig-
ion had been barred out of the pub
lie schools to the squabbles among
Christian people, One might boast
over charters and diplomas but they
die before the ink was dry. The soil
of the democracy today was in the
theocracy as John Calvin taught it
years ago.
There is too much irreverence for
religion today" he continued ''the
pulpit has lost it's authority because
the word is spoken to an atmosphere
that Is inert. that has no response.
no answer, no reciprocity. You have
apprenticed your children to a pub
lie school system that absolutely for
bids the teaching of definite relig-
ious belief and to the public school
the Bible school Is but q drop in the
bucket. Unless we charge the public
school system the Protestant who
wants his children taught In the faith
of Christ will have to build his own
school. And / want to serve notice
now that when it comes to the time
when in the public school the name
of Christ cannot be named l will
take my child out of the public
school for ever"
He also referee to Governor
Hughes, of New York, as the great
est man in public life today. Hatred
for him had led to his being called
Charles the Baptist" AS long as
they could not have John the Bap-
tfst he was perfectly willing to take
Charles the Baptist. He spoke of the
fight made against him by the gamb-
lers and other criminals and said he
would like to ask McCarren and
Charles Murphy what went you out
In the wilderness for to seer"
Charles the Baptist" in his opinion
was on the way to the White House.
The subject of his address was ''The
Bible in its relation to character.
The need of today was regeneration.
The nominating com mittee, this
morning, recommended the reelec-
ton of the present officers with the
exception of change among the vice
presidents. The names are: Presi-
dent, George E. Hall, of Plainfield.
Vice presidents, Joseph Lyons Ewing,
of Bridgeton; John A. Rogers, of
Camden; Theodore f. Bayles, of
Freehold; Rev. ]. F. Maschman, of
Phillipsburg; Rev. Henry c. Cronin,
of Jersey City; Rev. Henry Hall
Sleeper, of Elizabeth; Elmer A.
Egan, of Trenton. Recording secre-
tary, Rev. Samuel d. Price, of Cam
den. Treasurer, Edward w. Dun
ham, of Trenton.