New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

| "In Question confess 10 nave IhI'"-
! ,ionaIly included one or more Pltlal7.
For instance, I expected that some Won
be confused by the name ApoH"S. Inc
results. however, exceeded all eNp'c'a-
tjons Scvcnty-four Covcr on"-haIt) ma"'
no attempt at an answer Eleven "'h''S
answered so vaguely "a 10 be un'ht'I'-
| gible. Twcnty-siX declared 1t TO D" tn'
name OF a Greek (or hcathcn) g"d' 'h'l
seven @ per cent? gave answers "h''n
! wore clearly correct -Four thought u
! meant a mountain: three town. '''''S
answered a king "A giant J"''''
! an APOSTLE Of the Greek thHIch All
| other name for Paul, etc. In REGARD 10
! Cana. too. ] expected some confusion. me
results we're as follows: 40 attempt IT,
! altogether too vague. ~, the pro'''''. Pr"
land %; fairly correct = oth'r an
suore were "A mountain, "a desert "
land In Egypt "A city IN Egypt a SIN
| ful city that was destroyed, inc "'S'
! ,,,,,rdoror, ., hattie fought iu Italy
| will add a few words about question :.
tn thiq only sixteen failed to reply Nine
tv-one G5 per cent? said that they had al
,o,d.d Sunday school. SiNty-cisht men
TONED the home as one Of their sources ot
biblical knowledge. 1t was nouccaole 'h"'
with a single exception every one WI"
"passed" emphasized the home. The writer
of the best paper said, 'especla'N ~
home" the writer Of the next pest PaP',
/ said mostly at home and ny personal
| study" This emphasis on the nome H.
7 believe, suggestive. Biblical kno"IenT'
cannot be taught by ordinary S"'""H
scbooI methods any more thah oth'f S"''9
NJ knowledge could be so taught. ne Only
r,oans TO exact information Is Study-''aIu H.
na,nsiakInG study. This, | fear Is haruS
| N he expected in prcsent-day SUNDAY
scbooIs. Nor can Biblical study be carllca
=, In SCHOOL There would be trouble at
60 u.ara n attempted But the nome
ror,ains-the home which. after all, Is the
logical place for religious instruction.
| A pIan has occurred TO me, however by
witch the forces of school and nome ana
| Sunday school may be Joined. | lhlhh IL
will no generally granted that Biblical MS
tory &c as worthy OF study as any other
ancient history, and that Biblical literature
! &c az worthy as any other literature. why
ebouId not the school prepare "A SYLLABUS
mr. outline of Bible study, the following
ont Of which would involve serious study
well worthy of academic recognition.
A PLAN OF INSTRUCTION.
This outline should include the mastery
of important historical facts, the ulc
stories of the chief Biblical characters the
geography OF Bible lands and various
other matters, including memory passages
With this syllabus and a copy Of the Bible
I'm his hand. the high school pupil should
be equipped for serious work and, aided
| bv his parents or Sunday school teacher.
he should be able to accomplish 1t. For
| such work after suitable examination the
student should receive a proper credit tow
ard his high school diploma and toward
| admission to college.
| To this plan / can see no logical obJec-
| tlon. IL would be entirely optional with
! each student as To whether or not he should
] take the work. 1t would not be taught IN
the school. and there could, therefore, be
no grounds for the charge Of scctarian
/ teaching. The school would simply be Civ
/ inc credit for work which, while done pri-
B ysteIy must hc recognized to he work
/ ,,nrthv ~ credit. and which will certainly
! be as useful to tic student and as insplfa-
| tional for his fu''Te life as anything eau
Ia NTH such training out boys ana slrls