Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-06
THE BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS
By NJ. II. DUNCAN

Some public spirited citizens Of Amarillo giving
hundred dollars with which to purchase one hundred Bibles to
he placed in the and libraries OF the Amarillo public
schools For number years has been requirement OF the
school board that the teachers each morning read portion OF
the Bible and offer prayer with their children, but this re-
ourccn has not been adhered strictly because the Bible
has not always hand in the several rooms From now
on however requirement will be lived up to and the child
rem viii be taught that knowledge OF Gods Word forms an
essential part and the most essential part OF every ones edu
cation
The lac, that the Bible can not be taught commented
an IN nuhc school, has caused a good many people to feel
that these schools mus, Goddess Bu this is not true In
fact +, really blessing that the Bible can not be used as
other placed at the OF the teachers Inc
trouble with the Bible is that It has been commented on
too much Il has been commented on so much that about
all tina, worth while has been commented out OF by
rrea, many people and will be great day for the Old BOOK
when il read more and commented on less 1t is the Word
i sod and il will have its effect il II is permitted to reach
the heart II needs NO comment from III order to
lind its way to the human heart and every effort on the part
i man to add TO or to take from has ended disastrous
v The laws OF the gives the teacher the right to read
the Bible to her children and that is enough
Most OF the people who support the public schools are
church members who claim believe the Bible and It is
strange they will stand Tor things they do stand Tor II
i strange that they will voice protest when their children
are taught about Thor and Wooden Jupiter Apollo. Neptune
and the other gods OF the heather and heather philosophy and
meyer hear one word about the God OF Heaven in whom
live and move and have being 1t strange that they
will have their children read all other literature and Tell they
are rnoran, they do do but will permit them to re-
main irnoran, Of the Book OF Books that would point them
To the true way OF life In the Amarillo schools we have de-
d In take modest step advance along this nc to take
m some OF this heather literature and heather philosophy
and replace il with Old Testament Stories selected and pre-
parcd bv the Committee College Entrance Require
mcn;s in English These selections are used by no other
school in the country that know oil in the we are go
;r m Use them but we see why they should not
he so used and at this much evidence he given the cu
ron that the Bible is as important other literature and that
Christianity is as important the PHILOSOPHERS and religion OF
antiquity.
There little doubt that under present conditions our
educational system is becoming more ana more uouesS'
gradually growing away from the old land marks tha' pro-
ced the moral standards OF the past and that give the oa
, m the lives OF men and necessary To the rg'
49,, -, character Christian people should not close their
owes n the fact that there growing tendency to worship
God rs the Creator and Beneiacor OF the human race the
Flohi who is far distant from the affairs oil men ana "o
mon and that there coming to be less ana less worship VI
Him as Jehovah the personal covenant God VINO Is very
close Il, each OF us and in Whom live and move AS cvi-
on increases and human lie becomes easier there ten
, "a feel less and less the need OF the help OF personal
God aud Il, nut Him out OF minds and hearts and so lar
away that He takes little cognzance OF our lives mere
tendency to get further and further away from the teach
ngs Of the Bible that gives unity and stability 10 the moran
conventions OF men and Each man has his own ideals
~ 20 conduct and as result there is increasing coniu-
sion x 20 the standards OF conduct and hence constantly in
creasng immortality Most students oil social conditions agree
that immortality is the increase and that there was never
caps more OF than there today This is in spite OF the
fact that we are spending millions OF dollars each year on
human welfare work and education and is because are
very largely leaving God out OF both Gods Book is as true
to-day as il ever was and this that il is true from the
first page the last and not neglect without dis
aser to ourselves The only hope OF the world today poll
ticalv socially otherwise is return the simple teach
inps OF the Bible and knock the very foundation from
social and political when fail to recognize in
educational where the ideals and standards OF the peo
c are formed the voice OF God where alone there is the
wisdom lead through the pitfalls around We
gc, back the old time teaching OF the Bible with reference
to the Holy Spirit and prayer and teachers asd parents
read their Bibles read them 10 their children more and
pray for the leadership Of the Holy Spirit the work
they are undertaking for the children This is not sennen
tasm II is plain sense, and it will become more
and evident that it such any who will take the
time to study the conditions around him.