Year: 1875

IL Is said that these men throw themselves away
that they tould accomplish more good at home. do
not believe that there added to the churches Of tho
land Of twenty souls per yoar while the ad-
mission TO missionary churches Is 100 yoar and that
continuously.


THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.
THE BIBLE IN THE PUBLIC scHooLs--wHo ARE
| OPPOSED TO THE KING OF BooKs-BoN voY-


AGE FOR TWEED


The announcement In the press that Rev 7. DC Witt
Talmage would devote his discourse the question OF
the Biblc in the Public Schools and the Teachers OF
Brooklyn had the effect Of filling the Tabernacle
/ ovcrfowing yesterday forenoon, upwards of 1000
persons being indeed unable TO obtain adms-
sion. Before preaching the reverend gentle
man prayed for tho institutions OF the city for the
Mayor and Boards OF Aldermen and Education, that
they might be consccrated 10 God in all their work.
He also invoked tho divine blessing npon tho Press
Club, which, Saturday night celebrated its fourth
annual dinner in tho festivities OF which he had
participated. Mr.. Tamage prayed God TO be with all
the newspaper OF this land assist them in their
trials and to awaken in the pubic mind larger ap-
probation for their work He prayed that they might
be guided by the divine spirit in all their labors.


Tho preface to the sermon relation to the
story of Paul lecturing Ephosus The reverend gen
tleman, after briefly reviewing the history Of the public
schools said the king Of books, the old Bible and
schools have lived peace together for about eighty
five years, and they exceedingly beautiful old
couple; but now thers are those who come out and
say-"Lct us break up that marriage relation. Wo
want divorcement 1t is making trouble outside;
while the twain very happy their marriage life
il Is interfering with other people, and propose
now to sunder tho relation and to hur tho
old king of books OF the front school door, and
break up this relation which has been SO happy and
never let u again be united But, my friends that is
not easy thing to dc. tAppause.l OF that union
between tho Bible and the school great many
children have been born, and propose TO
stand by the dear old common school altar
where great many of us received the only
education received and entire equipment
for the practical duties OF life. and TO protest with
all our energies OF body mind and soul against the eK
t.Amen y Put the Bible out or tho public school! By
the strength Of the eternal God IL shall never be done.
This union between the Bible and the school has given
here in Brooklyn great opportunities OF culture and
refinement There schools IN the United States
superior, II there are any equal,


TO THE SCHOOLS or BROOKLYN


Politics, which in many cities have degraded the
pubic school system, have been allowed to put
their hands upon this institution. When tho Mayor
was Of ono political party he almost always appointed
majority Of tho Board Of Education from the opposite
that this ecnerally was the case, so that
the degradation OF the public schools by
politics has seemed to be impossible in this
city. This Board ci Education IS made OF forty four
forty-n OF very best citizens. For honesty,
morality, industry and enthusiasm in their work they
have supcriors IN any official board in tho land
lstrctch out both my hands of congratulaon
to those gentlemen for tins manner in which
they have conducted the educational Institutions
in this city and tell them that there some
thing better than monetary for official services
and that Is the inward consciousness Of having done ali
your duty 10 God and 10 the city where you live and
which is the residence and home of your chdrcn alter
you are dead Applausel The Bosrd Of Education has
employed about ], 04O men. Among the principals are
men honored through all the city. do not know any
but who are


MEN or MORALITY AND PURITY


in every respect and OF intelligence There arc about
1000 female teachers They arc the sisters and daugh
ters OF this city, selected out Of vast number OF api
because OF their especial intellectual and moral
cndowments. There are in none OF your homes women
more worthy. Now, for Gods sake, give them fair
chance. Throw obstacles in their way. II they
out ahead, cheer thcm. II you want TO
any OF the teachers smitc tho male teachers but
keep your hands on the defenceless woman. zap
plause Father may be dead, but there enough
brothers LETT demand and that she ects justice


III the word OF God has done no particular damage in
Tho public schools tn tho past 1t tte
longer The word Of God IS the architect the iounda
ton tho pillars, the cope stone Of the great common
school system and there shall DO political dema
gogica power oarth or hell to expel II.
The worry proposition makes my blood boil
This IS no abstract question by great
deal as some people are disposed to think. The
speaker referred 70 recent action Of the Jersey city
snorities the Bible question Ministers Of religion
Of different denominations and prominent hymcn OF
different churches have joined tho party against the
Bible ~ the schools aud we arc tod Is gong 70 20
popular 10 90 Tor the expulsion OF tue Bible from
the schools than Tor its retention The peril comes in
this State from the oui-audout opponents of the
Bible, but from you who nre indifferent about the mat
ter. put the one drop Of


BIBLE TRUTH At SINE o'cLocK y TuE MORNING.
afternoon. DO you think man is prepared for the
duty of life merely because he can cipher in vulgar
fractions. OF is good ponman knows this island
from thai contincntg The biggest thief in New YORK
understands arithmetc-subtraction especially
uaughtcr)-and knows all tho slauds-Blackwell's
Island in particular-and can w'od very
skful pen when il is to put some
body elso's name The foot Of a money draft What
this country wants Is the pressure Of high moral ob
CATION on hor young people and that you get from
no book but thc Bible The jews are not opposed to


lies, as mass, arc not opposed TO the Bible They
prefer parOchal school They say, let all the chit
dren OF tho Catholics be gathered into parochia
schools whore the entire system OF Catholicism can
bo taught them, and they are conscientious 10 that.
Archbishop Hughes declared that the schools
o this country a hotbed OF inn1city rationasm
and loose morals OF course, all the in New
York and Brooklyn who despisc good morals like to
leave the Bibles out Of the schools There Us another
/ class, and that Is


BAss POLITICIANS


The ignorant besotted, base politicians would like TO
kick IL out q, you low politicians of Now York,
Brooklyn, Boston and Philadelphia, you are 4 pretty
set | see some Of you here This morning You came
| In, perhaps TO awe me down. uaughlerl | know
you by your blood shot eye and your ochorous lip.
What do you care FOR God or the Bbo2 II Is votes that
| vou want But there are enough Of New Englandcrs,
Scotchmen, Long Islanders and Engishman who have
read the story the wreck OF the Spanish armada to
stand by tho ballot box and hurl the outrageous
into political destruction and thence down, down to
where ali liars, thieves, whoromong0rs and swndlng
canal contractors shall have their eternity with
SATAN AND BILL TWEED,


II they can catch him. Laughter hear no took q
steamer last night and went away | hope when they
get 800 miles from New York and 500 miles from
Liverpool they will let down a lfeloat and drop him
into ~ and give him two oars and let him work his
passage Accused be tho who shall try TO ruin
tho intellectual financial moral institutions Of
great cities The reverend gentleman announced hts
Intention OF visiting the public schools during the
weok


CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH.