| Show WIHOU KELlvIOLS UibTKUC TIO > AJIHKICA contribute mllliont to send the Got pel or what they suppose sup-pose to be such to the heathen but him under a system of laws and a Eoeial order the practical efTeet of which ia i to deprive a large proportion propor-tion of their own children of religious relig-ious Instruction of anj kiud The absurdity of such a condition over towers every other feature of i Speaking In relation to i the New York Sol Journal sty Tim religious bodies in the State of New York are emphasizing the li unction between sectarianism and religion and are unanimous In their opinion that ectariani m In every form should b excluded from the public hob But they are agreed that the Suite for Its own sake should Instruct children in reverence for God as the basis of morals I I afact that more than onethird of the school population In tbe Else receive no religious Instruction of any knd I is a necessity that these children should t instructed in morals but how can they be sic ths highest legal authority au-thority has decided that neither the reading of the Bible fiortne repeating or prayers can form any part of school excrcl or be regulated by school discipline I tho bolief the existence o God I a the basis of true morality and the doctrine of theism cannot be taught in our schools how can our children be instructed so as to become good This is a conundrum But the u that even tho teaching of morality I not essential seems t be quite general for of the sixtyone school commissioners in this Stole tuirtysbc report that no instruction in morality is requited in the schools under their < r With stow moving but none the less I irresistible force the conviction will come over the American nation that not 1 the elements of such an education a is required to make good citizen is embraced In iU school tyttenijOf which i has boasted s much Patriotic thinkers feel a deep concern over the future prospect pros-pect relating to this sulject and even the mOt sanguine optimist finds it diQlcnlt to view with cheer ful confidence the accumulating results re-sults of an experience which proves that mandintellecluil faculties may soar to the loftiest heights while Ins moral nilure is sinking to the lowest def ths The American system of education is lacking vital elements |
