| Show weekday week 41 day religions education why we ne consider fe religion ligon as such a necessary part of 0 the childs education cation 11 As one great educator has so apt ly said our country is I 1 in n great peril without it our democracy was as an experiment brought brought forth by a people ot of strong religious convictions dictions vict ions lons these settled principles unconsciously colored their shots and actions they entered into the so of their life problems they made certain things right and others wrong after two generations from triese forefathers we find that we have drifted away from this insist a but fit and steadfast faith yet american liberty cannot long endure without this basic religious prepossession tor for it is easy to see that spiritual illiteracy may become a social menace already we find that the absence of religious training explains many things that puzzle us in the reaction of the rising generation toward our modern problems these problems are not in the last analysis ls nearly and entirely economic they are moral and religious issues why tor for example should not a man secure five hundred per cent tor for a common necessity why should he not profiteer as much as he pleases the rhe answer is that as a moral and issue this is wrong but unless the profiteer has such a religious prepossession deep rooted and compelling that will make him hear gods command in the law to do to all men as I 1 would they should do unto me lie he will do as he pleases this duty to angs ones neighbor admits of no argument to one religiously rel trained but it has no weight with one not so trained it if the ideals ot of christian acter are to be in any measure realized the children must have more time in which to live them the best timea Is school time children recognize that school and all that it touches Is the important business of their lles lives i statistics show a per cent of public school children who have no relationship lation ship to any religious institution and who are receive receiving ing no religious ligi lif ous training this situation can no longer be ignored some additional effort must be made to give these citizens of tomorrow a lite life ament vital and compelling enough to stabilize their character religious training must be an integral part pt of this equipment to the three Rs 6 public school tion must therefore be added a fourth viz izE RELIGION LIGION J L G dawse 11 R POOL |
