Right of the Bible in Our Public Schools. by George B. Cheever, D. D. |
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... influence of the Word of God . It ought never to be forgotten that we are laying the foundations of many generations . Our school- system , and the principles on which we ground it , or by which we alter it , must not be contemplated ...
... influence of the Word of God . It ought never to be forgotten that we are laying the foundations of many generations . Our school- system , and the principles on which we ground it , or by which we alter it , must not be contemplated ...
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... school- system the thunder of the Vatican , with an Index Expurgatorius for our whole school literature ; and even good men are fearfully influenced by their sophistry . " It is a question , " said Mr. Webster iv PREFACE .
... school- system the thunder of the Vatican , with an Index Expurgatorius for our whole school literature ; and even good men are fearfully influenced by their sophistry . " It is a question , " said Mr. Webster iv PREFACE .
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... influence the happiness , the tem- poral and the eternal welfare , of one hundred mil- lions of human beings , alive and to be born , in this land . Its decision will give a hue to the apparent character of our institutions ; it will be ...
... influence the happiness , the tem- poral and the eternal welfare , of one hundred mil- lions of human beings , alive and to be born , in this land . Its decision will give a hue to the apparent character of our institutions ; it will be ...
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... influence in the system of common school education . We propose to show that such a course would be contrary to Divine law , and to all just and equal human` law ; contrary to the obligations of benevo- lence ; contrary to the rights ...
... influence in the system of common school education . We propose to show that such a course would be contrary to Divine law , and to all just and equal human` law ; contrary to the obligations of benevo- lence ; contrary to the rights ...
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... influence of refined educa- tion on minds of peculiar structure , reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle . " Now , have our public schools anything to do ...
... influence of refined educa- tion on minds of peculiar structure , reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle . " Now , have our public schools anything to do ...
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Page 300 - Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 49 - And every denomination of Christians, demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good subjects of the Commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law: And no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law.
Page 104 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Page 92 - By general instruction, we seek, as far as possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere ; to keep good sentiments uppermost, and to turn the strong current of feeling and opinion, as well as the censures of the law, and the denunciations of religion against immorality and crime. We hope for a security beyond the law, and above the law. in the prevalence of enlightened and well-principled moral sentiment.
Page 27 - But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign, Though poor, luxurious ; though submissive, vain, Though grave, yet trifling; zealous, yet untrue; And e'en in penance planning sins anew.
Page 247 - And hence, since the introduction of Christianity, it has been the duty, as it has been the effort, of the great and the good, to sanctify human knowledge, to bring it to the fount, and to baptize learning into Christianity ; to gather up all its productions, its earliest and its latest, its blossoms and its fruits, and lay them all upon the altar of religion and virtue.
Page 105 - Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Page 89 - If God spare my life, ere many years I will cause a boy that driveth the plough shall know more of the Scripture than thou doest.
Page 26 - ... against your Protestant brethren; to lay waste their country, to desolate their dwellings, and extirpate their race and name, with these horrible hell-hounds of savage war! — hell-hounds, I say, of savage war.
Page 247 - He says that there are such a multitude of sects and such diversity of opinion, that he will exclude all religion and all its ministers, in order to keep the minds of the children free from clashing controversies. Now, does not this tend to subvert all belief in the utility of teaching the Christian religion to youth at all ? Certainly, it is a broad and bold denial of such utility. To say that the evil resulting...