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.v1te .nd E w'l NLWS - LETTER it I: Iddon'tho privilege of a con- tractual: mm In church for vamp to Mon to no couple“ and Bro-I Thomu delivered an the aer~ man 0! the do: It 8mm Park Paths-term: Church on Sunday norm in. Dec let. The text chosen wu Jen-ennui 19:15 After t brie: expo-Mon at the text, tall the time. o! the prophet when uttered. Dr. Thain-e node n eute- ment of the action or the Monument Committee of the Chicago School Bond in excluding the Bible from the public schools. He stated the al- leged must at an: action Ie: an.“ (Dr. Tablas Behantaror) ’ Draceoding from those uncommon, Dr. Thomas remarked: (1) “Then in no proof uni a ma- jority of the people desire the exclu- non'o: the, We Lao hot believe nut they do.” But if to, theix by' the very nature of our tom of govern- ment, which’ is based on the pflnclple (2) “Theft”; moa‘oniwmh the exc‘lmton In Jumfied' logically Jews to the excmdon at 'other books be- sides the Bible." (a) "The mutant! eczemaâ€"these are used now 'to touch hte mane of evolution, sometimes on“ Mac or materialistic doctrine. But the ma- Joruy do not believe in a materialiss no. doctrine. and many, perhaps 3 ma- joflty, do not believe in evolution at all On this ground themfom. such books should be excluded." ‘ (cl) “European Historyâ€"Thu is treated 2mm two Many different point. of new, the Roman Catholic and the Humane I! the Rommidt ohjeou you mutt not present it from (b) “Eng‘isl; Literature ~Ghaueer. Spencer, Milton. Shakespeare, Wards- worth. ’Tennyaon. we saturated with the Bibleâ€"m; fact: and truths. Hence it the Bible so“, they also ought to BIBLE 1N ”SCHOOLâ€"AN , ABLE DEFENSE. (I) that “A 15m majority o: the Volume 20 HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER (3.) “The Bibi. in not w. Austin-part. nevus-loam- ination m be wind mu. or mm, or curt-union. But the Bible in ac- count by I“. I do not. contend for my mum or denominational tench- in. of the Boot. Let the Bibie be its own interpreter. moreover. that the Bible is not marina is shown by in upped 10.1111! power out the mind and he“! at the mooâ€"the Inv- u. an and} u the chm.“ a mm~m at m. m was (4.) ”The Bible II“. to my'the luxugoodaflchtbosplmm our public school. In any other book of history. Mental-c, Ind morale. Its mum! work a We; and what a history! including the great on character. and evonta. “Christianity 13 one or the, three elemexital forces which have produced the civil-induct: of Europe "and Amen. an. The other form have come tram Greece and Home. Greece”: mould- ed our intéflectufl'ufe‘uha Rifle our governmental. It We exalude the one there is as much reason for excluding the others. ” ' ,‘I'But true scientific investigation lends, fitep by up back, into the ori- gin at all this. We cannot therefore exclude the Bible from our schools it we would understand the confine: forces which than up our modern life. "" ‘ The ébo'Ve to but a. bflét Memenlt of a very elmuent and able treatise on this Importmt public question. It is to be regretted that a at“ report of every word at the sermOn cannnt be given. ‘ , Editor Newt-Letter. The aloha-flung ot‘ finance in more nay-tartan: than the. tricks 01’ the mod Murman- of m Menntlmev the national Jinks hold $240. . .000_ or government money. The government does an demand It and put. it Into circadian but pro- The government pays three per cent inter-alt on the bands represented by the bummed hundred tuition: and ood- tobOrrow sloofloooooo of the We and devout this aloo with the national mu But this kind uf traffic In the me~ dium of exchange In a. tremendous tax on legitimate trade and there mm certainly come, sooner or later a day of reckoning. momma NIGHTIEGALE HON- ann. ‘ ‘ To add to the lustre of the me o! Flamenco Nightingale is about an equivalent e0 painting the lily. ' ‘ But in coalerring an that distinâ€" guished may the first dominion or the Order a! Merit ever given by him to a woman, King Edward of Eng- land has done credit to his judgmem. King Edward’s decoration of' the Order of Merit has been confirmed only on nineteen men and now to one woman the number WINS the twenty mark. _ Florence Nightingale is now eight} seven years old. Her Mme is mael- “My written in the hearts of the sol- diers of all the world’s armies, “as the pioneer In the beneficent ministry of women as nurses in the battle fields. Should you have the legs: possible trouble in‘ having your laundrv work done you can overcome it by sending it to the RELIABLE LAUISDRV. " High Class Launderem. Telephone ‘1 We are here for a purpose." NATIONAL HONEY JUGGUNG. ‘ 0hr 0utlook ’ 7v ‘ 907 " MUDING PUBLIC EHOOLB. “The Bible now undo omehlly bound from public ochooa." In these m the W~Herud announces the 6011an ot the public school- of Chicago of their mt pricele. 3 her- tuzc nod richest source of learning. Unless the notion at the mafia: Committee or the Chicago school Bond is revised by the Board the“. We cannot think of any one thing that would so (tummy bend to the do- nationalism!” ot the United sum as n Wot following of such a no mum: at the Bible' vm hello.- lorthbopormktedwbenudmm public schools or that city. To forbid the duly of Roma: Hia- mry or Grecian literature would be to narrow the vision and limit the W of man; America. But to tutor In Christin dflfiltflol I: to defraud them of their blrthylght and to teach them tint the essential pun. c1919. and basic Ian 0: their ”cown‘ nation are dangerous “end false. 4 This is not mly “emblem, but it menu a national school of anarchism. Christianity in not a myth or 5 ta- ble.‘ A8 a great historic tact/fl. in the most vial at all history for school ”to. The Bible which Is the accepted history of a great nation and o! the Christian system. Is the fountain head of ‘our laws and our literature. Our poetry. our art and ear made would be show of the greater. mu of their beauty and power it the Influence of this book were eliminated. Yetyall than to be shut out of the school! of the people for two alleged tendons. Fina; thewyBlble le a neon- ria‘n body and second: some people ohm to It, Let us say at once that the man or ‘woman who can see notl‘lfig 1n the Bible for our youth but sectarian Interpraatlona is utterly unfit for . public teachermueh less for the position of employer of teachem. The Bible is the book at the whole Chg-luv lan world end its supremcy in IN the world‘s literature In acknowledged by the world's shim scholars. But if aha Bible In to be withheld from the nut "body of school pupil- beuute some people'object- to“, per- hapu the Chicago Committee vilbdell us where such a basin of nation I: going to land as In rem“!!! 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