Shall Our Common School Be Destroyed?
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Excerpt from Shall Our Common School Be Destroyed?: An Argument Against Perverting the School-Fund to Sectarian Uses I am grateful to you, my friends, for the pains you have taken to come on this inclement night, - some of you for the second time, to listen to a discussion of the question which has been announced for our consideration. We cannot overestimate the gravity of this question, either for the Church or for the Commonwealth. It is not in any sense a Theological question as between different schools of religious belief. I have no controversy whatever in this discussion with forms of faith. Neither is it an Ecclesiastical question as between different modes of administration of Church affairs. Within the sphere of this discussion, it is of no moment by what particular form Christians may organize and govern themselves. Neither is it a Political question as affecting the measures of parties or bringing political parties as now constituted under criticism and review. Yet it is a question of the profoundest significance both for Religion and for Public Policy. On one side it touches the fundamental principle of purity and spirituality in Religion - a principle always threatened by alliance with the State; - on the other hand, the question touches the fundamental principle of liberty of conscience, which is always impaired or trammelled when the State in any wise meddles with Religion. It is a question also of grave concern to the peace and order of Society; for upon its timely settlement by wise and just principles, may depend whether men of all creeds shall here live together with mutual respect and good will; or the Government be turned into an engine of intolerance by the fanatic zeal of a majority, and the land be deluged with the horrors of a religious war, - always, as history proves, the worst form of civil strife. The question calls for patient thought. No man should presume to speak upon it who has not given to it all the consideration of which his understanding and judgment are capable. It is a question that calls preeminently for practical wisdom. Involving as it does, such varied and conflicting interests, it requires that serenity of judgment, that freedom from prejudice and passion which alone can be trusted to determine it aright. Above all, the question should be approached in the spirit of candor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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