Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XII, Number 1, 16 August 1890 — ADD TO SECTARIAN SCHOOLS. [ARTICLE]

ADD TO SECTARIAN SCHOOLS.

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Wby make a man, or Tjodj of men, sub»cribci to, or acquiēsce "ih, what ho ōr they euutiot conScientiousiy believe in; antl liberalists all oyer the woi'lel are beginuiug to realiz« that somtTthing must be ūonē to raake provis;on iu educational niatters "for just sueh a miuority. ,

It seemsarbitrary for u gu-vernnient to ba williug to provule„ generoijsly enough I allow; for only a portion of our faroilies, while tUe rumn,iuder left witUottt auy part or lot in auph a rich iuher»tance and by m>son of religious.oonviction». What is asked for- is that those who eiaiia for themsalves that secular schools do njt repreaent the inteyests of their children, and desire that under religious surveillance they beedacated, should havo th« privelogo of drawing their proper proportiou of taxes for sueh a purpos«. "The system of edncation tliat 4oes not etnbrace the religious

1» ueleeiwe, ānd wlieu a lHrge and inflaential mitiōrity of the people has proiioimced obnoxiou3, theprinci'plefi of s«cular education, whieh if oarried out, will uoake our youths aud maidens no doubt well informed on earthly things but on these ouly. Archbishop Iroland of St. Paul Minnesota says in an eloquent spejclrj only abont a inonth ago, that, "it.was v«ry evident thut the Ghurch both Gatholicaud Protestant isnot opposed to the publie schools, because ofwhat they teaoh, but beoauso of what they fail to teach, and whieh enipties the minās oi the young of ail thonghts of Grod and their duties Him." "We eunnoi Catholic or Protestant atiord to let pnblic instruction plav into the hands of unbelieyers and seoularista. The sehool house is the nnrsery of thoagbt, but we cannot let it seeure to itself the rnastery of the fnfnre and Tr?iat we b«lieve the woilbeing of the ages."

educ.-ition ?gnurmg religiou6 tē'<ic!iing is fu!l >4 aoienui uii mentous tf> Catiiolic and Protestant alike uud s!iall in the yuars to eome be,and is even now baneful and full of peril!

It should be remo;nbered that tbe Stnte ig only in loeo parenfis when the n«tur gnardiaus of children fail iu their duties.

Free schools must be within the re*ch of all children, to illuminato their minds, to dispel 4arkness, and create a fōundation of character whieh is the reward of the Commonwealth;butto suspose that without the grand teachings of Hiui "who apake as nerer man spake'' we b®lieve aueh a rewarci is impossible.

in Hawaii there is liberal provigion for education, bat sui'«ly ia the light ef knowledge it would be a wise policy to make some eqnitable provision for sohools other than thcse purely seeular, sehools doing exeellent work : thongh sadlv hampered by kek of meana. Fifteen thousand dollars per •nnuin would*bo a great boon to sneh institutrons and a lHsting ber.efit to the coramanity. - Enolish Catholic.