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THE BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.
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HE BIBLE IN SCHOOLS. s..,... l Suppose that the same amount of lime and study was devoted to the Bible which is now devoted to the study of gra mmar, would not children, and the Community generally be more able to speak and write correctly than they now are? Does any book cor tain purer English than the Bible? D. grammars furnish as many ,gor as good ex ereises for reading, speaking, or wiring the. English language correctly as the. sacred !, volume? gaR 2 ....re ,.s ..

 For myself, have never hcen able to un>s derstand how it is possible to learn" "io | write and speak forrecuy" blythe study Of grammar. Fnt can see very clearly how E the study f,he Bible, in its beautiful nar- ralions, in it's unparalleled poe try and sub limity in its history and bicgrap phy, and in the important and everlasting iruthsit un> , folds to moral and immortal heinz, may ac , quaint it's readers with our language inls purity Vial a.' g' fr gy75.i iuHoai. $

 For cxerci ses in reading, no book is eqaai to the Bible. How rare il is to, hear any. person even clergtman, read this yolunc SD as to give 10 its sublime truths iheir full,, force Would not person whocould read every portion of this we'll, be able to rea,. anything well aa at Hi .rGaafs sdJ l.

 As a book of history. and biography,,ist not the Bible more important than any o,heSs volume used in schools? n@". .5 "aI .H1a.j

 Does Locke. Stnarl. P.uwu, Farley, Or all united, give as full, CT as clear, a y.eu-i of the human un lerslandine ,or of tie hu>l man heart, as this volum of God /? Foes any other hook con,ain better specimens of sound logical reasoning If no,why. why not u e it as the book ofloeic rF .s..., As a modler of the human heart, and hu- man character, however. the Bible is inh- nitely more important than any other book, peculiarly so during the moulding perioi Of childhood. If the time should ever arr rive, when it shall be the object of teacha CTS to bring the conduct of their pupils to ihe test of" ChriSts Sermon 0n ihe ADun.3 and to the same principles sHikingly anl' beautifully developed in various portions of the sacred volume, may we no, expect to see human beings more worthy tue name of Christians, and moro, pure and consistent republicans, than any now coming to our view! Ea, rr .ft aas54tn. .. r...i....,s4..

 To me it appear. singular, entirely unacb countuble, that Christian and cnlighteI

 nation, as Americans are pleased to call themselves, should almost Yholyneg!ect,in their system nf education, shut out froplhe means of instruction, the two great volumes which are the foundations of all knowls cdge--the hook of Nature and of Reye!a- ,i,a--and place in their stead, thousands of sublerfuges, as scnseless as they are ir%> some 10 all young minds, which above, all others are constantly crnvng for food which shall at once sralily and strengthen ihemp and fiji them for the high destiny designed for them by their Creator. er7p5ni yb,d

 a.1 ..... t JOSIAH HOLBROOK.

 New York. April, lS47. aass sd, [,