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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 83
Custom in America, France, and Germany. — What is Thought About "Bible Reading in Schools" in America, U.S
Custom in America, France, and Germany.
What is Thought About "Bible Reading in Schools" in America, U.S.
"24. Sectarian instruction is not given in the public schools. Religious, particularly sectarian training is accomplished mainly in families and by the several denominations in their Sunday-schools or in special classes that recite their catechisms at stated intervals during the week. It is quite a common practice to open or close the public schools with Bible reading and prayer. Singing of religious hymns by the entire school is still more common."
The statement in which this clause appears is signed by Presidents, Principals, State Superintendents, &c., of leading Universities, Colleges, and Schools, in some of the chief towns of about twenty different States of America, and may therefore be accepted as an authoritative declaration on the part of some of the leading educators of the actual practice in America with reference to Bible reading in the Public Schools.
The statement will be found in Appendix I. of a Report by Mr. Edward Combes, C.M.G., M.P., lately presented to Parliament in New South Wales.