. The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants. not be the text-book to teach allthese. The Bible is the foundation,the authority, for the diversified creedsand beliefs of a great religion, and assuch occupies a distinct place from aschool book. The way it is treated,pro and con, in relation to its place asregards the schools, will lose for it itssacredness and respect. Our clericalfriends are loudest in their demandsfor its place in the school-room. Dothey wish to shirk their o
. The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants. not be the text-book to teach allthese. The Bible is the foundation,the authority, for the diversified creedsand beliefs of a great religion, and assuch occupies a distinct place from aschool book. The way it is treated,pro and con, in relation to its place asregards the schools, will lose for it itssacredness and respect. Our clericalfriends are loudest in their demandsfor its place in the school-room. Dothey wish to shirk their own work, asministers oi the gospel, by throwinga part of it on the public schoolteacher? The preacher is paid for ex-pounding the Scriptures. There is nolack f opportunity for him to work—the home, the Sunday School, theChurch, from the cradle-roll up t>Theological Seminary. If the Biblemust be placed in our schools byforce of might and through heatedcontroversy it becomes a fetish anreading a hypocritic formalism. I -save the sacredness of the Book andthe secularity of our public schools bykeeping the Bible out of the schoi Is 178 Planting Time. NOTE.—The following clipping from theKegister, Norristown, Pa., is submitted,rot as a guide to planting but as a matter•of curiosity and a contribution to folklore. UESDAY, St. Patricksclay in the morning wasthe time to plant cab-bage, if the signs readright. Many people fol-lowed the sign, if it .wasnot otherwise this i t developedthat here in Norristown quite a num-ber of people religiously follow thesigns in planting- garden plants. Thelist that has been handed us by a sub-scriber is said to have been doing goodwork in town for several years. It haspassed from one neighbor to anotheruntil it has become worn, althoughhandled with care. One woman said:It has done great work and I wishyou would copy it so that all of yourreaders would have the benefit. I dontknow how many people have asked tomake a copy of it Lis
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