THE

QUESTION OF THE HOUR:

THE BIBLE

AND

THE SCHOOL FUND.

BY

RUFUS W. CLARK, D. D.

Library.

Of California.

BOSTON:

LEE AND SHEPARD.

1870.

4C71 сь

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by

RUFUS W. CLARK,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Northern

District of New York.

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STEREOTYPED AT THE

BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY,

19 Spring Lane.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

INTRODUCTION.

I. THE STAte and RelIGION.

II. THE BIBLE NOT A SECTARIAN BOOK.

III. THE QUEstion of Conscience.

IV. THE BIBLE IN STATE REFORM SCHOOLS, AND

OTHER PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

V. THE BIBLE THE VITAL FORCE OF THE AMER-

ICAN REPUBLIC.

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VI. ROME CONQUERING AMERICA BY A FALLACY.

VII. OUR RELATIONS TO GOD ON THIS QUESTION.

VIII. THE DIVISION OF THE SCHOOL FUND.