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...of all attracts your attention, is the little tower or spire, albeit of wood, that marks the building consecrated to God's Service. I was astonished at the amount collected in the offertory at many of the churches in which I attended the service. I found the Sunday as well observed in America as I ever saw in anywhere else. I know that there are more facts to be set down on the other side, but they do not counterbalance what I have just been pointing out. And to the conclusion I | ...of all attracts your attention, is the little tower or spire, albeit of wood, that marks the building consecrated to God's Service. I was astonished at the amount collected in the offertory at many of the churches in which I attended the service. I found the Sunday as well observed in America as I ever saw in anywhere else. I know that there are more facts to be set down on the other side, but they do not counterbalance what I have just been pointing out. And to the conclusion I arrived at on this question was, that I should have liked some direct Christian teaching in the Primary School, & still more in the grammar school; bot this I knew was impossible. And on the whole I was not dissatisfied with the results of the American system of education on the religious character of the people. | ||
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360 ...of all attracts your attention, is the little tower or spire, albeit of wood, that marks the building consecrated to God's Service. I was astonished at the amount collected in the offertory at many of the churches in which I attended the service. I found the Sunday as well observed in America as I ever saw in anywhere else. I know that there are more facts to be set down on the other side, but they do not counterbalance what I have just been pointing out. And to the conclusion I arrived at on this question was, that I should have liked some direct Christian teaching in the Primary School, & still more in the grammar school; bot this I knew was impossible. And on the whole I was not dissatisfied with the results of the American system of education on the religious character of the people. Only one point remains, what after all do these schools teach? It has been lately objected to them, that they aim at