02 Dec 1874
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Newspaper
Edwardsville Intelligencer
Location
Edwardsville, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1874
Page
1
In a broad opinion piece the Times argues compulsory state education risks eroding religious liberty and stresses the need to align schooling with moral development. It questions if the state should enforce religion or develop civic virtue while maintaining minority rights and intellectual freedom.
The essay speaks of a long running social scandal in Brooklyn focusing on Plymouth Church and its influence in arts, benevolence, and religion. It notes leaders like Homer Ayraque at Adelphia Academy and links to rev Budington, Beecher, Sprague, and trustee actions causing resignations and removals amid a cancelled Beecher lecture series.
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