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CHAPTER VII
EELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION
At the present moment the most demoralis-
ing factor in education is Christian religious
instruction. What I mean by this is princi-
pally catechism, Scripture history, theology,
and church history. Even earnest Christians
have said, regarding the ordinary instruction
in these subjects, that nothing shows better
how deeply religion is rooted in man’s nature
than the fact that " religious education " is not
able to destroy religion.
But beside this, I believe that even a more
living, a more actual instruction in Christian-
ity injures the child. Children should bring
themselves by themselves to live in the
patriarchal world of the Old Testament; in-
deed, in the world of the New Testament as
well. This can be done best in the form of
children’s Bibles. These works will be treas-
ured by children ; they will find in them infinite
material for nourishing the imagination and
the emotions. But this can only be done by
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