s of the dictionary, so there never was a creed written that
contained all the truths of the Bible. Therefore, as the dictionary
and not the books is the standard for words and their meaning, so the
Bible, and not the creeds, is the standard of moral truth. A man can
take the words in the dictionary and write a bad book, but that is
not the fault of the dictionary, but of the man. A person may take
passages of Scripture and misapplied truths and write a bad creed,
but that is not the fault of the Bible, but of the creed-maker. But
every man who takes the Bible as a whole has a complete standard of
moral truths.

It is claimed that the Bible should not be read in the school because
there are passages that are not proper to be read before children, or
a promiscuous audience, but this is only claimed by Catholicism. Yes,
and there are words in the dictionary that it would be just as
improper to use and define before children or a promiscuous audience
as any passage in the Bible. Therefore, it would be just as
reasonable to exclude the dictionary as the Bible from the school
room on this hypocritical argument in favor of false modesty.

The man's conscience that will object to the reading of the Bible in
the public school will ultimately object to the moral code of our
jurisprudence, and such a conscience is dangerous to our form of
government, inimical to the best interests of society and good
government, as has been clearly demonstrated in the past. The Mormons
claimed the right under our constitution to live in polygamy, as that
was their religion and the way they served God according to the
"dictates of their own conscience." But the supreme court decided
they could not worship God according to the dictates of their
conscience if their worship was a violation of the moral code common
to all. Thus all must submit to the moral code irrespective of their
individual conscience. So the Bible should be read in the public
schools, irrespective of the conscience of any, until the majority of
the government of the people, for the people and by the people shall
say: "Away with your Bible, away with your Sabbath, away with your
Christian jurisprudence, and give us infidel, revolutionary France,
or lawless anarchy, or the inquisition of the dark ages!"

Our public school is the mill that is to grind out this standard of
morality, knowledge and patriotism common to all. Hence we must have
the Bible in it as the standard of morali