d untrained, are now needed as much as ever. It is not surprising,
therefore, that the National Council of Congregational Churches at
Syracuse in October requested the Association to take this question to the
highest courts, nor that the General Conference of the Methodist Church in
Cleveland has just passed a resolution denouncing this iniquitous
enactment, or that we are receiving constantly from our State and local
associations assurances of sympathy and support in our contest against
this reversion to barbarism. We quote a few of the opinions which have
come under our observation.

From the _Congregationalist_:

"The ethics of Christ, Pilgrim traditions, and the U. S.
Constitution seemed paramount to the opinions of Florida
legislators, and the highest officials of the American Missionary
Association decided to defy and test the law. That the
denomination stands back of them may be reasonably inferred from
the resolution passed by the last Triennial National Council. Let
the American Missionary Association have the sinews of war with
which to employ the ablest counsel."

From the _Outlook_:

"The State of Florida not long ago took action which is a disgrace
to itself and a blot on the fair fame of our republic. Let our
people squarely face this issue. While we are protesting against
the treatment of missionaries in Turkey and calling upon the
Government to use all its power in their protection, Christian
teachers widely known and honored in one of the great States of
this republic are arrested simply because they presumed to
instruct a few white children under the same roof with colored
children. It is hard to speak of such conduct in mild words. The
question as to whether this is in reality a free republic is once
more at issue. The action of the State of Florida is as barbaric
as the persecutions of the Middle Ages."

From the _Independent_:

"Let the reader observe that this is not a law applying merely to
the public schools of the State. Such a law we condemn, but we
could not be surprised at it. This law is directed at this
particular institution, which is not a public school but a private
academy supported by the American Missionary Association. We have
been amazed that in this nineteenth century Christians could be
massacred by the thousands for not accepting the Moslem faith and