p. 416 | Not Much of a Victory by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 30, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 26.

Not Much of a Victory.

By Editor

It was triumphantly stated in this city, the 17th inst., by Rev. J. Q. A. Henry, the aggressive Baptist pastor of San Francisco, who led in defense of the work against the Roman Catholics, that Myer's history was retained in the public schools of that city. It was counted as a great triumph of the Protestant cause. But now comes the Occident (Presbyterian) of April 19 with the following:—

"The subject of Myer's school history was settled as a text-book in San Francisco by retaining the book but asking teachers to omit all sections relating to the Reformation. Thus teachers are expected to teach history and leave out one of the most important events of history."

This is a Protestant triumph with the Protestant left out. But it is like many others which they are winning in these days.