Was the Bible ever used in public education in America?

It will only take a mere glance at history and you may be quite astonished at what you find. If you do your research you might even get an experience with the Almighty Himself.

Education was in fact based on the foundation of truth found within God's Holy Word. You might enjoy looking up an old copy of McGuffy's Reader. The elementary book used at the turn of the 20th century. Included in all categories of study were references to God, his people, and His love for His people through the person of Jesus Christ. Further delving will bring you to the beginnings of the greatest universities the world has ever known. Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Notre Dame, and indeed every single one that was initially established in this nation were founded by either missionaries or disciples of God's Word. Their original mission statements (most of which are still viewable) were clear , bold representations of institutions that stood on the concrete goodness and absolute truth of God's precious Word. At the top of the list of majors was teacher; The universities were established so that others would learn to integrate God's Word with all other aspects of education in order that they would return to the field and begin to give out true knowledge to America's youth. That's a fact jack.

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