Selling a million copies a year for over 100 years, McGuffey’s Readers were the mainstay of public education in America. Generations of school children read them, making them some of the most influential books of all time.
They were written by William McGuffey, who died May 4, 1873. A professor at the University of Virginia and president of Ohio University, William McGuffey began one of nation’s first teachers’ associations.
In the foreword of McGuffey’s Reader, 1836, he wrote: “The Christian religion is the religion of our country. From it are derived our prevalent notions of the character of God, the great moral governor of the universe. On its doctrines are founded the peculiarities of our free institutions.”
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But no, secularists have their own agenda, and right now they're getting their way.
They were written by William McGuffey, who died May 4, 1873. A professor at the University of Virginia and president of Ohio University, William McGuffey began one of nation’s first teachers’ associations.
In the foreword of McGuffey’s Reader, 1836, he wrote: “The Christian religion is the religion of our country. From it are derived our prevalent notions of the character of God, the great moral governor of the universe. On its doctrines are founded the peculiarities of our free institutions.”
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2017/05/dont-you-wish-every-school-still-taught-these/#HtIPIDExvwFvx6iV.99
But no, secularists have their own agenda, and right now they're getting their way.