---
title: 'The Interests of Education'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Robert Lewis Dabney'
- 'William Holmes McGuffey'
date: 1861-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Northern-Southern Presbyterian Division'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Education'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Proverbs 22'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/dabney-mcguffey-1861-the-interests-of-education
---

# The Interests of Education

Central Presbyterian (Aug 17, 1861) urges Southern ecclesiastical independence, warns of a Northern Presbyterian drift toward abolitionism, and counsels students to remain in their studies.

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