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title: 'The Relation of the Minister to the Common Schools'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Robert Leslie Wharton, Sr.'
date: 1898-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Autobiography and Biography'
- 'Education'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 22'
- 'Deuteronomy 6'
- 'Matthew 28'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/wharton-1898-the-relation-of-the-minister-to-the-common-schools
---

# The Relation of the Minister to the Common Schools

Brief biography of Robert L. Dabney and an editorial urging ministers to support common schools as partners in character formation. Includes a student protest over reduced Christmas holiday.

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