Living Fountains or Broken Cisterns: An Educational Problem for Protestants

There are few books which treat of the history of education, and fewer which attempt to show the part that the educational work has ever borne in the upbuilding of nations. That religion is inseparably connected with, and upheld by, the system of education maintained by its advocates, has been recognized by many historians in a casual way; but, to the authors knowledge, no one has hitherto made this thought the subject of a volume. In teaching the history of education and the growth of Protestantism, the close relationship ever existing between the latter and true methods of education led to a careful study of the educational system of the nations of the earth, especially of those nations which have exerted a lasting influence upon the worlds history. The present volume is the result of that study. DAubign says that in the Reformation the school was early placed beside the church; and[4] these two great institutions, so powerful to regenerate the nations, were equally reanimated by it. It was by a close alliance with learning that the Reformation entered into the world. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 61640
Author: Sutherland, E. A. (Edward Alexander)
Release Date: Mar 20, 2020
Format: eBook
Language: English