The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-30 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS

SchO
n Tuesday, being the Anniversary of the National
00l with the Established Church, the children belong-
ing to the various schools in question walked in pr9ces-
on sl
They from the Blue Coat Hospital, at ten o'clock.
amounted to many thousands in number, were all neatly
attired, and conducted themselves with the greatest pro-
priety. Each school was headed with an appropriate ban-
ner
ice, nn
• . which was emblazoned some loyal motto or de-
street The procession moved along Church-street, Lord-
Castle-street, round Nelson's Monument, at the
•votaht!ritvoiz,
-'`,, reaange, and back to St. Peter's Church, by the same
'astte• It was headed by nearly the whole of the clergy
and a considerable number of gentlemen.
at the Town-hall, it was joined by the mayor,
ia his robes of office, several of the Town Council, and
the sword and mace bearers of the Corporation.
On returning to the Church, Divine Service was coornlde
roeneed at eleven o'clock, by the singing of the h Hundredth Psalm. The congregation was one of t e
Iraertgeertts
oaundaumost respectable we ever witnessed at St.
former anniversary. The children, to the
number of some hundreds, were placed, as usual, upon
.a
raised Platform at the east end of the Church, immedie
ately over the' communion table. The Rev. Rector
rooks read
itheprayers and lessons; and the children
joined in
i,. The sermognnwga.s preached by the Rev. Henry Melvill,
'l"_, Chaplain of te Tower London, and Principal of
the East India College, Haile'bury. The rev. gentleman
illtehetveedrsfeor..h...is text the 23d chter of Proverbs, and th
mall • . " '
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart
_ rejoice, even mine." He commenced by asserting,t
:81. 4 general principle, that whatever gladdened the hear
ant religious father contributed to make his son happy,
so that where the reverse was the case there must existe
aXis fearful want of natural affection on either side.. He
end tthoatreajotitcheettime Solomon wrote the text, he wished
to
furnish
his B°_ll ' l motive for doing that which would
:01livaen, at the period
hwoitnitlet aand make the other happy. Solo-
'uestion, was a great king, reigning
arieer a orosPerou 'lle He had a profound acquaint-
with every Se Peorment of knowledge ; and his desire
Was, that his son mPatht wield the same sceptre, sit on the
bsame throne, and amplify the empire which had already
een to such a pitch of renown, by becoming wise in
h, art. It .was remarkable that the passage was no.b
if thine head be wise," but, "if thine heart be wise, and the wisdom here referred to was religion. He
b alonetie
was wise in heart who had been operatedarut rnwasy
the
spirit of God. "My son, give me thine h
address of tie Almighty to every
.one ofe his. rational
Creatures, and there. really was nothing done in religion
until the inner shrine was made a deposit of wisdom from
on high, and they only were actually
doubt,
llywisewho were wise
unto salvation. There could be no therefore, but
that Solomon wished his son to fear God. Alas ! how
different, for the most part was the wish of parents !
Would it gladden most of the public of the present day,
to learn that their children had given promise of piety, if
they gave little or no promise at the sametime of ability?
Was it an indication of our childrenbeing " wise in
heart," that made us thrill with pleasure? We longed
that they should be able to carry off the prize at school
or college and it would not be without a pang that we
Bible but unable to
learned of their being fond of the ,
make way in Latin or Greek. Not that he (the preacher)
depreciated intellectual ability. If a child exhibited
talent, and outran his competitors in general knowledge,
there waa no reason why the parent should not be grati-
fied• But, then, it should be remembered, that talent
.w"
Gad"s gift,—and that talent, in itself, was a perilous
and raising
gift, often exposing its possessor to misery and danger,
him to an eminence from which be might be
suddenly Preciptated. Was, then, the want of talent in
cn Id to be sold eeply deplored, when mental grasp and
relentstveness were often distinguished by a want of
thanrue religion. Better the idiot with his shut-up mind
zu the youth who was too witty and too argu-
Theyentative to admit the realities of vital godliness.
;latiara shouts
should not speak of themselves, therefore, as Chris-
parents, if their first wish was not that their children
alivaeit'tnos
auetttl be religious. Instead of being all alive to the in-
of ability in their offspring, they should be more
of pleasejli,hud if
Yaw,. th indications of piety ; and insteed of being
a boy were all enthusiasm about the deeds
s_Ctesar, they should be greatly rejoiced when. he
swavriodtAee, te.i.y
thet, the
affected by the sufferings of Jesus Christ. In
taughtu tteY should compare themselves with Solomon,
mighty, and the learned. Solomon
butto n not to despise the acquisition of knowledge,
Inembelrice everything subservient to their child re"re-
when b_. og their Creator in the days of their youth ;" and
bore his
°Poke to his son, he urged him by the love he
or if thoPareritdid not say, " If thou become rich,
happ,,T,U gain worldly distinctions, then thou'lt make me
,teise '; but his simple language was, "If thine heart be
then'p my heart will rejoice, even mine." The preacher
L y Proceeded at some length to urge the children pre.sent
e the h
--: prayin _ Y ore their parents, to aim at true. pie,
Holy W° g lo God in a right spirit, and honouring his
claim,
theof(l ; a
Naduext called upon the public to look at the
their ap nal Schools of Liverpool, as they made
the wh rats to them
e eenour
of osn e presentooucc
th ion. He said
roc who
would enable them to
to „tuts schools w,.. discourse
wthus to give education
vent re who
d of that age. He bmight otherwise be deprive
ad-
them on the 8:113°Ig a stranger, had nothing new to tell
ystematical] • Ject. The schools went on quietly and
any improy Y nt the old beatenpath, not indeed rejecting
by the • emeots or additions hich might be demanded
eiZtr„„......9rcumstances of tiw es, but holding up the
ohtbat education in the •m • I f the Established
virtue was education in princip es o .
rb t in
_. and io i.,,
,n the fear of God, in ier y,
tarianisns b utegrity. In spite of the outcries of sec-
Catechism' e was hold to h the Church
to te_e --, as itsay, that to teac
ore Chew as taught in the national schools, was
as lessenregard ian He was forced to say so much ,
aas .1-lat system batsoine national system, so nobly defended
tenaetdiefended, let it een in the town of Liverpool,—yea,
end oft he
tootsdisset be forgotten, by the most enligh-
. f the land i also. It was true that from one
gainst education_ t ie other invectives had been heard
they all kne „,,,, 'II the doct •ofthe church ; but
heal what system
~. rifles
f.• religion most of promoted most of prac-
oth the anent industry, a edractical obedience to the law, most
thee promises of the se° • most of that implicit reliance on
t. state, and the IrlPture, which was the safeguard of
'se, Present da - g °rY of a christian community. In
legislature andf, everY body of separatists appealed to the
they had be • referred to conscience as the reason why
science w been induced to take up the subject, as if eon-
church, •as wholly centred in the separatists! The
therefor in remained quiet; but it followed not,
blight e, that the members of the established church,
educ pot have their scruples in the matter of national
zueu ratio '
given scruples as to the lawfulness of the govern-
Was t g any system of education in which there
not an open bible,—aye, and in which there
t° aa not an inculcation of a sound theology according
authorised formularies. • After all, then, the na-
tional conscience was not monopolised by the friends
or . . enc.e.
liberty—words becoming odious in
.: Civil and religious .
the present day; yet still there was wisdom in this deter-
rained resistance to giving the church and the education
Of the church to the poor, because her enemies judged,
and justly judged, that there was no more effectual way
of attacking the church than
by
They would
Of the rising generation from her portals. The
make her, if they could, the rich man's church, knowing
that fall she must, as fall she ought, though fall she should
ah, if she dtobe " the poor man's church." But
t-e
eh r cease
ld eer cease to be the poor man's
eiiu_ uph shou. n v
legislature
could do lictle towards
sir rah; because if the
Would feel education, the members of that church
forwarder themselves more called upon than ever to come
times said ith liberal assistance. It had been a thousand
religionZ and never disproved, that education without
ebUteinten Sc'
theta blessing, but a curse. It was for
as hitherto ' If n, to do their part with the same liberality
"tight the. hey should support the schools which now
Natioual sir succour, and which were connected with the
af church °eitY.---a society pledged to the maintenance
ecriPtions truciples. They should show by their sob-
a conscie clt the church had its conscience, not indeed
xmeed • ace to be boastedand embla-
thern ~'a Petitio of on platforms, the re'est until !Lis, but a conscience that would not let
Thus. a' of God did their utmost towards
implanting.
might might the in the minds of the rising generation.
places they tire Y accumulate a materiel of gladness—thus
th of the iat° see signs of moral verdure in the waste
egaue Might ti-"---thus might their hearts rejoice, and
inert:Pio to tn4ast emporium of commerce, already. an
hn_asingly egibdnd by its support of Bible education,
anrured Him, the hew true it was, that " those who.
~,,adding n_ Q Al
u e -"mighty would honour, making rich
The cohe . -orroyr.,,
After the eu" a schools e service mounted to the liberal sum of £lO4.
occasion, who had thet.!, children from the various district_ at the L.; were ageog!en p.art in the hymns selected for the
Noyetgremont Ilnpartled by their teachers to Cheshi!.e,
inen,„,..cothenaselyeerrY, where for a while they happily
thein7),,,y the se'a.Oklion the shore, under the refreshing
kind an at the !geeges. Every attention was shown
iminesi-'Plee, th '''gremont Hotel and at the Ferry ;
t era e pro •
Th
-e foll uted them a having, with her usual
eeen a
mu/111e °win • fire passage.
EstablishedF of ring
is rehash _passage. clia accurate account of the present
nthe schools connected with the
- Liverpool
:

Girls. Total.sco
Ellie Coat Hospital Boys.
100 364
Old Female OrnSh • •1• '•" • • • ...... 250
Church Sch el
"-•
"••• •• • • • • • • 64 905
Hun n_teror- stfee t School °ss• : : ••• • .•
:• • 451 457
_6O
160 100 z
300
Wreiloa_ es a
.Schools ...... '••• • • • • 160 140
~0
St. pu.,,c,illenritY Schools. ••••• • ' • • • 320 230 ''3
St. q-iLI 06006... ••• ' • .....
190 182 372
40
tv
,iBr4 8 Schools •
•••• • • • • ''''''' 230 210
A 4,7
kil'ilir and Kirk dale •S• •h• • •I••• • *****
258 199 -g3
Bt. mtjle,Schools ... c" 8 . *****
137 126 TnA
st. Si„,t! I schools ... *********** 84 110
246
td hirn SCh0018•• • • *******
•• . 60 186
257
tt.% I t Schools ************ •• ; ; 180 177 425
St. AtZtent;'B, Win•ds•or * Sc•flo• o• •
if; :: .. 248 177 126
Bt.4ndrael,a School
.:. *********** 103 Ag
10923 436
/forth c Iry 8 Schools ********** 2u.
,4 839
South church
of England Schools . • 5p
~-,8 684
k. tam Itch of England Schools .. 3/6 •,in 730
St. qu h °.olllew's Schools .......... 390 l'i 490
St. ttrgd'erlils Schools .. .......... 267 2 577
St
St. jud ,aBsS4hools .............. 324 253 a 515
ci;Cattelerine,:: . schools ............... kl 164
rl.duke'B Scho3lB
St. r Church Schools...'°._• :: : ....... 380 304
669
An s°alttlitthe Baptist's chools ..... . 27g g 410
............ 116 94 gE13,04
14 Th°4s'serolteisthS•Ch•Oas ........ : : 1.9. 240 tO3
11,,,ers' Church Schools _ ...... 35 80
i,;,— ""erbY Workhouse Schools ...• 62 42 104
erPool 'Workhouse Schools ...... 200 150 350

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