, 1870-05-28

Ts MTsefe, then, il The difficulty We have to faes.
tne 1Abefah who subordinate their causc to the
Gnu1rh The Rotn&n Catholics WHO never vii
i@&lS tolerate any religion but their Owl, are
~ banded together In Opposition to the At
tempt to rendera natiouI systcn of educa-
ton in England purely secular, and thus to
exception in favor OF any one creed, OF sect, OF
class.
TEE E1Ahu1E OF TIE Es1TED srArEs,
Both parties have used some recent occur
rences IN the United States "a texts for honi
lies in support Of their theories. Appeals arc
made to the American schools, and it is alleged
that in them religious instruction forms Dart
Of the lessons. Others maintain, with tet-
ter show Of reason, that though the Bible IL
read IN American common schools vet thai A
doctrlnA exposition Of il is forbidden, aud
~ 15as, n reality; ne teaching is purely SECULAR,
with regard to the attempt Of the School Boars
Of Cincinnati to prohibit the reading of the
Bible has been referred to on1r to he o,srh1aJ
ano mlsundeSstood. In the first plses the
fact ia ignored that the decision itself il not
hnai, and that the Supreme Court Of tie
o;ana Gasea s!stee q my rererse it. In the second
junction 70 read the Kible Is equivalent to o. m
the school. children. / hsve 0g shown
YOU rev the clergy OF the Church of England
ase opposed TO the children Of ali secte Being
there taught to read, s1ito. and cynher win.
out oeing Also taught to answer Questions in
GaH1ecnle1n OF repeat the words OF creed But
tney are not more Jealous in this than are The |
pnests OF the Church of Rome. While We are
ssa on.5 now Striving to introduce national sys-
have eispsed since ireland was provided with
sneh system By the late Sir Robert Peel. In !
ncotlAnd there is system Of primary instruc- |
1on Mhch dates from tic days Of John Knox. /
The Irish system somewhat resembles that |
which prpvaila in several OF tho States. Il is
unseetasi.n, and might bo called SECULAR. vere
not the reading, Of passages OF Scripture |
(Which school board, composed of Protest !
ants and Roman Catholics, have given their |
Apptoval), part Of the arrangement. The !
plan has worked admirably. The priests i'd
mt that, BY the children OF parents protesting
antagonistc religions coming together in the
school housa. religious asperitios arc smoothed
and hndhet feelings are cemented. But they
anege, Oh the other hand, that children edu-
catad in the national schools n1s apt to grow
TO the Pope. Rather than that the
church shon]d lose single member, the
prlests would destroy the school system from |
which the country has derived great benefit,
Whist they want is q denominafionAl system, !
e such system we're established in England,
would be irresistible, for the prests would dis
;over thkt 70 copy the Saxon Was .sau Iriah
dea, which ought not 10 be disreeArded
lhe time may came when the Roman Catholic
r 31eete viii give aa much trouble to you ~
3nlesa err greatly, you have already had !
'otetaste Of their administration to e1Alt their
shureL At the expense Of the State, aid to !
make proselytes 1t all hazards. Thus. MANY
= = The United States must watch with interest I
ne progress Of our efforts to establish really
beneficial system Of nstionA education in Eng
and, and it ia probable that their good wishes !
Flll be with the Liberals who arc now resotute-
= striving to found system in which the
eaching shall be purely sccul1r, because paid !
or by the State, and impaired to all the chil-
ten Of the people.