BIBLE-IN-SCHOOLS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2118, 8 April 1914, Page 8

BIBLE-IN-SCHOOLS.

Sir *-lii refcteneo to the hif6rm.ErtJ.oii kittdlv supplied by the Bcv. A. Mmsot that he has sent copies of the Bishop's adflress to Jfessts, 'Witty and Clegttoni, allow mo ..to snjf this woci* dwto is characteristic of fto _ njpftoda pursued Ijy rtwst of tlio Bihlfe-m-Selieola iidvecatte, wiio nd*!Sr givo a p.laiii, ■«traifiht!oova.ftl #s«f to any question n«t to tiiflin. Tiieso young men liwo nskcfl oeTtain sofin.it« qucstmtis, hnt tlw Bishop's ad3te.se.does not ajisW any ojio of tJi&Jii. For i)vstan«ff. Mr. Lcnty neks: Prtes t : Kc Bisliop endorso t]to Vtd» latibii of the law in certain Dimrfvn eclwols I>y tlio DiWMn-Scliools Party r Awd the "Bis Jinn's fidJfoss iocs Hot so much as tneirtiwt thoso fhoojs Hr. Loary also asks: D&es. ftfi Bishop favottr Canon Gfirlniid's liioWrotl ot ev.id* iw, on the jfiatforhj or in tljo P«ss, open discH&sism ;oi. wliat to party .nrt nilvecatiirg? WteHwr the Btsliop docs ■• so or not it would itp-trtw ftat Sir. Jolmsoa does, wlven 3ifi Souds as an nnsivor to cerlstsi joortittcnt questions, a nalier ttoti does not deiil wroi 011.0 of Urotn. Sseing that the Cwe.ii ajuti lvis ■ frieajs'are adv-oojitiins wTiftt they them-, sfllvos siiy is a ftuHtof o.f so nuicli fmpettaW«% will tliey oflt into tlio ftflOH, -aitil faeo qiiesMoiis hlso ottii? PreliftWy it isliftdaiisc that patty is V 'cwifcdofacy of cliffhrMrt sects, onvbrncUig p6Jw»is -ef-veri? aiffweut. nnd • fioiifiirfiiig Moos, ami tlm loaijors ;vVO' jirci-so to saying -vffcrt tlipy lireaii ffir fear *'f altoattng some of tftfcir supiibr^..

f j crs. iS*e they coftie liefore tho pijM;ic and S say: "Opeftydur. mottth arid sliut J'our t o.vos, and sec vflmfc I will givp you," >* Occasionally a i-aan is so iiw.iscreab as t to saj- v/hxt li.e really flieansj as tho i Bishop &i CliHMchutc'ii, ivhtn lio avowed r (i<> thought nothing -of Imving. a. Scripi fcnro text book, bo wanted ihc -eppor--3 tiiiiity tb tciicli imdiltitcd AUvglifianism m - the State reJiools, Wo can i«;i'} iijiJigiim 1 What'a slating ho Would get from sb.nio d member's of iris- party for liis iiiipud<;iic& t in avowing so- ffiucli, If a, Man will own to so much in a voluiitaty stid&, taeatf what UMfortu.fwt.d ad'niiisiqns

might he jioj make if : ho ljeM a jniWjo fiieotinf; a.ncl attempted to swlswer q-ucs- - that illicit be put to Mm? Ifrqj'n ■ flic point of view' of th.B lfi-l>le4»-Schoeis ■ '. Party they do Well to itdhejc.to tjre.ij ! po'liay af fionc.ett'-lmci'rt, Jyiit sinco they aftt •

■ S'oolsbig to nfl'cot an ijiijoiiaut chViwo in the law tho publin hmo etery; right to malto ovory inquiry, and carohilly what, they do m.ea : ii. We iu-ft-y - rest assured, if a matter will Hot- heir scriifemy it js ujiwor% of • um. otc.-. •

1 :•. mm, j, coqsb. ■ Member of Ejtttjjtho of Nations) Schools Defence League. J Eclburiw, Marth SO-,.1M."' ! HOME RUtiT > view of tho preSeni situn- • twa in Wrcat Britain, and tw-iand, it' ' seems very advisable- to pfaee 'before tfie .peoplo of this Do.miniftii tho chief obicfctjoMs whieh tbo so-cajied " : Biiiou« ists." at Honie have to Horns .'iklo, ' nmm en account of whfcji tney- aro :, prepared, to face tbo supreme evil of " esvil War ?oonfer than Siibaiit, It is, sui'o that tho Oversca'B Domiiiioits have never fully .grasped, these abjeotione.tn ts certain that Homo llnlij advocatcK, ■Wion twjrinjj the- DomihiOßs .iis scarpti ot 'fulrasj have takeu She utmost- pains to them becoming known, Qi t'lieso re/s'sitis the feat is'geograpliHiaj, . Ireland lies-' west t>l Gr&sb Britain, and is s.o placed that all :fcbp -shipping, rcm-tes, the arteries ot tho 15m- • life blotid> must -pass by at, ajiid in this faatter every diigto po.r'tipu'of tho Enuwrc .is' eqliflty mterost'c.d.' Iμtend Jias been tevisljJy su,pttlial -by Kar.. titro. -with dijep hax-ter-s" stiitojbie' fpi , iiafsj-basbs, it is therefore, dj vital ini--portftuc*- to the .coiitiiHicid .ei.istau.ee ef tli'o JJrftish Eiiipiro that ihc'.se. harbours refliaiu 1 - wilder tonpprial cCntirf. jnlogy iho ' tjiq ■ position' .of New XeSfend, 'of AusEtJtfifl, of Catiadi with .the, is?r, Get-- - mah fleet■ in JBahtry Bay or ihxk Hat-, bolirl' _ Now, tt(s Unitm'ists .d-o'.iwt bfeMevo that this; IffiperUl control could hn -maiuthmed if Bo'mo IJulo it-ete grant* ed: •■'■•, ' ■• ' There does exist .in Ireland a stfoiig pitet-y, who loofc «jn Hfiflo lido -as the first st.ep towards seeess-ien from ' tlio 15mi)ire.- B Let Us 'taije- * Jocjil cpmpa,riion. 'Could wo in Kew Zealand .allow Stewart Iskiid to bs independgnt,' lies* tiloJ (76idd ATifetralis allow Tasmania ■to Ijo i-Hdepcntlenfej boStife? Yet these ■adioininß isl-anda occapy far less threatening .positrons to msb than dpc s Irp-laad. to the enta'ro. -Empire. 'Thd tlnionists do toot forget that whenevot Englaiifl lias hud to fight thteo have been Irish .volunteers w iho ißji&s of her enefflafis-, Tlio -Boor War should lio lresli enoijgh in guj , memories, and; we .of the Ovcrsea-s speiit t-'hero our blood for tho iimptei Againsfc us' fo.Uglit a regiihent of. li-isji toftegadesi '£lib leader o.f that' i'o-gH nient, hiiving be&Ji ijade -prisoner, and generously fcleasftd.) wfts ." straightway elsctod for an Irish cSftstifcueiicyi 4s it was iii' South' Alnca, -goit was incur eartier : wars, l%ir words will ■ - not •• bfiiid us to-iSuSh fa«sts-as these. fho second great obicctiqu. is that Homo Bulci tho'tigh .adiirttteaiy having ma : ny Irish stfpporteray. is liot a geniiine . jpsh '■•'. inoveineitt.. tfhat -is Bomctteig '■" Bliterb , «Bfffei i ett&' , : to that." fljjs .itgjta* ~ Won af it's thie.spu'reo is an ''Irish-'' ,Amerieaii '-cdiispiracy,' ■orgajjised and ])rihc.i.ptilly 'financed by ihs rich JrisliAnierica:us -of- the '-'Ta-mmany Bass , ' isrpe, and' 'these- "Boss" Incn hate this British Empii'o. How iimeh they-love tho Emp'iro we -ijljij'. jadgo front their fiffssrtft to block ']?.res«leirt : Wilson's afe tetffpt to repeal tils Canal tolls.. . These ' tolis' Will hftndienp tlio Britisli Empire, therefore tihey support them. That i'hfl-so men ffto r-ealiy , Ijeliind ite canEpiracy -fras clearly tevealsd ra tiro t<* cent'threat, shoaJH Ulster ki ejejitded.; tfl start aii America-n tariff war agaiusti it, Unionists sta-iidin-g liot for Bug-, k-iicl. but ifor the Jjtajjire, say we ca.n--iißt exist if ifcland ts.ijiwn ov?jr to tho rule-of the Clan na : Ssel s . or any other secret society who'so i-cal heads are Ru.iruWioan- liißhi-AnicriefliiS- ' -Uflioiiisle hoM that this Ho'.me IMb question is an imperial ohy, and that its ijnportiitncij is so ■trcmcnd'OKs tliitt tho liowers of a cifil war ,ir"e less drsasilrous .th-a.ii. t'-h'at lieland—bciiig «'horo it is—shauld pass froni the ediitwl of WesiMiinste t-s tilio. cMintrol- of 6, Bc.ctfet jtiiita iif ;New York. That; tlioro docs exist, 'mush religions hittofnoss i.n Ireland is' a toejitabjo fast,' tat it Would' not matter" ; _lin-p(?fir aif ho\v liiuoli' K.oiliMi Oat-iioliii and ■Seotclt Presbyterian qtyncikd -in-Ire-land if these.' i'wa parties would' Iccoi) their -tiiftcreiico iit Jiouvo. Ifnfb.i-t.iiM-atelf, they will not do so ; will licit be altewed to' do so-, ihicft roligfous .int.o.l'or* anoe. is a pawn in the .gf«at conspi.ra.p , ■against tiie : .Einpirß. Untenists rq'fil-rs' iiifi -to tho bottom of their souls' iha.t they staiid fe-r tfe Mnipirc in tliis'Strfiit,' now that they must ij.ii'd wH] fight J l]iat the pffrit if real, is tp ille wlio'lo. fc%>ijre, that tins is iii. rto s-eilse a- niatter ■of ill-treating: .IrcJan-iJ, bw't ajj. infiitittly Rroftter ' and' itejilor o'ne of .'saving : Mu> J3.fl ; tfeli Empire frani an «ct which wOtfld 'Jbe its death wo'und,.-«4 »ifl> ots.,

! Preaching iit fterius Park £3iapsl, itt* \ ocatlVj Dr, SJliarfeS Brijyfti doßviiiSnteil Upon fte tot of the tit.tfc attejrtioil iv-liie'h hj-itjHs received hi pulpiti inimß'tations, 'i'iitre ivei-e plenty or sermons. «u pfeacliiilg ajld o« pi\iye.r., but very iottdeyoted to Jiyiiius flijd lyy,mnolog'y» For Ms o*fi part he fett Iliat jij-iims. liad as impciftaiit A part Sii Bii'i.iio AVOi's'ltip ' ■as pfcaying of iJf6a«!lirng, Tlte fast tli.ai> jnusis Hv»s evey.jwirefti iitstißCt iu ijip world of Nature is'iiowkl tcaeli Vf -tli.it; tlrcro was .» gvcaib place lor it in i\m sanotaaf}'. SjSigmg,- .nideod-, 3iad hit dapromittont jil we ■in all greist religions % vivtls. lie ranwrobei-wl that i» life yeirngop days tiierij \yero fjswoi; , hptfss. t.ai Jougcf- sprmoiis , ; f&r .ijiniicTf :Jie was content 'that w ih rt > .we«>, and shoftef ■sermons;: Ho thoiiglil ter.o was fl. cldl mid 'ft place jfor -ntity lipmis to expwss : tho spint juid qutloffk of fchu .prws.teiit'ljDvti'k. U caiild »ot re4so»:aW>" bo <HSp4ot«sd ilia.t Jeaac Wafts a.ud «rtb ers qir ; our fiyhW winters, Jrvjhg i* wliioto from prescnt-iiay iliouglit. and eir™ cnm.ftoteps, sliaiild express fully Hie needs a,mJ aspiraifoijs pf W*f ay. WhsS". uvfl' might he. said for Jij:niijs :tii«! ''liWla gardfeii M*ill# jSDijiid-' 'ftur purposes of -p-ivfrte wc'Ws : not saitti to public 'wa*shi>. PP;.'«()d-. cfti Viuit slteald bo s.xirrcs.si,v6 of Jcfis. ek'lH'era'e'tioii p* Miaij. «ftd lirore a-l)))i«CJ'n--lioii «jf God; it sliojild hy .etiiislsasm upon ife evil airf teiqrs Wpoil tiic .fip.od.j nkd ittstoad of cneouraging tivg iiwrbicl .niuiiifoßt dm spirit ol ; dcrot!ojiv :pi:,JiojJe aiiil fftjtL aiid fif. trastlul iisiiir.atio'a after grestor fidEffiJnstiess. ' At tlfo a«e of 'fife Jfajor W. A. J. ■O'ifc»ta, \v)» reUKKI *», "l? f'fH tlie position, of o,!igiiicor-in*cliicJ t:o t|io Jta* Wli' I'ost is aitopiig an a. -ii(Siv' ravc.br a:-!: W)O Bar. H« ;is ■gifttti.fjTSit]? sft ■wu'lv atltbitifliv irom n<> 'ivSs*smiiwiefl l>y tlifi *Wicp- ■« yW Wcivts f« TOitllißifli'-'aCn. -vi-omil.'liml.R-fCa.toP sapo hi >Hi# liroftessjfliis, In .pjtfly life Sto'or S.'Mcitfa i«p-\«4 IJ»iW)J* tlife-Eurmft war (if ISS6. Be riM■' s&Y scrvfep; :in. Siwitli Africa, stirf wivs fov iileveft 'Mptitlis :acti!tgMiwJ«r «f : ,foteßii#urg s , . h is te:pqrted ,^«t, 4.'ij6ipSagr ; firih. jal twitlding. .eigirtceii ■lii-plaiies ior the'B.iir iiali Kayj. ' ■<■'■ ■" ■