ALL SAINTS' PAROCHIAL SCHOOL.

Evening Star, Issue 3402, 16 January 1874, Page 2

ALL SAINTS' PAROCHIAL SCHOOL.

■;' A Meeting pf the ; “friendibf' educitibdM held in; the new school-rup* conhectadi , with„^' ; saint 8 ' iohurch. last’ evehipg'' ip ‘ : cel s™° thrindugiiraViotf bf the first 1 deno-! •^b»honid ! ]wh^6l'wtablMga:b^;,tßd !^n^ii ’ pg.u ’OFurcb in’’ th'e :; Prdvince'. “ TV ephodriS of/Mt* jay :Ki.-'By,.la ! W G^lew, 1; MelbouVner 1 Thse! yf&k'jik la'ge aitpp linca. > : “ a) . v : f„have' ho' dout>f .t^at 1 Will bp' tdTl; , '%'at- ,l^ii ;ppdy' lso; 1 soHolata, of f rora o aix'.tP*thir<efen years -jii' age, j Will (be,' educated dp; add are’ehtered pbon; the bookroTthis building. Xl Bdoh a'uu'fa&af,! at so early a'date, atigSr whir of a 1 £reat, future success. i* ( • Perhaps before I'rit do#tt'l oUght 'to say a fhVr national 'education. If I were addfeisiSg? Fslrodid tel! ih J^ecdlab'^chltib^y-'Mk^aa- • you Ufe- personally; add'Jttdividu-! ! ‘tell f tb«i T’J.aih dn ' favor V W •denbmlnatidnal edupatibh • and, in'f<hor so,! T.d6;hot tnink tbAt i; all’ inbpu^feteht.j • Wh'pn I; w&: a membhjr'of; a Lhgialaturb^h; . '(Colony ;T Was iii faVor pf 'secular; education;' so far ‘asJit Was hided by’ ; the| State, ahd n l;anp so still, . The' tkkes" of f< ihej pountry VrA.cbntfiouted. by people of nacionßr7-nbt.,6hly by persons whp afe hot Christians. but by perabaa who 'hare'’ , Ao' knowledge of« hj ristainity We have'ih this! country a considerable number' f of Jews ’ ahd' of MahommedanC-Ufor' hiany ,a Chip&e' are Mahotainedans. We nave also. Chinese who ate ‘called'hfcathens ; and all these in soipe Way; or contribute to the 'support ’ of \ the State. "Then, if these people jfeyjtaibsj ; ’apd'keep the 'State going, they’haVe akl(iuuoh j right to State help as we have. As ; a pbli-j tjciau I aay they have the same right...There! are Only tWp w a ys‘ id which' the Govorumcnt; cap .deal with this qpestiop. They must; give aid to c all 0 religious bodies alike, or t«. none at all, seeing that all' alike cohtribiite to the taxes of the country. Yet if the I Legislature said; “'VV r e Will’ give help to all | religioua and air creeds alike,” the people .would cry out against it. The political argument is that State .aid, should, be given for aecalar education aud ne other. , .1 am not' • now speaking to you as a politician, but as' j plain Henry Chapman, and libave a right to ■ ■ exproiae my discretion as beat I can, and \ j consists:inlsupporting .the: propoaalj ,

In my private capacity, I will go farther and i f>ay therrt is no body of men so fitted to con\ A duct the education of the rising generation as the clergymen of the > huroh of Eng and. g ( ipp'ause . I don’t say they are exclusively | titUd far the position, because the men of my 1} own profession are equally,.well e *uc equally well fitted, clergymen, th y are of law, who do not, therefore,} turn- their I attention to teaching. In fact^the highly-educated professions aiih ’the Baptnd 1 the Church. There are, St'caurse, v -geh|ieVen of means, whose wealth does not bring them into competition with either, but who may bo equally well educated. Cut of the two classes of men I have mentioned, therefore, we must choose our schoolmasters : but, for the reasons Jhe, 3,ar. does not enteriuto competition with the clergy in tins respect. If you want to have children well taught they must be taught by men who .Jhaye hj ad_ a .gentlemanly training Clergymen have this training pre-eminently, and? for this reason they make the very best of schoolmasters. • ; I .have before ,explained what I mean by a ghntifemknly’ trainin&j t therefore do not thinlc it at all inconsistent i 1 National teaching,—( Applause.) 5 " U The Rev. Me , Sxanfok® aaid that hb stood there that 'evening ’tSe of .bundling, two parts of .education r tpgbtherr.tci ; form a perfect 'whole—he meant' secular edb-j cation and religious, education.—(Applause.) When' hje 1 spike partibularly o'f hU giohs edul ! cation, they must not for, a moment think ■ that he uadervAlvied l the ither branches of eilucatiou, ,wh;ch were so necessary- to success in li e. In retererice to the building they were now in, it was intended to make it,, to iiae'thi wferdt/of oiie r dffiw 0 “daily Sunday hchoojL” f He,hpped to give is much attrhtion ,®s, it; possible ,to d 0.., He agreed with lealrhba iJudge-toho ; had ‘ preceedwTfiltii that the money of the tate should not.be given to teaching religion. Perhaps sdme'ut - he, yraa inconsistent, > b t utghe did npt tbink ,so. ( ;He held, most bettainly Wt ; not,think the State should tekeh at., His X.br<l§hip,t|ie Bmhop, gpyejifm great pleasure -to lie present upon the- occa- 1 sioii of the thi£ first day dpnofei-i ‘hatiobal school inthat diocese. - The nSmbei} of-ichplars; and getibttfl fcucceS»alreSaj£:pj&4 ...raised well for, theiuture ■. -111® .congratulated them.-upon commencement which > (iad ;beenmade;; gad he .must., be permitted tci .speak ofe the 1 courage of, thosq ,w,ho had, been : the first,ti establish thjs school.—(Applause’); ’ ;he th»3. «vptnsi«d the; pleaburi hfr M't/he 1 printed he sho'alilTiot bd'a&ipbjhgithe cnarac* ter 1 6f a’ ppuphek if ; lffiStated-Ibat he felFAurb that similar schools wonld soon 1 be startedlfi 1 other parishes. "It was the first school intbi Province in connection with the Churcn of England : w»Jftld;bp l );anght.oHe congratulated the parish on having a school rin ihoir ; midst ? t-.ai£t thei.pariflhioatM be proud to have their children taught at such a school .ficioi *•:;& I Addresses were also delivered by Mr A. 1 Bathoatband MfR-eeby; Several songs were sung during-the evenmg. and themgs closed witßi tho National 1 Anthem. ! ‘ .-vi'! .■■■: <f\f j