DENOMINATIONAL EDUCATION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 28, 31 January 1876, Page 2

DENOMINATIONAL EDUCATION.

To the Editok op Tnej ' Evbnino- Mail/ Sir — When one looks round and notes how' almost -Universal is the'expressiotf of ; popular opinion; upon the question of secular .^education, it is .really,. -a ■ surprise— laying pertain .portions of each community open to the charge of inconsistency— --to observe -how- largely is supported denominational education. If we take the case of . th,e colonies ...we find they legislate upon this question {For' continuation see-Jpurth page.}

f<? ■.■"■! -"-.-..■ -'■""'-, ■' ' " n '-' r "^ " ■ ■-- gg. ill^pSj^reat; ;unaqithity, bearing m linnd Klih^beraj^iic^i^oJFlrafiaing acts for, educa- j and^ that*; v£s topvvtrithout any violence to conscienHiltious. gcmp^le^ .V^TbatvSUc.h legislation. .ig |^g^f^le^:j^he:^fie%qf '-ibli^'m^jpntjj; : )?im^ >sei^evident( frpni the fact of tKe ■;■-"' natij^Sf 6® representative system, and : the speedy and; decided pressure that : ; in^ ;v; to; bear upon each member of the r; House of Pariiament and iheyG-overn-T; ■'■>' ment generially* whenever any unpopular courseis' on the tapis. , If we look into /fthe^q^esiiioniagilitake tlie.;ea:;perience;off { the r last few" yjears as'biir guide, ; we fi'ftdj "'' : that>Ro£oan 'Catholicism and Epis- ; , copacy/are ifliirgely apd almost eyclu-t J sively coupled jwith Dehominationalism. of -^ these bodies ' ; it withiti the memory and cogni-, ; ./.zanc^ < r'ing' :<; 'Bo:'largejy;; ; .upon % .'ithe''' c^religioua aspect of the present time and V :the fnture-^the keen , controversy and "dispute originating in an alleged depar-r tore from the non sectarian principle y : jin\{pne 61 ihe public Schools in , tbjej S -jßojath. ,' Both tin the public journals and if!ther>Roma'n -Cathdlib- brgan^P 7> /Bishop. Moran. showed •■ How keenlytv he :4^^aß alive to^ihe importance of forming women ofi. the;: .^■■^'■.'i{.iyrß:'Abok again;- at. the Episcopal '•^side^e find that,, in the sister,; colony v tbJß^Bhops 'and oie^gy Bome time back were endeavor-, ~£:so&:ffls.m fi^gue' : .to <: re§iß^ ss n^ti-f ; f> Jf ieoar ian sysi^^aqd^ establish idenomi r ; § l 'v &objeot.v/r If' w^V'Vome-' elbser- home we , ; v^^a^o'^-jtiT.o^eJirs;.since:a denbmi- ;- natioDfll school was inaugurated by the |^i^eyl^Mr ; Stanford, 'of Dunedin. In quoted : ; tney 1 were establißhedtsasi denominationar schools j'^M^\'^regard©dv'a«\j-B ; ; ; : To^ bring to our own if \t were Btated that a :of the £pisco> dxißtedv H is possible th^■X^rtM^;: '^ig|it/'©iclaim where? but "S^eianswref filvitfoßit ißimple as the fact >; exigi Bi ini the, centre otthe-plaoe, f add is School: It ia h ':'. tr iuo < th^at, it is optional;- w aether the i Church doctrines are taught, or not, to ; : ;^' each, pupil, as the parents wish, still tb'the; tbatihin^bf 'the •r?i)hWro^ a.ndvil; ia doubtleeß ?■ pwing y Sp!^tiiiß iac't that, ! althdugli^tnV '?:'°^opuljiti9Q\of|'^(elson. province has not i of the latter ( .have to ; a very considerable, extent. \ ." • AsXyoui^P^' is procioui I w '^ not : ywrite "more ; tp-9ayj but will continue | the subject, if you will kind ly permit, Vtf-injtfuturllißßueßl H . : ---' -■ '■ • : - rl -'" : '. u\"'^-:'i*ifw.^;'? 1 -r' s^:i'- lt *--TouwV &a-4 -;, ' - y - -Nelson, Jan. 28, ,1876. „ , ?