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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 32, 10 August 1905, Page 5

Si easing at the opening and blessing of the new Chnsiian Brothers' School, South Melbourne, the other day, the Rev. J. B. Ronald, M.H.R., said that he was pleased to be present, not as a member for the district, but as a Scotch Presbyterian minister, to testify to the good work accomplished by the Christian Brothers, and because the educational element of the Catholic Church had been* of great ser\ice to his native lanid. Out of the four univeisities in Scotland three of them.— Aberdeen, St. Andrew's, and Glasgow— had been the donation of the Catholic Church. Religious training, such as that im'partcd in the Catholic schools, was the one thing necessary for combating the terrible evils of atheism, agnosticism, and immorality. His Grace the Archbishop of MelJb^Kirne was one to whom a great debt of gratitude was due. In all Victoria there was not a more spjendid figure. There was no man who spoke with the dignity piety, and reference that his Grace did, and he was undoubtedly the one sent to keep the lamp of religion burning in their midst. In conclusion, Mr. Rona-ld trusted that the miserable bigotry at present in existence would soon disappear, and give place to a larger-minded people, who would appreciate the noble efforts of their co-religionists to keep alive the lamp of religion and sanctity.