[To THE BETTOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:1
SIR,—In reference to the interesting and helpful discussion on "Fundamental Christianity and the Education Question,"
started in the Spectator for December 30th, 1905, the following extract from a letter from the Bishop of Quebec, received last week, may be of use, as it shows that the "Jamaica
Catechism" has proved a practical solution of the education diffiCulty in other portions of the British Empire than the West Indies :—
" You will be glad to know that our Church folk and Presby- terians, Methodists, &c., have so acted in harmony that (on my suggestion) we have adopted a Catechism for our public schools, leaving only one-sixth of what we teach to be taught by each of us in our Sunday schools, and enabling us to get the five-sixths taught by trained teachers in our public day schools. We derived this plan from the Archbishop of the West Indies."
This experience of the West Indian and Canadian dioceses is well worth considering.—I am, Sir, &c.,
WM. EMERY, Archdeacon of Ely.
The College, Ely.
[We must now close this interesting correspondence, which has, we believe, been of real value in showing that it is possible for the majority of the adherents of the various Christian Churches in England to agree upon a system of fundamental Christian teaching which could be used in all schools, provided and non-provided. Such a system would prove no impediment to a further scheme of denominational teaching designed to supplement the teaching of fundamental
Christianity, and applied in accordance with the wishes of the parents.—ED. Spectator.]
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