[To THE EDITOR Of THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Mr. Burrows in the
Spectator of September 20th says that the object of the Education Bill is believed by Noncon- formists to be "to destroy Dissent" Has he never read the resolutions passed by the two Convocations last year, of which the Bill is to a great extent the concrete exponent? One of those resolutions was as follows: "That whenever a reasonable number of parents desire that religious instruction in accord- ance with their own belief should be given to their children, opportunity for such instruction should be secured to them by statute in all elementary schools, provided that this can be done without expense to the managers." The offer contained in this resolution has never been accepted by representative Nonconformists, and is not incorporated in the Bill, but it shows the true feeling of Churchmen towards Dissent in this matter of education. What Churchmen are contending for is that undenominationalism shall not destroy Church schools, and ultimately all religious teaching.—I am, Sir, ire., Aylestone Rectory, Leicester. H. S. GED011.
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