Snt,—In your issue of Friday, December 27th, 1940, there is
a para- graph in " News of the Week " of vital importance to the world on "Peace Aims "; these are founded on the Pope's statement just a Year ago, and are endorsed by all the ecclesiastical leaders, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and the leaders of the Free Churches—they are well named " Christian Peace Aims," they are beyond all praise. Some practical start, however, is needed, and in our own country, at all events, we must return to the teaching of Christianity to the young. The evacuation of children from the big cities to the country has shown that many of the Council school children do not even know of the existence of God Almighty.
We must enforce by Act of Parliament the teaching of Christianity in its widest, broadest sense in every Council school to every indi- vidual child in the land. Education is compulsory for every child by Act of Parliament ; Christian teaching must be made so also in every school. The denominational teaching can be discussed later when once the teaching of Christianity is restored in the schools. The question has been solved in Scotland, which abounds in different sects, and by the Roman Catholics—it is-also capable of solution in England. We call ourselves a Christian country, but have no right to the name until this has been done. The first step is the Act of Parliament.—
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