Sitt,—As a member of the Liverpool Education Committee, and member
of the Religious Instruction Sub-Committee, my impression is that Bible teaching will be greatly encouraged, and denominational religion will be discouraged. Our syllabus in use was drawn up in consultation with an Advisory Committee ccnsisting of members of the joint Board of Divinity, the Education Committee and the Teachers, and was approved and adopted by the Eci,acation Committee in 1934. Excellent notes on the Principles of Religious Instruction by Professor Campagnac, of Liverpool University, precede the graded Bible lessons for all children up to 15 years of age. The selection of Bible passages from the Old and New Testaments, narratives in sequence, suitable passages for memorising and groupings of subjects for each year, have been most carefully chosen by scholars.
We see so much der.ominational and irreligious strife in Liverpool that people are not disposed to tolerate anything sectarian. But the Christian ethic appeals, and so does the Bible. Publics opinion favours Bible teaching only, because it is said rightly that children will grow up knowing the great truths and way of life, and with mature thought they will choose their own kind of church. In the future we want a church
that is more Christian than denominational, and the inculcation of well-
• prepared and considered Bible truths in the children of our schools is the obvious way to that desirable end.—Yours,.
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