On Tuesday at the Caxton Hall, Westminster, a Conference of
members of the Church of England was held to consider the Education Bill. Lord Jersey presided, and the speakers included Mr. Henry Hobhouse, Mr. T. E. Page, Mr. Black- well, and Sir Thomas Acland. Mr. Hobhouse insisted strongly upon the duty of moderate men, whether Churchmen or Nonconformists, to speak out, and to follow Mr. Foster's example in refusing to let the Bible be banished from our schools, and in insisting that Christian teaching, with or without Church doctrine, should be an integral part of our educational system. Mr. T. E. Page, the well-known Charter- house master, in a speech of real eloquence pointed out that in our great public schools the teaching is always in essence undenominational. "How could a teacher with a conscience, when he had five hundred public-school boys before. him, give up precious time that might be used in enforcing the fundamental doctrines of Christianity to dealing with the dogmas that divided the Churches?"
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