" SCRUTAMINI SCRIPTURAS "
. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] " Scrutamini Scripturas," published in the Spectator Literary Supplement, page 869, I read : " A devout Roman Catholic lately said to me, I think I must buy a New Testament. It is only a small book, but it is useful to have one. Sometimes we have to read it as a penance." ".The shock that these words," &c.
I am teaching the Gospel of St. 'Luke to the Lower IVth children averaging thirteen years. Every child in the class of nineteen has a New Testament and uses it at least four times a week. The boy who wanted to prove to his mother that he -had washed his hands; asked her to look at the towel. I would suggest, by analogy, the inspection of the books. A private view, free of eharge, could easily be arranged. Does Miss E. Underhill really think her " devout Roman Catholic " a typical one ? Because, of course, she must be in .good faith.—I am, Sir, &c.,
[Our reviewer • writes : —I should be greatly distressed if Mother M. Salome took my little anecdote as constituting an intentional reflection upon Catholic religious education, and hope she will accept my sincere regret for any vexation caused her. No doubt it represents an attitude of mind which is fortunately exceptional, and perhaps one more characteristic of the past generation than of this. Never- theless, the incident did occur within the last two months, and in exactly the terms related I am very sorry that distance prevents me from accepting her kind invitation to " inspect the towels." It would, I am sure, be a pleasant as well as an instructive experience.—En. Spectator.]
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