CHILDREN OF UNITARIAN PARENTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
[To TER EDITOR OP THB "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In reference to the Rev. E. H. Polehampton's suggestion in your last week's issue that because some Unitarian parents are satisfied with the religious teaching given by the London School Board, that teaching must be held to omit the funda- mental truth of the divinity of Christ, may it not be replied that as long as the text of the New Testament is used as the foundation of such teaching, it may be left to Unitarian parents to explain, it away as best they can? In maintaining the use of that text, we surely have a full security to fall back upon for the more distinctive formularies of our Creed, as taught in the Church and in the home. It would be interesting to know what proportion of the children attending elementary schools are those of Unitarian parents.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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