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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCK.NOW, ONTARIO '
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roundings, at home or at church."
Sugar ; Others echo the remark I h�►it1tt ':. ice break.",fr9ne 'lad: "It. makes a nice
►� Smiley The school board doesn't want
By • it. The question of religiousedu-
cation is a prickly one, especial
As I }lave, now been teaching lY ere there
full mon, uffici
Proteswhtant denoare half a dozen
minations, Jews
month? I feel s
•for a . and RC's.• It takesa lot of bro-
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ently qualified to point out all
the flaws' in the educational sy- ken field running to make sure
stem, and demand .their im'rnedi nobody's toesare stepped on, •
* ate correction. .
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However, • as that' would re- ,�'1•hc teachers don't want it,
quire an. essay of the approxi- f ,1, .. think,. with serhe lusti.fic-
mate length of Lady Chatterley's t c���, that then; is enough hiller -
Lover•,, /, .shall •; content myself le'rence ,with ' their . attempts -to.
with suggesting: One ' 'major euxl•cpr till+ course, what with field
change,' 'I; would •, like, to see the cLp, s, 1'uathall genies,: assemblies,
"subject" known as Religious teachers' conventions; visiting
Instruction scratched, blotted or Swal{C rs and Other s.pe4ial
..erased from the list of secondary. events,
school .courses, I It is the.. clergy which is • de-.
Don't think that .this is ging manding , it? it > don't think so,
'4o get me in•, trouble with the , Thorn what' I've been told by a
preachers. (not that' it would be couple Of reverends,, For the ay.:'
the first' time). With a few ex=' erau e 'preacher, . used to a silent,'
eepttons,^ I think .ministers and if sc;rnnolent, ,audience, it must 1
Fiesta who. are forced to teach be a' bit hair-raising to face seine
this course consider it an abomi- I:35 . young hellions; 32 of whom
nation, • in, the saline category as consider this ' little .more .than a.
:saying 'the burial service over. chancre,. for' a supervised visit
some old brute, .who has , ignored : with their friends. The 'clergy -
the church. all his life. • • ` I man; his chest -high` .pulpit .ex-
• •* * .. ,.changed, . for a navel high desk,
What I'd hke to, know is: Who' feels naked; neglected; and much
wants Religious. Instruction:' in like the Old Woman Who Lived
the schools? The students don't. In A Shoe. . .
They think, the .snore coherent • " '
of them', that •it's an interference: .Is. the whole business.pushed.
'with their, schooling, a waste of..
.by the Department of Education?
time, and sot'nething .they have I. doubt. it. The Department, with
'already' received, in better sur : Machiavellian 'cunning, does'not
compulsory Religious
It leaves it
make
to the , discretion of the school
board. This is like• the Emperor.
of Japan ,issuing -an edict that
reads: "Now, We all know that
•suicide is old fashioned, But,. if
any ne requiresa sharp knife,
ju fill in this, formand send
to "• .
parents want it? Again I
WAul take some. convincing. In
a decade in the newspaper busi-
ness, .I don't' recall a .single dele-'
gation of parents, carrying cros-
ses, ' naking a -pilgrimage to a.
meeting of the school ' board &
dernanding that their delinquent: ..
offspring. be ' instructed :in: The
Word..•
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Then who is .,responsible' for
this .changeling,, this awkward,
unwanted child hi the family of
education? Is it a' small but
zealous ' group • of stern Christi-
ans who believe that you can •
make a horse drink -if yqu stick
his .nose in a, trough?' Is it a
few frustrated, lonely clergymen
of the off -beat sects,. seeking a
captive . audience? I don't know,
I'rz just asking. Perhaps if one
soul is saved, it. is' worth all the
confusion 'and .cussing it causes.:
'I am not ..opposed. to religions
education in schools. Where it is
properly integrated,.. and `.Where
it is desired, it has a vital place.
But .• where i`V . ohs stuck, into a
curriculum. for . no .apparent reap •
son, it isas digestible as a hum-
bug, in a rice, pudding..
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Miss Mary,ylaLLeod. surrirnarized.
. a .number ,'of news letters; from
`four, .different missionary field's:
She ' also 'read a letter- 9f appre-
• ciation; for used cards, of which'
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I AfternoonAugihar .
' The • Afternoon ` Auxiliaryof.
United Church W.M.S. held
their October' . meeting 'tri . the
S.S.' roorn of . the church with an
attendance of ;25 . members. Mrs.
Hoag 'conducted' the opening ex-
ercises and business matters. The.
date set for the . Autumn Thank-
offering. is October 14th at 8. p.mi
when' Rev.. Mr. •. Strapp will . be
the guest speaker. Mrs. 'A.' Brec-,
• kles .was convener . and chairman
for. 'the; following program. Call
to worship .prayer : by ,Mrs. G:
Saunders. Hymn 643. Scripture:
reading : by - Mrs. Thompson.'
Readings on % the theme • of
Thanksgiving .by Mrs. Cumming,
an 'interesting talk' on Chapter
11 of the- Study Book, 'by . Mrs. H.
Treleaven. Thanksgiving- prayers
were -read by Mrs. Breckles, Haz-
el Webster,;. Mrs. :'McDiarniid,
Mrs. Thom, Olive Webster • and
Mrs. W. Anderson. The meeting
closed with The Lord's : Prayer
afterwhich ' retreshmerits were
served by the committee, Mrs.
Breckles, Mrs. R., Thompson' and,
Mrs. 'G,. • McDiarm'id
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Presbyterian` Church W.M.S
The October „ meeting . of the
Presbyterain W M;S. was held
in the Sunday 'School •Room • of
the church on Wednesday, Oc-
tober "5th with an .attendance of
19 and with Mrs. Philip Stewart,
vieekiiresident conducting •open-
ing exercises: 'The • W.M.S. "Pur-
pose" was repeated in unison &
Psalm 95 read responsively. Mrs:
Stewart - gave the opening prayer.
The Bible St.idy on the 8th.
Commandment was taken ' .by
Mrs. John Emerson; ".emphasizing,
the' fact that God has a concern
for our temporal• and spiritual
welfare and atthe same time
we mush realize that all' things
belong 'to God, and, that, we as
human 4 owners only hold: them.
for a time;• Miss Nellie Malcolm.
read • the correspondenceand
group . this year. Mrs, • M. 'Hen-
derson surninarized briefly arti-
cles from the Glad Tidings, while
the 'mission topic .on the life , of:
David Livingstone was prepar-
ed - by Mrs; Walter MacKenzie: '
She told . of ` Livingstone's 33
years' of i issionary " labour
among the , rilany' tribes in. Afri-
ca; his arduoustravels through
almost . impenetrable regions to
find a • waterway connecting the -
interior with ' the. coast . His dis- .
covery of numerous large • lakes;
and rivers,' and the famous Vic-
toria, Fnlls•.:on the Zambesi,' won.
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him many honours while - home• .
on ,-furlough to England, and his,.
books and : lectures 'tiesibing . .
the country and -his travels. re -
Suited. in a great -deal of mis-
sionary. endeavoursby every .
Country,,, following his. death,. . &
in the suppression of the slave
trade. Henry M. Stanley was
sent to Africa. •by, the -King of
the Belgians where he made
hundreds of treaties with native
chiefs '.resultIng in the forming
bf' Congo :Free State, 'now so
much' in ,'the.news. Mrs. • C. Ag
new closed .the, meeting With
prayer.
HONOR . i .EENOCK •CCOUPIGE
ON 25th. ANNIVERSARY .
On Wednesday, September 28,
the home of lVfr.' and; Mrs. Lloyd
Webb of London Was the scene'
of a happy - gathering, in 'honor
of the formers' p rents, Mr. ;and
Mrs Arthur Webb, Pinkerton;
on their 25th. wedding anniver-
sary,
Ina ceremony by . ltev.. J. W.
Stewart, •formerly of Lucknow,
the uncle who officiated at their
marriage a quarter• centut�y agog.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur . Webb - re -
mewed their marriage . vows. .
Relatives and ;friends were
present from Pinkerton, Paisley;.,
Hespeler, , %ucknow, Stayner,
Cooksville, Ghuelph, . Kitchener,.
Toronto, Sarnia, $t. Catharines,
Mildnnay and Tiverton, -