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RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN WELSH…

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RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN WELSH PROVIDED SCHOOLS. In face of the outcry against the inadequacy of the Biblical instruction given in schools under the control cf public bodies, it may not be out of place to bring to the notice of our readers the kind of religious instruction given in the Provided schools of the county that led in the Welsh Revolt. Here is the syllabus now in force in all the schools controlled by the Merionethshire Education Committee, and we doubt if there is a single denominational school in which the religious instruction imparted is more thorough :— i. The school shall be opened each day with the Lord's Prayer and the singing of a suitable hymn from the selection of hymns supplied. The school shall be closed each day with the Lord's Prayer and the singing of the Doxology. 2. The object aimed at in the scheme of Biblical instruction set forth below is to make children acquainted during their school life with the main contents of the Bible. The lessons have been graded to suit the capacity of children of different age and to secure a general uniformity in the character and amount of instruction undertaken. 3. The time devoted to the devotional exercise and Bible lesson together should not exceed half an hour. 4. The devotional exercise and the Bible lesson may be taken in Welsh or English, or partly in Welsh and partly in English, at the discretion of the teacher. 5. It is intended that a spirit of earnestness and reverence be inculcated throughout, but particularly in the devotional exercise. 6. Where it may be necessary to group standards for the Bible lesson, it is intended that the work of the individual standards so grouped should be taken in successive years. 7. It is not intended that this scheme of Bible lessons should never be varied. Where teachers desire to alter the plan proposed, or to devise an alternative scheme of similar scope, they are invited to submit their proposals to the managers of the district to which the school belongs. 8. The explanations given by the teachers on the various lessons should be carefully suited to the capacities of the children. No attempt should be made to bias the children in favour of the tenets of any particular denomination. In general, prominence should be given to the salient truths that bear on life and conduct, passing lightly over subjects of only critical or controversial interest. 9. Such aid to teaching as pictures for the younger children and maps for older children should be freely used. Scheme of Biblical Instruction. Infants.-Simple stories from the Old Testa- ment simple stories from the New Testament. Memory exercise The Lord's Prayer, Psalm xxiii. Standard I.-Simple stories from Genesis; leading facts from the life of our Lord. Memory exercise: The Lord's Prayer, Psalm xxiii., a selection of texts. Standard II.—Lessons from the life of Moses; simple lessons from the life of our Lord. Memory exercise: Additional, the Ten Commandments the Beatitudes, a selection of texts. Standard III.—Lessons from the lives of Joshua, Samuel, and David; fuller account of the life of our Lord. The following six Parables: The Talents, the Good Samaritan, the Lost Sheep, the Lost Piece of Money, the Prodigal Son, the Pharisee and the Publican. Memory exercise: Additional, Matt. xxii., 35-4°; Matt. vi., 22-34; a selection of texts. Standard IV.—Lessons from the lives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Joshua,

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