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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - - - - -Title: A Letter of affectionate remonstrance addressed to the members of the Established Church in Norwich and in Norfolk and occasioned by the proposed exclusive system of infant education - - -Author: John Alexander - - - -Release Date: September 27, 2020 [eBook #63326] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - - -***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A LETTER OF AFFECTIONATE -REMONSTRANCE ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH IN NORWICH -AND IN NORFOLK AND OCCASIONED BY THE PROPOSED EXCLUSIVE SYSTEM OF INFANT -EDUCATION*** - - -Transcribed from the 1836 J. Fletcher edition by David Price. - - - - - - A LETTER - OF - AFFECTIONATE REMONSTRANCE - ADDRESSED - TO THE MEMBERS - OF - THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH - - - In Norwich and in Norfolk, - - AND OCCASIONED BY - - THE PROPOSED EXCLUSIVE SYSTEM - - OF - - INFANT EDUCATION. - - * * * * * - - BY JOHN ALEXANDER, - MINISTER OF PRINCE’S STREET CHAPEL, NORWICH. - - * * * * * - - * * * * * - - “There are still some who wish to confine the element of water to - their own well, and - to find the full ripe corn only in their own fields. With them, I - confess, I have - no sympathy.” - - SAMUEL WILDERSPIN. - - * * * * * - - * * * * * - - NORWICH: - - SOLD BY J. FLETCHER; JARROLD & SONS; - AND THE OTHER BOOKSELLERS. - 1836. - - _Price Fourpence_. - - - - -PREFACE. - - -IT would have been most agreeable to the author of the following letter -to have published it anonymously; but he thought that, however -insignificant a writer might be, it was more respectful to the parties -addressed to affix his name to his publication. His object, in writing -it, he can truly say, has not been to offend, but to convince; and, -though he feels deeply on the subject of the letter, it would have been -highly unbecoming, when addressing a respectable and influential body of -persons, to convey his remonstrance in any other language than that of -affectionate fidelity and firmness. He has never yet come forward, on -any occasion, to widen the distance which may exist between any -denominations of Christians; and he feels, increasingly, the importance -of employing his single talent in promoting the salvation of sinners, and -the holiness and peace of the Christian Church. - -_Norwich_, _March_ 28_th_, 1836. - - - - -A LETTER. - - -CHRISTIAN FRIENDS, - -AN advertisement has appeared in the Norwich papers of the 26th instant, -announcing that “a public meeting of members of the Established Church -will be held in the Hall in the Market, Norwich, on Thursday, 7th of -April, for the purpose of forming a Society to promote the extension of -the Infant School system in the County and City.” It is somewhat -remarkable that a notice of such importance, and addressed to a large and -respectable body of Christians, should have been inserted in the public -papers _anonymously_, and that you should be called upon to assemble in -the Hall, without knowing by whose authority such an assembly is -convened, and without even knowing who is to preside on the occasion. -Believing, however, that the advertisement does proceed from some -competent authority, and perceiving, from the terms in which it is -expressed, that all the inhabitants of this City, except “the members of -the Established Church,” are prohibited from attending the meeting, I -take the liberty, as one of the excluded party, of addressing you from -the press—and my object in so doing, is to explain to you the principles -on which the Infant schools in Norwich have hitherto been conducted, and -to recommend those principles to your adoption at the approaching -meeting. - -You are probably aware that several friends to the education of children, -and especially to their moral and religious education, have originated, -and, for some years, supported Infant schools in this neighbourhood, the -principal of which are to be found in Lakenham, in Crook’s Place, and in -the parish of St. Miles. These schools have hitherto been conducted not -on sectarian, but on catholic and Christian principles. Children of all -classes have been admitted as scholars, and, besides imparting to them -the elements of general knowledge, they have been taught, according to -their capacities, the facts and histories recorded in the Holy -Scriptures, and the great doctrines relative to the sinfulness of man, -and to the redemption which is in Christ Jesus, on which the majority of -Christians are agreed. The committees of these schools are composed of -members of the Establishment and of other Christian churches, all of -whom, without the slightest degree of jealousy, or of difficulty, have -cordially united in carrying into effect both the intellectual and the -religious parts of the system. The committee of the Lakenham school, -though it, as well as the other schools, is, I believe, chiefly supported -by Dissenters, has, I am informed, regularly invited the respected -clergyman of the parish to attend its meetings; and my connexion with the -school in St. Miles’, enables me to declare, most confidently, that -repeated efforts have been made to induce members of the Established -church to afford greater help in directing its concerns, as well as in -defraying its expenses. I have no doubt that in the other schools, -equally liberal measures have been adopted. - -The children of these schools composed the principal part of the -interesting group which filled the platform in St. Andrew’s Hall, on -Tuesday the 22nd instant, when the mode of teaching in Infant Schools, -and the kind and degree of useful knowledge acquired in them, were -illustrated by the examination, which Mr. Wilderspin conducted, in the -presence of perhaps two thousand spectators; and the satisfaction which -he expressed, both publicly and privately, with the manner in which the -schools had been trained, imperfect as they confessedly are, was in no -small degree gratifying to those who have hitherto supported them amidst -many difficulties and discouragements. - -Hitherto, the labourers in the cause of Infant education, in this city, -have been principally Dissenters; but it is well known that they have -always desired, and that they would have gladly received, a greater -number of their brethren in the Establishment as coadjutors. Whatever -degree of influence they may have had in the schools which have been -referred to, they have never formed any rules or adopted any principles -or plans of education, against which the most scrupulous Episcopalian -need object; and, during the recent visit of Mr. Wilderspin, they had -their full share in contributing to his introduction to this city, to the -support of his Lectures, and to the attendance in St. Andrew’s Hall. The -very first meeting that was held, to make arrangements with Mr. -Wilderspin, was summoned by a member of the Society of Friends, who, -without partiality, invited both Churchmen and Dissenters to meet Mr. W. -in the Lakenham school. The Lectures, which Mr. W. delivered in the -Guildhall, were attended by at least as many Dissenters as Episcopalians. -When, after those lectures, a meeting of Clergy and members of the -Establishment, to which no Dissenter was invited, resolved “that there -should be an examination of children now receiving instruction in the -Infant schools of this city,” the committees of those schools, whose -concurrence with the resolution was I believe never asked, kindly -assented to it, and suffered their teachers and children to assemble on -the platform in St. Andrew’s Hall. The Dissenters in this city, gladly -and gratuitously, sent forms from their chapels, on which the spectators -might be seated. They purchased tickets, and attended the examination in -very considerable numbers. They beheld clergymen, and other churchmen, -beginning to manifest an interest in Infant schools, by conducting the -little children to the platform. And after having, in these various -ways, received assistance from your dissenting fellow citizens, as well -as from others—after having borrowed our schools for a public -examination—after having received our money towards defraying the -expenses of that examination—after having told us that “such an -exhibition of Infant schools would afford a most agreeable testimony of -their efficacy, and be a means of enlisting both the feelings and the -judgment of the audience in their favour”—we were not prepared to expect -that such friendly proceedings on our part would ultimately be used -against ourselves, and that they were to be rewarded by our utter -exclusion from all future participation with you in the system of Infant -education. - -Having thus briefly sketched the principles and the proceedings which -have been hitherto adopted by the conductors of Infant schools in -Norwich, I now proceed to direct your attention to the _advertisement_, -by which this letter was more particularly occasioned. That -advertisement calls upon you, as “members of the Established Church,” to -form “a society to promote the extension of the Infant school system in -the county and city”—and I understand it to mean that the members of no -other Christian church shall be allowed to participate with you in the -formation of the society, or in its committee, or in its operations. -This mode of proceeding, you perceive at once, is the very reverse of -that which has hitherto been adopted; it is contrary even to the bill -which has been passed for the emancipation of the slaves in the West -Indies, which provides that even black infants shall be educated “on -liberal and enlightened principles;” and I ask you, what would have been -your thoughts and feelings, if any other Christian, and Protestant -church, in this city, besides your own, had ventured to suggest a society -for the education of little children so utterly exclusive and illiberal? - -Whatever may have been the condition of other parts of the kingdom, this -city has been lamentably deficient in public unity and cooperation in the -accomplishment of that which is good—and a different state of things is -not to be expected from the mere politician, or from any of “the men of -the world which have their portion in this life.” It is to the religious -only that we must look for the desired reformation; and if mankind are -ever taught to dwell together in love, it must be by those who have -imbibed and who exemplify the spirit of Christianity. But if the -religious—if those who profess to have “the same mind that was in -Christ,” refuse to associate with those who love the same Redeemer, and -are regenerated by the same Spirit, merely because they differ respecting -some points of discipline in the church—if they thus “set at nought their -brother”—if they thus practically declare that “Christ is divided,” and -so divided that his members cannot unite even in the education of -infants—will not such conduct bring religion itself into dishonour, and -will it not “cause the enemies of God to blaspheme?” “For if these -things be done in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?” - -Had the system of Infant schools been the offspring of the Church of -England—could it be shewn that no infants, but such as have been baptized -at its font, had the capacity to receive instruction—or if the Dissenters -of this city had set an example of exclusiveness in infant education, -then indeed some apology or even justification might be offered for the -course which is advertised for adoption. But it is well known that the -system of infant education is quite independent of any form of -ecclesiastical polity. It is as much the property of the nonconformist -as of the conformist. It has nothing to do with the peculiarities of -either; but it asks, and has hitherto cordially received the cooperation -of both. And the attempt to make it the appendage of a particular -church, and “a great gulph” of separation between Christians—to enlist -infants, just “weaned from the breast,” as parties in ecclesiastical -strife, must be productive of a lamentable influence on the minds both of -infants and adults, and must be highly offensive to Him who rebuked his -disciples and said, “Suffer the little children to come unto me, and -forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” - -The Church of England—established by the authority of parliament—having -dissented from the pale of popery, whose intolerance and exclusiveness -she professes to abhor—declaring that she is emphatically and eminently -the church of Christ—and praying, as she does, not only for “all sorts -and conditions of men,” but “more especially for the good estate of the -catholic church, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may -hold the faith in unity of spirit, and in the bond of peace”—ought, most -assuredly, of all churches, to be the most comprehensive in her charity, -and to set “all sorts and conditions of men,” and the whole “catholic -church,” an example of meekness and conciliation. But when an -opportunity presents itself, the most favourable for exhibiting these -graces, without the slightest compromise of principle, are all these -professions and all these prayers to be forgotten; and must the -unestablished and self-supported churches of our land be the only -sanctuaries where charity can take refuge, and the only societies whose -members add practice to profession and to prayer? I hope not, my -brethren; and devoutly as I am attached to the great principles of -nonconformity, because I consider them to be in harmony with -Christianity, yet I should strongly suspect their character if I found -that they prevented me from cooperating with my fellow Christians in any -“work of faith or labour of love.” - -If, my brethren, you seize the present occasion for the purpose of -widening the distance between Christians of other communions and of your -own—if you render the Infant school system, which has hitherto been made -a bond of union, a “wall of separation” between yourselves and others, -the sin will lie at your own door, and you alone will be answerable for -the consequences. I know well that such an exclusive system is not the -desire of you all. There are some among you who wish to see the Church -of England “national” in her feelings and in her philanthropy, as well as -in her name; and who would be glad to cooperate with other Christians in -educating and in evangelizing the people, but who at the same time deem -it desirable on the whole, to submit to other parties in the church whose -patronage and support are valued. Permit me to say, however, that such -policy is of a very questionable character; and the course of conduct, -which your acquiescence sanctions, appears to me not likely either to -promote the interests of true religion, or to increase any feelings of -respect for that Establishment which you conscientiously support. For -if, in the nineteenth century, you legislate as if you were in the dark -ages—if you try to revive again the spirit of “the five mile act,” which -denounced the nonconformist as “incapable of teaching any public or -private schools”—depend upon it that you will find the current of feeling -in the present times to be decidedly against you; and not only so, but -you will sin against the spirit of that religion whose essential -doctrines and whose hallowed influences ought to be far dearer to us all -than any forms of ecclesiastical government. “For the kingdom of God is -not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy -Ghost.” - -In many parts of Great Britain, where Infant schools have been -established, the population generally have been united in their support; -and Mr. Wilderspin, in his book entitled “Early Discipline Illustrated,” -furnishes many facts, in addition to his own opinion, to shew that such -schools always succeed well when various Christians are associated in -their committees and in their operations. “I proceeded to Durham,” says -he in page 45, “where a committee was formed of _Churchmen and -Dissenters_.” When speaking of Ireland, in page 76, he says, “it may be -well to shew that wherever Infant schools have been established in that -country, and properly conducted, they have been found to be real -blessings _by all parties_, as the following circular will shew.” That -“circular” was an address of the parish of Booterstown to the Rev. A. -Sillery, from which I extract the following sentence: “That invaluable -institution, the Infant school, which in this parish owes its origin to -you—and the many other excellent arrangements for promoting education and -religious instruction, bear ample testimony to the talent, zeal, and -piety, which characterize their exemplary founder and promoter; whilst -the impartiality with which you administered to the wants of all, -_without distinction of sect or party_, manifest the unbiassed liberality -of your truly Christian mind.” “I distributed many circulars and papers -at Leicester,” says he, page 87, “but hostility was threatened from one -of the pulpits of the Establishment;” and he then quotes what he justly -calls “an admirable speech, by M. Babington, Esq.” a member of the Church -of England, from which I extract the following sentences. “I proceed to -that objection on which the greatest stress will probably be laid, that -we are forming an unnatural and improper union of individuals of -different denominations; and that we are undermining the influence and -doctrines of the Church of England. _It seems to me that those who thus -argue shew some distrust of the excellence of that church_. The -extension of knowledge can hardly fail to be favourable to the cause of -truth; and as a member of that church, _I am of opinion that its -doctrines will be more fully established by such intercourse_. But it -has ceased to be a question, whether a mixed committee can succeed -satisfactorily in such an object; for the experiment has been tried -extensively in other towns for nearly seven years, and has lived down the -opposition which was first raised against it.—Really such arguments are -too trifling even for ridicule, if it were not, as it appears to me, _a -suicidal act_, _on the part of our church_, _to urge a system so -repugnant to the feelings of mankind_.” After relating some interesting -occurrences at Taunton, Mr. Wilderspin says in page 118, that “a -committee of various denominations proceeded with great encouragement, -_intimating_, _by their union_, _that their object was the general good_, -_and that no party apprehended the occurrence of injury_.” Injury was -however inflicted by unhallowed hands, and a school was set up “on -opposite principles.” In page 202, when speaking of Joseph Lancaster, -Mr. Wilderspin says, “with one part of his system I was always charmed, -and, so far from the feeling diminishing, it is even now increasing in -vigour,—_I mean its freedom from all shackles_—_its entire exemption from -sectarianism_—_its benevolent and catholic spirit_, _which urges not -merely to the establishment of schools_, _but_ ‘SCHOOLS FOR ALL.’ Often -have I regretted that this is not universally discoverable. There are -still some who wish to confine the element of water to their own well, -and to find the full ripe corn only in their fields:—with them I confess -I have no sympathy; _on the broadest principle I have hitherto labored_; -_and on that_, _and that alone I propose to act through the remainder of -my life_.” But I must conclude these testimonies, which might be greatly -multiplied, by recording a sentence or two from page 259, respecting -Sheffield. “Five Schools,” says Mr. Wilderspin, “containing little short -of one thousand infants, are now in full and efficient operation. _The -harmony of Churchmen and Dissenters in the work is here most delightful_; -and as a specimen of the generosity displayed, it may be stated, that one -gentleman built a school, at his own expense, which cost £1000.” These -quotations abundantly prove that “the originator of Infant schools,” who -has visited many of the towns in the three kingdoms, and who is perhaps -better qualified than any other person to form an opinion as to the best -mode of conducting them, is decidedly opposed to the exclusive system -advertised for Norwich. He has “no sympathy” with it—and he declares, as -the result of his extensive observation and experience, that “the union -between Churchmen and Dissenters is delightful.” - -Should the decision of the approaching meeting be in opposition to this -delightful union, and should the ministers and members of the Established -Church determine to prevent the Dissenters from cooperating with them in -this interesting work, the parties thus excluded will not, I trust, be -instigated to pursue a similar course, and to form a society for -themselves alone, to the exclusion of Churchmen. No.—Let them proceed on -other and better principles. Let them call a public meeting of all -denominations of Christians who can conscientiously unite in pursuing the -same system of Infant education, which has been hitherto adopted in this -city. Let them cordially and earnestly invite the cooperation of liberal -and religious Churchmen. And let them determine that neither conformity -nor nonconformity shall be taught to babes in an Infant school, but that -they shall receive only “the sincere milk of the word, that they may grow -thereby.” “FOR IN CHRIST JESUS NEITHER CIRCUMCISION AVAILETH ANY THING, -NOR UNCIRCUMCISION, BUT A NEW CREATURE. AND AS MANY AS WALK ACCORDING TO -THIS RULE, PEACE BE ON THEM, AND MERCY, AND UPON THE ISRAEL OF GOD. -BRETHREN, THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOUR SPIRIT. AMEN.” - - * * * * * - - Norwich: - PRINTED BY JOSIAH FLETCHER. - - - - -***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A LETTER OF AFFECTIONATE -REMONSTRANCE ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH IN NORWICH -AND IN NORFOLK AND OCCASIONED BY THE PROPOSED EXCLUSIVE SYSTEM OF INFANT -EDUCATION*** - - -******* This file should be named 63326-0.txt or 63326-0.zip ******* - - -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: -http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/6/3/3/2/63326 - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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