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y family apart/ is both a foolish and a wicked speech; foolish as contravening all fiound doctrine orChris- lian government and education, and wicked as eucoura^ng that sectananism and schism among the profewjFs of the same faith, which, if it exist, ought to he blamed, uot comtnendrd, discouraged and wrought out, not encouraged and engrained into the people. 1 1 is certainly an evil ; for our re* ligioD is community and love, and the church is a brotherhood, not a diversity cf parties. The spirit, ia morcoTer, a poor subterfuge tor ignorant indo- lence in divining good measures, or for maliciouti dislike to religion altogether What would they tay if any one were to retort upon them, ' That pohtical economy is so uncertain a thing, and men arc so divided upon it, hardly two agreeing, in any question — it msy he of the currency, or the corn laws, or thesilk-trade, — that the government bad better leave it altogether at once, and follow in Che course of ancient customs.' Or. agittn» when any bill is presented before the legislature upon which there are various separate intere-sts mani- fested, it ought uniformly to be cast out until they MB on £I>UCATIO>\ L^^' can ail agree. Thoa fool ! it is tlaidifta|!TCeB«M IB matters whicb makes govenuDent Decenary; and agoodgoTenuneDt is as it were a great metli^ tor of peace to the people, aod Uterefijre cvcrf gowenunent ia properiy the '**"'**— *'L" of tte Vernal ^lediator and Redeevi^- Now, while ithiu argue the alter incoagniityaf aa unchhstiaii school, in a ChiistiaD commoiiij^, aiid maiataiait to be an anomaly which waa ut^tt named in the land nntii the light of the lasttfaifty years darkened all Jbrmer knowledge, and pat to abame all former wisdom, I am carefol not to exaggerate the icflneoce of the school in teaduny religion or uiy thing else which pertains to Ae true nobility and excellent character of men ; bat do maintain that it is one of tbe great pfijadioea of this day, both in the chorch and in the worl^ to have infinitely engifciated the power of abe- cedarian knowledge npon the heart, streagth, mind, and soul of men* Bat this is too great a subject to enter upon at present, and I do there* fore now proceed to jud^ by the principle which I hare laid down of education as it ought to be^ concerning that education of the people whidi of late hath drawn so much attention, and is teaBy so important an dement in the ereat question of the world s future prospects. IL These obserrations which we ha?e made in general upon the scope and end of education, do open