CARDRONA SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC.

Cromwell Argus, Volume VII, Issue 326, 8 February 1876, Page 6

CARDRONA SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC.

To the Editor of the Cromwell Argus. Sir,—ln your issue of Ist instant, appears a letter signed " Abolitionist," &c, in which the writer, with the plausibility habitual to those, persons who are determined to have a grievance,, however small, proceeds to tell the conversation of two children, and from that to deplore the sowing of the seeds of sectarian animosity, imputing the said seed-sowing to the Protestant part of the population of Cardrona, or at least those having any interest or direction in the Sunday School. The writer has written either in ignorance of the facts, or has wilfully misrepresented them. In the first place, he should recollect it was purely a Sunday School picnic ; secondly, that the lady who is the schoolmistress is also the teacher of the Roman Catholic portion of the Sunday School; that this lady was appealed to to combine and take part with her scholars in the said picnic, but, after a delay, gave it to be understood that either from want of funds or want of consent of parents, she could not take any part in it. The invitations given, as "Abolitionist" says, at the eleventh hour were to be free, and were given in a friendly spirit, and do not deserve the ill-natured interpretation put upon them by him. I will here also add that the ladies who were at the expense and labour of getting up the affair only desisted from pressing their invitation from a fear of offending the religious scruples of their neighbors. In conclusion, it is to be regretted that " Abolitionist of Prejudice" should make such a public mountain of such a private molehill; and it is sincerely hoped by the writer of this that he will take to his own consideration the beautiful verse he so spitefully throws at others with another from the same authority, viz., "Blessed are the peacemakers." By inserting this, you will oblige Fair Play. Cardrona, February 2, 1876. *.

To the Editor of the Ckomwell Argus. Sir,—Two letters have appeared in your columns within the last few weeks criticising the management of certain Sunday Schools. While disclaiming any intention of entering on a discussion of the merits of the cases instanced, and even assuming for the occasion the peculiar views of the writers to be correct, I would ask what result can possibly be Sought in the publication of those letters? Is it to be supposed that those who devote much time and labor to teaching and conducting Sunday Schools will yield up any part of their plan at the direction of one or two who possibly confine their efforts in such matters to the easy and pleasant i task of finding fault and offering advice through the Press? Of the writers themselves I would say as little as possible. Their opinions are undoubtedly their own property ; but I suspect, Sir, that in some instances your good nature says " publication," your good taste at the same time prompting "waste-paper basket," and your numerous readers are the victims. —I am, &c, E. M. Wakefield. (Jromwell, February 4, 1876. *