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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA 13 A PROTESTANT CLERGYMAN ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION A recent issue of The Toledo Times contains this interesting and very sensible article: “The idea of many parents that the religious edu cation of their children is of little concern and that in matters religious the child should be left alone until the time when he can work these things out for himself, is scorned by Rev. Henry A. Arnold, pastor of the Washington Street Congregational Church: “We do not dream of letting our children decide whether they shall have polite manners or not, whether they shall be ignoramuses or not, and yet too often we do not take every means to see to it that they are guided into a helpful religious experience,** he said. “It is infinitely more reasonable that we put in our best energy in seeking to train our children in right habits and moods and impulses, the sources of char acter, than to let them grow up like weeds and then seek by extravagant methods to convert them from the error of their ways. “I bow in humble admiration before the absolutely thorough system of religious education of our sister churches, the Roman Catholic and the Jewish. It is because they have understood the sound pedagogic value of our text, ‘Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not de part from it,’ that they are so marvelously successful in maintaining their hold upon their young. “There is more genuine sanity and prudence, to say nothing of humanity, in seeking to save and uplift the child-life upon which our entire future depends, than in all our efforts in behalf of other civic and patriotic projects.” COMMENTS ON THE BULLETIN Several score members wrote us about The Bulletin. Many excellent suggestions were made and much help given the editors who are striving to make it as good as possible. Some of the letters follow, being reprinted so that all readers may get the viewpoint of all. Again we seriously request criticism. If you like this num ber, which we candidly say is, in our opinion, an improvement over Number One, tell us just what in it meets your approval. If you dislike anything in it, or believe it should contain something that has been omitted, tell us so. It is your paper and the more each contributes to it the better it will be. Multi plicity of ideas co-ordinated is the secret of success in a venture of this kind. Write now. The letters follow: Received the first copy of The Bulletin. I hasten to offer best wishes for the success of the little paper. I am pleased with it. In time, I am sure, it will be come the great “Vehicle of Truth” for Georgia. You don’t know what you have started. From small acorns great oaks will grow ad multos annos. (Rev.) F. Bernard. If there is anything the matter with The Bulletin I failed to see it. Frankly, I liked it very much and enjoyed reading (in our paper) the clipping from The Christian Index I sent you. Believe you made an enviable success with the first copy of the paper. ■—J. E. Morgan. Albany, Ga., March 3, 1920. The writer received a copy of The Bulletin and wishes to congratulate you and your associates for the excellent manner in which the first number of The Bulletin was issued. There are some very interesting and eye-opening facts stated in this first issue, and we think that you should feel justly proud of it. If all the forthcoming issues will be as well gotten up and contain as much real facts of interest as the initial one, then your Bulletin, in the writer’s estimation, will be the strongest piece of literature that you publish.—R. E. McCormack. I will greatly appreciate it if you can send me a few copies of The Bulletin which I received some days ago, and a few of the best pamphlets you have. I am sure that I can use them to advantage. I feel very sure that good will come from the work of the Association, and that God will bless all who lend a hand to this great cause. Miss Mamie Ford. The initial number of The Bulletin is very good, and I know the future numbers of The Bulletin will be a source of pleasure. The article of most interest in The Bulletin to me is “Cremation, Baptism and Ex clusiveness,” as we “Catholics” need this reading mat ter ourselves at times.—P. M. Lynch. I was so impressed with The Bulletin that I re mailed my copy to one of the representatives from Bibb County so he could see what the Catholics of Georgia are doing. I can not see any reason for you to feel any disappointment in your first issue. To use an old saying, “Rome was not built in a day,” The Catholic Laymen’s paper is nearly perfect in its first appearance in public. Trusting that the Cath olic Laymen’s paper will grow and prosper. Annie McKervey. The Bulletin is fine and suits, as it was intended, for the Laymen! I hope it will be so confined. The C. L. A. is close to my heart, and I am anxious that every success attend our efforts. H. M. Sours.