Excerpt from The "Conscience Clause" Speech of the Archdeacon of Taunton in the Lower House of Convocation of Canterbury, February 6th, 1866 When in 1839 the Civil Power applied itself to the question of aiding the school-teaching of the poor, it found that teaching conducted mainly, if not altogether, in England, Wales, Scot land, and Ireland, upon the denominational principle. Exceptions were recognised by the Minute of December 3rd, 1839 but neither this nor any other - including the case of British and Foreign schools, appreciably affect the statement just made. School teaching of the poor in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, was then in all four denominational. It has re mained, and is still, in all four denominational, though in Ireland the principle has been for some years under considerable disfavour on the part of the Civil Power; and it has been the basis of the whole recognised system of the Committee of Council on Education, and, up to 1856, its practice, that it be aided as such. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.