The History of Christian Education in This Century (2)

When the men of De Afscheiding came to this country in the middle of the nineteenth century they confessed that one of the reasons for their coming was "That we may enjoy that great privilege of seeing our children instructed in Christian schools, a privilege that we lack here, since in the public schools a general moral instruction is given which may offend neither Jew nor Romanist, while free schools are barred." (Pamplet; Landverhuizing, Brummelkamp en Van Raalte). So there came to this...