Orders of the Day — EPISCOPAL CHURCH (SCOTLAND) BILL [Lords]

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 18 February 1964.

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Photo of Mr Arthur Woodburn Mr Arthur Woodburn , Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire 12:00, 18 February 1964

It is a small Bill, but it deals with hundreds of years of history and winds up to some extent an episode of which we can be partly proud and partly ashamed. Not only did they drive forward and drive the Indians sack, but wherever the Presbyterian Army went in America they founded a church and then a school.

Since Scotland was the place where after the Reformation democracy established the first public education for ordinary people, it was they who carried education with the Church right through America. The famous colleges of America—Princeton, Yale, Harvard—are relics of this Scottish Presbyterian Church school development in America. Therefore, hon. Members when claiming credit for the Episcopal Church can also claim credit for the emancipation of America from the English.