BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 32, 1 November 1907, Page 11

BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.

'^iiy-^As' a.,'Jßritiph "jra 'take ; the nariib of Christian, ''which .is.,a' national'..ac- : knoiyledgment of .belief in-Christ'*,'our Lord. Our jßritish laws;.are based ; on pf. Gpd^i'Evory..document, 'letter, /or.; hook that .' isl'used in. our .daily.' the', date's : apknowlodges; out. Lor A.'. ceorcion is contrary to the', :^irit','of. : tbi3 : ,djspciißation/(tho.'"day',of. provision" is made, for . thpfi4. ( wll6' may'ldiffcr 'as tp ;'their children be-, ' in^V&ii^|;ltrqm,tb6,'.^or^ipf. ; Qod,' .and,..l af*. fim^JßO^'a{^mptlj M .thSti''*yio above, facts, show 'that' it' is.' a'. mpst .'.'unreasphable, for the. objecting paHy,' ; )tp,,deny., a,,'. Christian odramunity,,,tho, right', and, 1 , privilege. to,', have the '.Word 'of ~,God; enabling ,the children;.tb,".',respect.' if, produced.; r. l 'fuf.tlier'..Btato that .any Government .legis- , a'.British',possession, is inconsistent, ' whek' allocs a law .to 'exist' excluding the Wtird of Go'd 'froA its schools. ', Aslt.aiiy man of'jengthened' experience ,who employs youth-, f fui''labpu'r-'as !to present, 'conditions,compared wi,th' :those. 'd.f| .former.. years, iwh'en!; the Bible wks ! ,in 'evidence in most, of the public, schools iri'.the '.Country. ~;He could r inforni yoa • of\th£wide,difforencc,npw.exisiing as .to..lack, of^riithfulness,:,;h'pnesty, andi uprightness;; als'6 a 'distiiictflowering.of. the moral tone., J , have'fio' hesitation in affirming that this is mainly ,-duo to the exclusion of the Holy Scriptures from our public schools. -When , 'a. heathen.i-.chiof, „askefl /; our,,.late- : noble .'a'nd she presented.him; with'a ,'co'py,'of./fche .Holyj Scriptures,' itifprmiiig. him,;' jtjtfat' . tho soufce. from .whence ft"^^&7J'TJpd|r ( ''.G«l'' wai pwo onhhigh: .posi-; -,i tibnVa's,a''British,natipn l -to the plaep we have, • the Bible.* The . present; condition, is a rapfd down' grade, in this young colony.—l amj eto., . » D R LKWERS... .Wollingtony octoher|-30. v-i-::r<. r'' •