THE BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2010, 18 March 1914, Page 8

THE BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.

am Ally gi'at-efajl io yotir qor-rosisoiAi-ut, hq, T(y. .^y.jjjii lffls .» He roundly ifovukmns me -for tfefcrrijig t» Switeei-liiwd an-cl. wry xhmUs 'sltrnVS ho* different tho cqiiiJitiote in tlja-t twttniry are irom oii-re. Ho lias writeii- this appafently m hlteful ignorance Itat jt Was Cauan Garland who iiitwdncod Swifacr-hiud into Aa aisCussimi, All I fesittd to show was that the citation of Switaserla-nd was a rpry unhapßy «me for tlw ;Bibla-in*Seho.(ils League," th-at ■eountrj' having fraiikJ.y aecepUid .a deBOijiiimtional or seetatrim sy-.sten. I welcome- your etriTesiiondoM-t tlierrforc asan allyI de not profess -te iiftdfifsfahd, how. ever, what ytm-r cerresppncjifeiit is -drivwg at .in th* lust paragraph of his letter, ■but ho aiijwjws to urge that as -somb m-misters haV-e Ijraktn'tlip law i ; ji tim■cilni the Jlmv siiould l).e made io poit forj.ii to the p-i'aetiep o'f the ittW-teiifcoi'e, so tjtat alt breaches of the law by ihoSo-dev-oted iiMiu ittiiy la-W'tea-lc, firs shouH ho' the .law-rtuikprs, .SttfcJv yma corresp.oij.d«iit is wandering with Alice in Wonderland. J ' '!%() statemeiit that the- law is broten. : wherever tha JScfson sysioiii pr.<3\;aiis 3s ■ simply false; tho system is in -opefirtion' ■ iu Nelson, reaches 6fet -09 .per -peiit. <rf" . the -ehildfcn, and does not fo-etit the ■ law.'—l. am, etc-., tfioa A, HMTE& ; \ WelliiigtaiJi March U, ML "" " PIUT&'S fIEifEftENDpM ftND THE "ANtl-BiBUE" PARTif, ■Sir,-—laii me express Wy fhaiiljs to you for so folly reporting Sthafc part -oi Uishop SpSrott's SefflWii lit dealt with Pilate's sonoajled rSereiidum-1 Again an.d agrt-in. -have the '■'Aiit.i-Bi.bte?' .party, like .jtlie he& tiiot-ted' out the easft .of Pilatd- . : oppMu.g- the ' ! pfinciiJt© of tl». ie%endjuu > i\myi craftily" SHpJire.ssiiig tlic fact thftii fflie propositi for Ncav Zbaland caii in mo real tense he t®iitpa;r.ed to 'the eveiit a? , recortfed in (J.ospef histoTJ- tliaj. tlie Bishop 3ws oixposfld iihe itu:pid lacy .q't su# a coiftc.nt.ipn, t fancy vtjie Aiiti-Biblfl".party in futtjfo'wift make fictiirt refeyeiKe. to tlw action of J'ilate. Some-'timo ago % thought ; it my duty. tp subscribe aiiy ijute- to the. Ittnd? <rf tho Defence Leagjts (■?), hut-the lectinfmg and hectofing niainier ef its leaders ■SgojV drove n»6 Out rf its Sfthks. I liisfo.r to :ris,k %ha stf'Called clerleii iittolerance —whatever tbgt jnfly- raean—than. to suhniit -to the- swash-hickler methods of tilie No-Bible, .party,* I Botite tip-day olio of To.ui' corrps* pondejits atimits, the. historicity; of ■Pila-te's ectjoii-. How, schola-rs a-iid divjnte o!. tlie Universe should bqto fiiiid 'ftat a ;pi:qfessof in One of the colleges iii tli;is 'jfa.r-jvway'cfirner <xf tlie' ' cartli should liay-.o coiicedecl , so iii.uch, Wli.atcoiides.ceiisioj.ll— Limbic., '' : \ . ■ ■3SLtRAN,Oi!. .