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BIBLE IN SCHOOLS

5. Bl INSPECTOR'S SPEECH I)3f CONVINCED OF THE NEED OF IT. 1. 10 (By Toloirraph.-Spocial OorrerooniicnU Auckland, May 11. 11 r, ?* r ' M'Kcnzie, Inspector of Schools, spoke to-night to an cnthusi3, nstio and crowded meeting in the Town n Hall to urge the demand of a refereniy dum on the Bible-in-Schoo!s question, is Ho stated that lie spoke not as a it member of the League, but as an edu- >. cationist. The most modern edueation:o ists agreed that no educational system e was complete unless it included rolio gious education. Ho had been conif verted to tho Bible-in-Schools movement ?, ment by the appalling ignoraneo of ). 'pupils of the Bible, so much so that •„ they could not understand Bible refer,f ences in tho text books, and also bee cause of what ho had seen in Australia, 0 where ho was satisfied that tho system works admirably. Opponents to the s movement said that tho modern State is e is secular or neutral in religious mattors. How about tho coronation of the 3 King, the opening of Parliament with ,f prayer, the chaplains to the Army and Navy, and to tlio gaols? Professor j Findlay, Professor of Education at ManB Chester University, said that what most , men desired was not less Teligion, but morenot that religion should bo banished from the schools, but that it j should invade the warehouse, tho facj; tory, and the forum. The speaker said ■ that tho State is the citizen written large. Who is to say what 1 the State may or may not od but tho citizens p Tlio religious tost for teachers was perfect nonsense on the part of tho League's opponents, tj'c.v. could not produco one instance of dismissal or friction. Teachers did not talk about their conscivncos being hurt, but others did for them. The speaker did not know ono atheist teacher, and only one Jew, who, he said, could give lessons simply, from, the Old lestamcmt. Were Judges' consciences , hurt becauso they examined witnesses on oath, and say a prayer after the sentence of death P Yet their two best Judges were agnostics. Their opponents said .that Australian teachers had to say what pleases churchmen and others, yet-the New South Wales teachers have formed a trades union and mean to bring tho Minister of Instruction before tho. Arbitration Court. AUCKLAND DEMONSTRATION. <By Telegraph.—Pre3S Association.) Auckland, May 11. A well-organised demonstration in fa-, vour of Bible-in-schools took place in' the Town Hali to-night, about 3500 people participating. Addresses were delivered by prominent clergymen, including Bishop Averill, and the proceedings were enthusiastic. It was decided to send a telegram to the Prime Minister conveying an expression of She desire of the meeting that an opportunity bo given for taking a referendum on the question of teaching the Bible iri Schools.

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2146, 12 May 1914, Page 5

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BIBLE IN SCHOOLS Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2146, 12 May 1914, Page 5

BIBLE IN SCHOOLS Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2146, 12 May 1914, Page 5

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