GOOD FRIDAY AND THE BIBLE
The following is quoted as an iv* stance of the ignorance of some State schools of the meaning of Good Fri^ day : In a school in the Wairarapa, prior to the Easter holidays, a master invited to show hand* those who knt-w why they Lad ti holiday at Easter. I'll'-1 first answer w.is. '• We keep Good Frid >y bavins-* Captain C i.ilc discovered New Z-jalund then." Th>' second answer was, "To commemorate the iSoii'h Island bo'no; joined to the i\o t i Island. The 'thirl answt-r..o.finw irrmi h little cirl, who said : " We keep Good Friday because Christ was crucified and rose from the deal at Easier." There is no Suu<l>vy Schno1 her'l, ai.d, of course, no Bible in c 'hool 8
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 26 June 1914, Page 5
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127GOOD FRIDAY AND THE BIBLE Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 26 June 1914, Page 5
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