BIBLE-IN-SCHOOLS BILL
ARCHBISHOP ON OPPOSITION
“The Religious Exercises in Schools Bill has been designedly blocked by the opposition,” said Archbishop Averill at the annual meeting of the Auckland Diocesan Mothers’ Union yesterday. “Never - the less, I feel sure it will in time be passed, owing to the large majority of members supporting it.” The Archbishop added that. the Hon. L. M. Isitt, who had previously fathered the bill, had been promised by Sir James Allen an opportunity to introduce it in the Legislative Council.
It was most earnestly desired that there should be public, recognition of Almighty God in the public schools and that the children should gain some knowledge of the Bible. At present, clergymen throughout New Zealand, in taking confirmation services, found little religious training to build upon when instructing the classes of young people. If the bill were passed, half the loaf would be gained and 'the other half would need to be supplied by the Church and the home.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3672, 30 July 1927, Page 3
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163BIBLE-IN-SCHOOLS BILL Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3672, 30 July 1927, Page 3
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