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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 110, 8 May 1873, Page 4

TO THE EdITOB v OF THE NELSON EVEMtfG YUXj. Sib,—l am quite swe your couespondeat •* An Elector"thinks tlie7qus.tion rrxod is, " Sl all instruction in •iihe Scriptures' be given ji school or out of school?" but the Yal question is a moire serious, one, namely,.-^.Sh:'^ it be given ?n ech ol under circtfms^abccs. arsd by taachers approved of by the kv.pl. committees, or not at „ all?" ■.•;;■..* .'■' ''.''■. - ' One instance will suffice tj prove,tbis. In a • district, tbat of Waim-r Jouth aud West, that has only the resident mm r.sterst"> look af f 3r its spiritual interests, there r:e +;n public schools. Jn two c.ses, Motup-ko and "■ ov Jale, it wOuld take two days, to travel to theschcol aad back. It is.pleln, therefore, tha fi without the aid of the masters and mistresses, no Knowledge _of the i'oriptures will be ,imp;'i7:d to the ch r dren m most of these schools. [-A. further..practical question is—" If religious instruction is to be given out of scho 1 hours what is*to secure the attendanceof the children ?" I will ask those who, like the writer of th 2 V ter ireferredvto, profess to wish to "have the Act amended in the interests of re^ious teaching, *• > consider first: what must be the practical results of , such amendment lam.&c, Jok. Speab, Assistant Curate Weimea South ?nd West.