NATIVE MORALITY
POSITION JX M FLAX I'M’A 'The standard of morality among many ol" the native peoples''of Melanesia would nut Xow Zealanders to shame, stated the Bishop of Melanesia. the Rt. Rev. W- Tl. BadJeley, when addressing supporters of the Melanesian mission in Christchurch. The religion of these people was pagu. it was true, but there was much in it to admire. The missionary could not go among them and succeed merely through tin* assertion that he had something' better to. offer them. Practical proof of superiority was demanded and, in addition, it was necessary to take what those people had already of their own and build on‘it.
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Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 87, 21 September 1938, Page 1
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108NATIVE MORALITY Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 87, 21 September 1938, Page 1
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