THE BIBLE IN STATE SCHOOLS.

Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 1, 11 June 1886, Page 3

THE BIBLE IN STATE SCHOOLS.

Tm :iv; deb tie took jflneo iu O* Ifoi’.’e <ni W»-d?*-M:-y ■— Jlr M.'ttzie* m<7vyi. That, in the opinion of lhi> ♦!<«!»> -il, w-ry school o>«m- uttve Uinuld '<cLc power, if it saw fit, to iir e t!:C BJKi- to be read it) its schorl mniti'cnt. 'nbps-t tai taiACg, •ts.il a con'i.i»*ori-t-Jau-e. In hrin.-hgj Use m.-.tt. r forward. h'.' r. wkul that not'd th< <p»w!-r»n w;n du-id._d, '.nddeiMi-d in Ijwour of tie Bible being o-M in Stet--<d»-«.ls. tin- matter won’.! inevitable •mo np ag-thi and ngrum In th", m:l:<h>U under the London Scii'ml 11 ard, it had keen -hown conclusively that il was tins desire that the Bible should be t.ui;dit in public “ehocls. The London School Board was the example t-iken advantage of by the English Provincial School Boards, whose desire it also was that tin Bible *hoilM hi) r»‘;ui in Statci schools. In this Colons- h 6 ventured to believe that the majority of the people de«trcd fnat the Bible should l»e read nt State schools. He faded to see why any objcctibnsslionld •« entertained against the Legislature permitting the Bible being read in Wanwinui, for example, even supposing Wellington objected. For'hiivstlf, ho was glad to say that he -was one of thoivands in “ this fab Cblony" v.ho revered the " gped old book.'* the observance of which, he believed, tended to exalt a nation. He trust.il his motion would be curried. Mr Bamicout. while he had the CTaabwt rovrre.iHo for the .Bible, conI that the teaching of the Bible ners in State schools would u» efTi.it of creating sectarian .niongst llic pupils, lie tbonglit • .newhut -strange- that the Bible, w,, v ti taught <he most sublime tenets; should bo such a heme of contention. Ho opposed Mr Shmnski. desired to ascertain from the trtover of the motion which “•gohd old boolv ’ spoken of by him in tho Bible, and which; he said, “ exslteth a nation” was to be read. Was |ha'*good old book” the Old ■Testament, tho New Testament, of some o^'iet 1 of tbc many.books of the. Bible? •Coloiiel Brett: Or the Koran. - Mr Shrim<ki.- Yes, “or the Koran.” Tie hi hcvc-d that if the Bible was read in ti e Start? -schools it would Yn'secU<* -amongst class, nnd religionist jimtnst rciigioai.-t. ■ Who was to be the ar*»ier as uh-it l>ook or portion of the Bible was to be read, or who was to mipar’ the instruction. He' supposed that the New Testament would be <ho-vu. and if this were so, it innst inc-.ilaldy give' oflbnco to the parents (>f Jewish children who were attending ,be Stale schools, nnd who could not accept the teacliiugs contained, in the Bible. .. . ' ■

, C<>lnml Prtt pf voting for the motion.- The religion vf i» n.uioii which Aid not partake of <dadnt»'of the Bible, partook of that of the ttevil, and anv eonntrr in which tse J i! dr was not read in the schools I tens going t«» pciditron. s '■ * Mr Seoll iu<l. white ho revered the 'ttble, ol jcetcl to the Ixjuk being read •|H schools. If the Bible, wire read by a tcaci’cr daily in the schools in a pent Xunctory manner it could do no good, ■uid if a c’crgyni.m read the Bible in tlm. scbix-l iliscnvdon ■ would arise* With the -leepc-t regret he admitted ■tlhtt infidelity wa,"» increasing in tlie Colouev *.o an Manning extent, but he fjuhd to. see that the motion, would av.« the effect of remedying the evil. . ’.•Mr Holmes aupportisl the motion, ixlr. <<n-« as ho did that the Bible was Jm best < -diicatiouM book extant, irres-po<-tiic of its religious tendencies. • Mr Bath-jiite’s chief reason tor impporitm* the motion »#» that the counhr prescribed tlic bool;, which not o>>’v grour.de 1 the children ill religions ai.'j moral Irnining. but ah. streiiglh-eni-d thenr in the sentiments upon •whi.-h the greatest or dors and law♦i’.. -s of niievient as veil as of modcrii dn ■ s thmided tin ir te s hi ts.> lie jsnpp.>rnnl Hrd motion.' . *, . . <.Mr f ihn inn objected to the motion, as it would be ealc ilntisi. if .tgri’cd to, fut need .ig.iin.-t creed, as also to im» y.-ii' present sy-stem of education. Children should b'- u „ Bible triitlK nt .their mother’s kn< <*. mid also from ilvrgv. and not from lay teachers. Tiie Cnnneil A-Bidsl o-i the motion, ii. eh w:i ; earned.- Ayx i, 20, Jiogs, 14.

•Wposeil i-Ti pcrjirluil lcaSc,*aim"the mofle of pay lien! for

1- Tin land to W. si-lcctcd nmlrr jlhrso vi*.*ida‘,on< sl*nH bo Judd oil perpetual leas*- far lire* Prs-i ternf of I I’lrty years, add tar siiW,|uent terms of twont v-onc yeatrs, »\ itt«.,i»t. r-'.xy right of acip-iiupg-the feccli'dh ‘ , \-

-• Tile Ireritsl si-.-dl W Wvie'l on tho capital Mil'ic «>£ the tsi’il, v-hich *liall in no Pase-t.i- less ttian gOs :*.n acre.- • % Ne cliUrge V.il b-'iua.’U: for Vhi lonso, wbii ii s lr.nl l.i* in tiie farm »;* the Schedulu hereto, Uyond the sum oi' lOs (>,- i,-gis. *< ::!ig »h<r i-tnio in tiitr Lanu .Transhr lXarirtimnt.

d. lhni-w.ds of lease'; shall be Subject in 01 re*p .-t > to tin* pronaians ofieeii.uu t't £■- Im of part IV, of tlio ** Land Act, ISSa.*

'». M-irrlcd men will h ive jvreftrorice as s* lect.-rs ruder these rcgidat’ons.

t*. N.» gn utcr e.roa than lift.*- acres will Iv r;ll.*t{e;l to any <„u.' 'app!ior,i'.t. 7. ciiihji-et to wich er.iiditions as tho steward of village *ettlen*onts may jire- ■ oriU;. nnd wiihin the first five years'of tiie date of the si-leetion. an nd\e.nee of a sum not exceeding i.'iO will be made to assist a selector in the erection of a house on his selection; and in b'.idi lands a further sum not exceeding i.'2 10.* an acre up to but not excreting nil area of 20 acres will bo advanced for busl'-ft-Umg and for gnssmg from such sums us may be appro} riated by I'arlianicnt for these pur--IH-W-S. . • '. . S. Hie annual rental shall beeper pent, on the* capital vuhie of the land, together with 5 percent on such .'nuns vs may be advanced in terms of clause 7, payable half-yearly, on the Ist day of January or hdy next ensuing after the lapse of six mouths from the di**es of the selection and advances respectively. 9. -VII applications for land under these regulations shall bn- made to the Comluissioncr of Crown I,.vnd.s for the district. Where more appUeations than one ate made on the same day for the same land, till- right to occupy the land applied for shall, subject to clause- f>, Ih> determined by lot amongst the applicants. - 10. Kadi selector oi transferee will be ivip.ired to oecnpv bis section ns Ins home, and to make jk .ananent imnrovcim nt* as required by clauses 11 and 12. 11. Each, selector shall within two years cultivate one acre, and within four years the half of the remainder, of his selection. ' J * - Ii I’cnamient improvements shall moan:— - t * • • * ■" (a.) IVncih™ the land with timber or .. other durable ill vterials, not being ! a bmsh fence; or (b.) Breaking up and laying down the • same in English or other cultivated grass; or - ... (e.) Breaking up and planting or sowing root or other crop therein : and, tn ease of bush lands, the felliug and clearing of timber and Sowing of .. grasa. •* • - * Ift. ti-lnctors' sbalt- not subdivide or snbdct their holdings; but, with the consent of tlio Commissioner of. Crown Tamils for the district, they may transfer them, provided that i*U ihe conditions of these regulations have boon fulfilled to date of application to transfer.. No person ■wllii has an interest in any land in the colony shall he eligible as a sel*’.tor under these 1-1. No selector shall take up more than one allotment under these regulations, which shall be In Id for his sole use and bor.cfit, nnd not for the use or benefit of any other person whomsoever. • 15. Any selector who shall fail to comply wi*h these regulations in any respect shall, upon sufficient proof theteof to the satisCvctiou of tli*j Commissioner, forfeit, his interest in tlw land selected. 10. In eftse any* doubt shall are as to the construction of these terms and conditions with reference to tho selection and occupation or clearing of .'any land, or otherwise arising thereunder, tlio sarno shall to settled by* the Commissioner. .