THE BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 304, 22 December 1914, Page 2

THE BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.

LEAGUE WORK TO BE CON-

TINUED.

Per Association. Wellington, December 21

At a largely attended meeting of delegates of the Bible-in-Schools League, a resolution was adopted', expressing "thankfulness at the' progress made, which has resulted in 36 members being returned to Parliament ready to support the referendum asked for by-the churches constituting the League. Tho executive draws attention" to the fact that all along it has urged that the subject of religious instruction in State schools should be kept out of the political arena. Had a referendum been taken at the recent general election, it would have been settled independently of the political questions which were before the country. Those members of the late Parliament who accepted the doctrine that the referendum principle was not applicable to this question, because, according to its opponents, it dealt with a religious subject, must, therefore, parry the. full responsibility for any political situation arising therefrom. The League takes this opportunity to reiterate its conviction that adequate provision for the religious and mora! training of the young is xhe only sound foundation for the continued good government or prosperity of any country. The league believes that the surest way of making the national system of education permanent is by affording to all parents an equal opportunity for their children to have Bible-reading and religious instruction as an integral part of their education. The League, believing that the children's welfare is of paramount importance, will continue its work until the people, as the sovereign tribunal, are allowed an opportunity of accepting or rejecting the> proposals made by the churches in the League. The executive hereby reaffirms its continued confidence in Canon Garland; whose leadership, it trusts, will continue until our end is achieved.