BIBLE-IN-SCHOOLS LEAGUE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 168, 22 December 1914, Page 4

BIBLE-IN-SCHOOLS LEAGUE.

DBTERMI.VED TO PERSEVERE, By Telegraph.—Per Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. At a largely attended meeting of delegates of the Bible-in-Sehools League, a resolution was adopted, expressing "thankfulness at the progress made, which has resulted in 3(1 members being returned to Parliament ready to support the referendum asked for by the churches constituting the League. The 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- Parliamentwlio accepted the doctrine' that tlic re. fcrendum principle was not applicable to this question, because, according to its opponents, it dealt witli a religious' subject, must, therefore, carry 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 moral training of the young is the 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 Biblereading and religious instruction as an integral part of their education. The League, believing that the children's welfare is of paramount imoprtance, will continue its work until the people, - as ' the sovereign tribunal, are allowed an opportunity of accepting or rejecting the proposals made by the c'hurchea in 'ilie Leagii'?. The executive hereby rc- ' affirms it-j continued confidence in 1 Canon Garland, whose leadership, it Mrusts, will continue until our end is ! achieved.