THE BISHOP'S ADDRESS.
The Bishop of "Wellington has made out as good a case as is pospible for the Bible in Schools party. He has ■not succeeded, however, in justifying the taking of a referendum on a proposal that is an assault upon the conscience® of every school teacher in the employ of the State. If children are to be protected by the conscience clause, surely teachers should be similarly protected. The Bishop of Nelson, in a pastoral letter, has left no doubts in the public mind that denominational teaching is proposoa to be introduced. There is little wonder, therefore, that the -Conp-regationalists and the Baptists, and the W.C.T.U., and other religious and semi-religious organisations yi-.mv the plat-form of the 'Bible-iri-Achools League with apprehension. The fears of proselytising and of sectarian strife have doubtless led the smaller religious bodies to protest. 'When a section of the Protestant churches are hostile when the Roman Catholic community are vigorously so, and when the teachers as a body resent the proposals of the Bible-in-Schools League, the leading newspapers of the Dominion may be excused for warning the public against being led into a trap.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 9 April 1913, Page 4
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191THE BISHOP'S ADDRESS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 9 April 1913, Page 4
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