PROTEST FROM DUNEDIN.

Press, Volume L, Issue 15014, 8 July 1914, Page 11

PROTEST FROM DUNEDIN.

%Us' : .. - (SPECIAL TO ?'THE FBESS.") ■ S^--- , '- DUNEDIN, July!?. . jjc*. }.*3io local committee of tho New ZeaCatholic Federation has passed a tV""ftsolution o£ protest pror -J-r-JKJsed plebiscite on the Bible-in-Schools. because of the injustice it ) % <firould inflict on the .Catholic body. f ' ?M,& meeting of tho Kaiapoi branch %i of- tl?e' Bible-in-Stato-Schools League, field on Monday, the following motion carried unanimously:—"That ap- '«* preciation be expressed of the action of 'I/ 1 tfee w Government in introducing the •Ji,!' Referendum Bill asked for by the League. That the member for the disJlJtrict bo respectfully but strongly urged support by his vote tho wishes of j>if»Bo many ot his constituents, who dethat the whole peopio, whether or supporters of the League's i^ proposals, shall have the opportunity '«rOf- giving a direct-vote-thereon at the f *rti ballocrbox ut the next general election; tab meeting expresses the opinion \\ , that by takmg tins courseencroachment political arena will be avoided."

j s "\ "' tO THE EDITOR OF "THE"PBESS."' V I^' 4 Sir,—Kiudlj ; allow mc space'in your S^v l P*per, to cay a few worus, upon the v -'JiiDle-in-Scnools question. In the first > place, if the pareiitsund guardians *bf 't _ children had in&truc&d their children /la. reiigiouo matters and brought them ; - apintho fear of tho Lord, there would -'. bo a great difference in the Dominion. : , There would not be the: number of crimjVinals and iaw-breukers there .are' toL i-day. '• Train up 'a child in "tho way he [£ should go, and when he is old he will 4?, not depart fronvit," cays the oldvßqok. \ - Whea I -was a. boy my mother always :; made mc learn iridrecit-eafefr verses of -'//Scripture: also in those, days we had - Bible-ieading ,in, pnbljo , , school, / "which certainly did produce a good mi> fiuence upon tho pupils. It ; is, noiiceable now, with few exceptions, : that g - they are all respectable and.law-abiding f ' : eubjecte. It has* been said By men of p^ experience that since .religious instruc,tioa has been-eo mudh' neglected, -tha s]' UoraJ and general tone of tho commas? *®fty has fallen considerably. The ques- ,& was aaked, "What will be the state -V ttf ihe people in twenty-five years time, if-the Bible is still neglected?', , An t t£asheisb once said, that parts of tho - ' ,EHe was not fit for a young girl 'to \ -***& It was aptly answered that tEe . : Bale gave both eides of a man's biohence its great value to warn V -»af instruct those who are taught to it. Any delicate-minded perj '"#oa of either sex can read it and be / * **rned agains>t ths wiles of moral and f enemies. Surely it is high to get back to the Sacred Book, we see fiom your valuable paper,