BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.
HON. L. M. ISITT'S ADDRESS. At the invitation of the Canterbury School Committees' Association, the Hon. L. M. Isitt, M.L.C., placed before delegates last evening the views of those who support some measure of Bible teaching in the primary schools. Mr Isitt stated, during the course of his address, that the Nelson system of voluntary classes, outside of school hours, by ministers of religion, that had found some favour in various parts of Now Zealand, could bo accepted only as a "stepping-stone to better things." The speaker said that the secular nature of New Zealand education had caused some concern to the last three Governors-General of the Dominion, all of whom at various times commented adversely on the total exclusion of religious teaching. Beligion, he said, was tho only possible foundation of a strong national character, yet at a conservative estimate 100,000 people to-day were living in a state of heathenish ignorance. He was accorded a vote of thanks for his address.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20622, 11 August 1932, Page 4
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