OUR FUTURE CITIZENS.
Sirj—Allow " me to point out to the contestants re ..referendum, that 'in the heat of the fray the true issue of the; matter is overlooked or obscured. All who recognise the importance of our children being brought up - to regard honour, truth,, and purity, 1 as' their guiding . are morally bound to use their .best efforts towards the securing; of Bible' teaching in all schools in this Dominion. Without- the. golden Tules" laid down by the Gospels—the pure teachings of Christ—who' can' expect children to have any respect for their parents, or for the laws of tliiir country? I have seen the failure of the present system, from its birth to the present stage of its decadence; 1 arii one of those who havei taught in New Zealand over 40 years, ai)d know the subject on which. I, write. I /write solely - for tlw good ; of the children— our future citizens.' , , CHAS. E.. MEKRITT. 76 Cambridge Terra'ce. Wellington. . i
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2217, 1 August 1914, Page 3
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