BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.
TO THE EDITOR. Sib,—l observe in the " Notes'' in this evening's Star a statement which convoys an incorrect impression as to what the demand of the Uiblt-jn-school advocates really is. You state: "Once almitjrcligious teaching, whether in the form of the exposition of the Bible texts or otherwise, and such teaching must practically be very much what the several school committee-, each in their own district, please." You further add, "this would be bo had the Bibie-in-schoole potitioncri their own way." Such a representation of the demand made by the petitioners has been so often contradicted on authoritative grounds, that I am surprised that it hhould still bo made. The demand of the petitioners is for Bible-reading solely and exclusively, without exposition of the Bible texts. In proof of this, I refer you to the various manifestoes of the Bible-in-schools party, or to the lecture by Bishop Nevill recently delivered in this City. The addross issued by nineteen members of the late Parliament distinctly speaks of Bible-reading without any reference to exposition of texts.—l am, etc James Copland. Dunediu, October 15.
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Evening Star, Issue 7344, 17 October 1887, Page 2
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184BIBLE IN SCHOOLS. Evening Star, Issue 7344, 17 October 1887, Page 2
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