BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 205, 30 August 1913, Page 5

BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.

[to the editor.] ■Sir One reads and! hears about the , burning arid! long-winded controversy j now raging over the Bible in" State ' schools teaching, with interest and • yet considerable regreie-regret, let me say, because of the animus it) seems to arouse in the minds and hearts of some controversialists. It; i^. clear, however, that we all, from ' our'several points of view, are desirous that the right course be finally ■adopted, and the right course is, that; the best thing be done for the com- | plete education of our children and the good of the generations to follow. ' We all want this, though not agreed; upon it. It seems to me, therefore, f that the only way to fairly settle the question is to refer it to a plebiscite of the people for decision. Let it gb by the vote of tihe majority, and have done with it. , This is the proposal of the Bible in State Schools League—a course that civilised and enlightened peoples invariably adopt for the settlement of big questions over which there is diversity of opinion. It is British, too, and that is what we all claim and are proud to be. THOS. S. GRACE, Aaxjhdeacon.