MORAL LAW IN STATE SCHOOLS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15061, 2 August 1912, Page 4

MORAL LAW IN STATE SCHOOLS.

; Sir, —There appeared in last Wednesday's ; llkkald the following quotation from I Voltaire: —"All sects aro different, because ! they como from men; morality is every- | where the same because it comes from God." ! which prompts mo to write urging the introI duction of moral and Nature's law in State | schools. It is no use tho priesthood agitatj in" for the introduction of Scripture ill Mtato ' schools becauso all sects (priesthood) como ; from men. Tho Minister for Education j should commission toino _ non-sectarian j moralist to write a treatiso in simple j language on various moral subjects, such as J honesty, truth, sincerity, kindness, thoroughj ness, dignity, moderation, tomperateness, ! benevolence, consistency, generosity, and a ) score of others, one chapter to each subject, I to bo used in school as a reading-book. ! Also for poetry some of tho superb poems lof Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Without doubt j the young at school would absorb teachings j that thoy would never probably ever again have a chance of learning in later life, and the noblest qualities of the British race that have in ado tho Empire great would thereby be perpetuated. Old Dad.