BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.
DUTY OF THE CHURCH. " WE MUST BUILD SCHOOLS." The Bible in schools question, which was under discussion at Friday's sitting of the Anglican General Synod, was referred to by Canon Wilford, of Christchurch, who preached at St. Matthew's Church last evening. The Church, said Canon Wilford, should not approach Parliament with any request that left out the right of entry. Hfli, however, did not consider that at the : present time they should approach Parliament at all. It was now several years since it rnada its last request, and he. asked, "What have we done for our children since that time? We have sat down under it. and given the Ho to our cause. When the Church was refused the right of entry, it should have started to build schools of its own." In certain parts of New Zealand they bad built just enough schools to tell them that the task was possible of accomplishment, but j for the most part they had adopted a policy of lazy acquiescence. Because of I this he was sure that it was useless to again approach Parliament. "There is only one remedy," he said. "Wn must build schools of our own, and go on buDd. ing them until Parliament offers us the right of enti-y into the schools of the land."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18078, 1 May 1922, Page 6
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