BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.

Otago Witness, Volume 1851, Issue 3809, 15 March 1927, Page 76

BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.

MR ZANE GREY FAVOURS READING. WELLINGTON. March 9. Mr Zane Grey-, the well-known author and sportsman who is at present deepsea fishing in the northern waters of New Zealand, has given his opinion on the question of Bible-reading in State schools at the request of the Citizens’ Bible in Schools Propaganda Committee. Writing from Russell under date February 28, he states : “I believe in Biblereading in the schools. In flic United States this is practised: but only such portions are read as will not offend the various Christian denominations and! people of other religious faiths; and to me that seems to, be the wisest course ’ foi pursue, since there is no such thing as a universal religion. The Bible is thq greatest book ever written. I have received much inspiration from it, and those masters of literature that I have studied nujpt assiduously were ardent students ftf the Bible and God-fearing men. I might add that the judges of our courts throughout America are almost unanimous in the opinion that a lack of religious training in the homes is largely responsible for juvenile delinquency.”