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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 83, 3 July 1928, Page 5

should cover every part of life; and to deprive the child of religious training was to deprive it of the opportunity of forming character. The Bible wa s recognised as the great classic of the English language. Some opponents, of Bible teaching in schools admitted that it would be a good thing to have the Bible introduced in the schools as literature., The supporters of Bible-in-Schools would welcome such an introduction of the Bible, but the opponents mentioned quite illogioally objected to the platform of the Bible-in-Schools League. Religious instruction was necessary in schools, because tlfe schools should be an idealised epitome of community life. Work in the schools to-day dealt with every of community life, except one, the most important-re-ligion. In New Zealand there was no State religion, but there was a. motional faith-Christianity- But in the primary schools, where children were sent in their most impressible years, the text-book of Christianity was debarred. Mrßlamires concluded by moving. That tins meeting of citizens and parents of Stratford satisfaction with the entirely scula principle of the present system o education, because it is a menace to the State, an injustice to the child, d a danger to the moral and reliXI interests of the community. tee til vight to continue the Nelson en, where it is worbng satisfactorilv. it views as inadequa +p,« which does not place the Bible Tito Wiool curriculum and canno Z applied to all the primary schools of the Dominion. The motion was earned with onrj thro© dissentients. * A vote of thanks to the chair concluded the meeting.