BIBLE IN SCHOOLS EXECUTIVE RESOLUTIONS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18546, 21 August 1928, Page 11

BIBLE IN SCHOOLS EXECUTIVE RESOLUTIONS.

At a full meeting of the New Zealand Bible-in-Schools League Dominion Executive, held in Wellington, the following resolutions were carried unanimously. They indicate the attitude of the Bible-in-Schools League to the present situation. (1) The league views with satisfaction the general progress of the movement throughout the Dominion, the proved support of the great majority' of parents, and the further evidence of popular support given in the demonstrations of citizens and parents held this y r ear in the main centres of population. It rejoices in the advance made in the present session of Parliament over that of 1927, and urges its members to be full of determination to carry on till victory' is achieved.

(2) Realising that the moral and spiritual welfare of a community is of greater importance than any party_ interests of any' political organisation, and that primary consideration in voting should be given to the highest well-being of the children, the league executive calls on all supporters seriously to view the high responsibilities of the franchise and the duties of Christian citizenship, and to redouble their efforts to secure the election of Parlia mentary candidates who have in the past consistently voted—or who will pledge their support in the future—for the Religious Exercises in Schools Bill, a Bill that has behind it the overwhelming weight of public opinion. (3) It also reminds all who uphold the national system of education that the provisions of the Religious Exercises in Schools Bill make no new de parturc in education, being associated with national systems in many other parts of the world, and are, in fact, already well established in the secondary schools of New Zealand. That the secondary’ school system of opening with religious exercises should be ex tended to primary schools should occasion no distrust or fear.