PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.
(Per Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, February 21. At the Presbyterian Assembly the fol lowing resolution was moved : —That the Assembly re-affirms its position in relation to our national systemof education ; that, while o|>posed to dennminationalism. yet it holds that no eystem is complete without, the introduction, of the Bible *nto our public schools. It requests the Presbyteries to do all in their power, in co-, operation with other churches, to get the' law so changed as to allow the Bible, guarded by a time-table and conscience clause, to be introduced into our national schools.
An amendment was tabled as follows : — That the General Assembly resolve that, after this year, the Bible in' Schools Committee be discontinued, and that the attention of our ministers, officers, and people bo directed ■to the facilities now enjoyed undere the Education Act for giving Scripture lessons, in secular schools, and urge that advantage be taken of the Bame. After a brief discussion the motion was carried.
The next meeting of the Prewbyterian Assembly will be held in Christchurch on the second Tuesday in February, 1900.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 23 February 1899, Page 3
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181PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 23 February 1899, Page 3
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