BIBLE IN SCHOOLS

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XVII, Issue 12, 1 June 1927, Page 12

BIBLE IN SCHOOLS

[Reprinted from "The Dominion, ' Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday. March 10, 1«27.j ZANE GREYmT ADVOCACY. Mr. Zane Grey, the well-known author and sportsman, who is at present deep-sea fishing m the northern

waters of New Zealand, has given his opinion on the Bible-reading m State schools question at the request of the Citizen's Bible m Schools Propaganda Committee Writing from Russell, Bay of Islands, under date February 28, he states : — "I believe m Bible reading m the schools. In the United States this is practised, but onV such portions read as will not' offend tne various Christian denominations and people of other religious faiths, and to me that is the wisest course to pursue^ since there is no such thing as a universal religion. The Bible is the greatest book ever written. I have received much''inspiration from it, and those masters of literature that I have studied most assiduously were ardent students of the Bible and God-fearing men. "I might add that the judges of our courts throughout America are almost unanimous m the opinion that lack of .religious training m the homes is largely responsible for juvenile delinquency."