SUPERINTENDENTS' LETTERS.

White Ribbon, Volume 33, Issue 398, 18 September 1928, Page 7

SUPERINTENDENTS' LETTERS.

BIBLE JN .SCHOOLS, hear Comrades, — ‘ Be not weary in well doing," is the Imssage of Scripture from which 1 have gained most comfort since learning the sad result of the Bible in Schools Bill. It is surely (lod s will that the children of the primary, as well as the secondary schools, should have God’s Word to read. “In due season we shall reap" should inspire us all. We must buckle on our armour and get into a renewed battle for the Bible. Our thanks are due to the members of Parliament who helped us in the past so valiantly. We do appreciate their whole-hearted support. Believing that they will assist still more in the future, let us go forward in faith and prayer to victory. MARC,AULT COOK. l)om. SVupt. Bible in Schools. RHSOIATK >NS. At a full meeting of the New Zealand Itibie in Schoo s League nonunion 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 tin great majority of parents, and the further evidence of popular support given in the demonstrations of citizens and parents held this year in the main centres of population. It rejoices in the advance made in the present session of Parliament over that of 1D27. 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 great <sr importance than any party interests of any political organisation, and that primary considerations 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 fran-'-hi.se and the duties of Christian citizenship, und to redouble their efforts to secure the election of Parliamentary candidates who have in the past consistently voted—or who will pledge their support in the future —for the Religious Exercises

j 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 departure in education, being associated with national systems in n any 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 extended to primary schools should occasion no distrust or fear. MAORI DEPARTMENT. I>e;ir Friends, - I hope all Unions are preparing to suitably observe “Maori lk»y." which i> no\v held in October. There are various methods of keeping it. and each Union will know the l>est way of doing so. according to the conditions of their own district. 1 still have copies of the leaflet, “Ourselves and Our Maori Fellow-Citizens.” by the Rev. A. Seamer. which any Union can have by applying to me; also our Maori leaflets on “The Care of the Home and th * Child” and "The Evils of Alcohol ” In some districts a social afternoon might, perhaps, be arranged, to which Maori friends could be Invited. On this day also our Vnions are asked to remember their annual contributions to this fund. Though we have no Maori Organiser in the field this year, we hope it may not be long before we can again employ one, and in the meantime any expenses incurred by District Unions in doing this work is being met by this department. With best wishes to Unions for a successful day.- Tn Union service. N. F. WALKER. 149 Fox Street. Gisborne.