Article April 7, 1928 Issue

In a long letter published in your columns recently, the...

Miss Madge Bell, Committee on Publication for North Island, New Zealand,—Wellington

Evening Post

In a long letter published in your columns recently, the writer frankly admits that much of what he says is "all by the way," rather than that it deals directly with the one point at issue. It is, however, always a pity when a clergyman steps aside in order to try to belittle the religious beliefs of others, even though he does not accept them for himself. Christian Science, contrary to the Bishop's implication, is not a "mutilated or skeleton Christianity;" and a practical knowledge of its teaching will assure any sincere seeker after Truth that it is based on the words and works of Christ Jesus.

Christian Scientists hold that the home, the church, and the Sunday school are the legitimate centers where the children should gain a knowledge of the Bible, and learn how to apply its teaching in their daily experience and in the development of true character. They have nothing to fear if selected portions of the Bible are read in our public schools, and they see nothing iniquitous or incongruous in the fact that in this section of the British Empire, whose acknowledged Sovereign must of necessity be a Protestant, the Bible, which is admitted by some of her greatest statesmen to be the basis of the Empire's greatness, should be allowed a small place on the school syllabus, provided that the tendency to sectarian bias is not also allowed in the schools. A majority of our people hope that this method will remedy the apparent failure of the other means for providing the children with practical knowledge of true standards for use in developing real character.

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