The Rev. C. Watt, who described himself as - a leader of the Biblo-in-Schools League in New Zealand at one time, speaking in Brisbane recently, went back apparently a good deal on what he had propounded on this side of the water (says the “New Zealand Times”). “God,” he said, “has opened mv eyes, and I no longer clcisire to see religious instruction given 4n State schools. I love the Bible, I preach it, I trust it, but the very last people in the world that I would entrust with the teaching of the Bible, would be the Governments of the States. The Government should have absolutely nothing to do with the religious education.” He was satisfied that all the bitterness and bigotry that existed were engendered in the-,chi!dren, and he thought the best way of eradicating both was by having no denominational schools, and an education system strictly free, secular, and compulsory. Aged persons are peculiarly benefited by Stearns’ Wine,as it possesses the stimulating properties of mellow old wine in addition to its value as a body builder and strength reaver,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2359, 27 November 1908, Page 4
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181Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2359, 27 November 1908, Page 4
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