The following is Mr Church's [unclear: ech] on Resolution No. 4, at the [unclear: ble] schools meeting :

That this meeting is strongly of opinion [unclear: At] in the event of Mr G. J. Smith's Bill [unclear: ing] thrown out this session, united action [unclear: ld] be at once taken throughout the [unclear: ny] for the purpose of influencing the [unclear: coming] general election in favor of [unclear: ble] reading in our public schools, and that [unclear: he] following gentlemen be appointed a [unclear: ttee] to take this matter in hand, and [unclear: set] with the ministers of the Presbytery [unclear: of] North Otago: Revs. Canon Gould and [unclear: ten,] and Messrs Greenwood, Scott, [unclear: rell] Church, Harkness, and Rose, with [unclear: ver,] to add to their number.

Sir—Were I to consult my own [unclear: onal] feelings I would content my-[unclear: df] with the reading of the resolution, [unclear: ing] assured that it clearly and [unclear: lly] voice the opinion of this meet-[unclear: lng] I seldom appear on a platform, [unclear: ed] rarely address public meetings [unclear: not] there are occasions and circum [unclear: nces] when a man should and must [unclear: take] a part in any effort to obtain a [unclear: at] and permanent good for the [unclear: nity] in which he dwells. This [unclear: sider] such a time, for the objects [unclear: the] are striving to obtain are of [unclear: ndent] importance, and, when [unclear: red] will be of supreme value to [unclear: to] present and future generations [unclear: new] Zealand. With God given [unclear: ions] on the subject of educa-[unclear: tion] would be a coward, unless, to [unclear: test] of my ability, I gave utter [unclear: lucky] such convictions. When the [unclear: Hud] and glory of the Sovereign [unclear: oye] of the Universe, and of the Great [unclear: mer] are involved, and when we [unclear: ise] our dependence on the Al [unclear: hty] for all true prosperity, and [unclear: now] that our sons and daughters would be instructed in the revelations of the grand Old Book, that can alone establish a well ordered society, it becomes us all to unite with one purpose to secure the introduction of Bible-reading into the public schools of the colony. Standing as I do, on the border land between earth and heaven; looking back through the vista of a long life with its varied experiences; summing up the results of different modes of education fully before me; and with the records of history, moreover, to guide me, I unhesitatingly affirm that education without the teaching of God's Book and God's law is lop sided, and is imperfect.