As requested by the Synod of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland at a recent meeting at Inverness, the Religion and Morals Committee of the Church hereby lodge a strong protest against the proposal of the Edinburgh Education Committee to give abridged Bibles to the children in the schools under their charge.
They do so for the following reasons:—
(1) It is taking improper liberties with God’s Holy Word concerning which we are warned not to add to, or take from.
(2) It may give many the wrong impression that the abridged Bible is the whole Word of God, thus causing a weakening of its authority and less reverence for it.
(3) When they can give the whole Bible why give only a part, thus vitiating their own motive and depriving the young of a full religious education.
(4) Scotland has always adhered to the policy of a whole Bible for the people through its Bible Society, and there is no valid reason why that policy should be departed from.
We would, therefore, respectfully urge the Education Committee to give the whole Bible to the scholars and not an abridged one.
I am,
Yours faithfully,
D. M. MACDONALD, Convener.