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Show without delay, thereby assuring a law for which a need has been demonstrated. We do' not believe it is the desire of any church in Utah to force" religion into the public schools. The utmost freedom is accorded the various churches within the state and no one church feels it must have special privileges or advantages. For this reason we believe that all of the churches will approve the course taken by the lower hoarse as being in the best interest of the schools, the churches and the citizenship. It is the desire of all churches and all good people of Utah to rear the youth of the state in a Christian atmosphere. This ambition, however, does not require compulsory instruction in religious re-ligious faith. There can be ho' general teaching of religion because it is essentially divided into sects. Consequently any effort to teach religion in a general way within the schools must result in the teaching of the sectarian beliefs of the teachers. teach-ers. Until the child is old enough to think and decide for himself his religious education should be directed from the home. His parents have his best interests at heart and are the safest custodians custo-dians of his spiritual welfare. The measure passed by the house of representatives repre-sentatives makes this possible. It insures the widestcedomithoutxurtailinilhcpiviIegeJ of any sect. The citizenship in genera! will approve ap-prove of the house course and flrge the senate to take similar action. I JB 9 I A Good Measure ! I : . . " . i. f ENEKAL approval will be given the action i of the lower house of the Utah legislature in passing the bill designed to prohibit the teaching-of teaching-of religion in the district schools of Utah. It is to be hoped the senate will take similar action |