Attitude of the Church on National Progress

Abstract

The press in Lagos has made much play of the fact that a minister of the Gospel, one of the many caretakers whom God has in His kindness given to Nigeria to protect us from falling into temptation and sin, was alleged to have opposed the legitimate aspirations of a certain area of the country to found a school. This is not news. It would have been first class news if any minister had supported any attempt of the people, in any part of this country, to found a school outside the influence, dark and sinister, of the organised church, where young people would be taught to criticise, no doubt, to experiment, and reject anything that does not stand the test of reason. That would be the end of faith, of “divine inspiration,” and a source of dwindling revenue to the church.