...they [the field cornets] should have seen to it that the bible be used in schools, as the law prescribes.

...gezien hebben dat de bijbel in de Scholen moet gebruikt worden, zooals de wet voorschrijft.

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In 1874, in reply to a controversy which arose due to remaining influence of the state church (Hervormde Kerk) in ZAR schools, which for the first time were not state controlled

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