THE DANGERS OF IMPURITY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 257, 3 November 1906, Page 7

THE DANGERS OF IMPURITY.

BISHOP NKLIGAN'S VIEWS. In the Choral FlnH insl evening Mr. 1!. 11. Hlijrh addressed a considerable, mini- i I b<»r of men nnd boys oa ■• Ti:i* Dangers of Impurity." The Aiigliran Bishop of Auckland (Dr. presided over ; the n:ertin<v, which wns iJowhUrji.i diminished by adverse weather eonditiins. The Bishop, in hi? oneninjr remarks, ; ~aifi (hat they would hrr?r Mr. Liich on a. subject which, prr.prrly treated, vraa nt ihe bottem of v.-hole of ( hrist'snHy. If the In<-nrr , .r ; tion va< tvue tli'n | : thrir bodies vrrf tile ?; of ilie ] Holy Ohor-f. «nd thry Imd nut been lrft ] without nvar.p to keep thw. temples jeVin. Where TOiinjt men and boys oftfTi we nf wronp mis (lint they did not believe enough in the real pre?er.ee ri( fiori. tl.e ■Holy Ghost at the Holy ( oroiniminn. The was held under the auspice* of the C.t.'.M.S.. :l nd j.i.s r.rivir« to th-m would be: •■ Po whole-hcnrted. living, real i The Hi .-hop went on ■to spr*.k about tlir in?frli<>Ti rt nrivrritisemmts of a certain elnss in Bewspnp- ■ ft*. nr.i\ a]<o the posting on railway hofirdir.jp atid pta.tions of objectionable ■medical advprtisenipnts, \Miilp not rondcmnin» or jurlgiap. h< , thought n r.-asnn-,nb!c nmoiint of mrp miphi b? pxerrised lin the jnjhlir display or -urh advprtis- o--merits. Hr. did not think it nn unfair or iinju't rrmsrk thnt -\rr looked to our Stotp Departments to exercise prent vijj-iU-ir.rr- and enrr river the oli l s of thinp* ■ u _ iiii h they alion- to he advorii-r-d on [their properties". Ilf was r.ot ;ivr,irr' of . tlip nature of thr rontrßctF. nor was h< , : jroirtfr to rondrmn thr Department, or i seiy that such .1 tbing was immoral, but iwe as eitirrn;; had a right to demand ': from the Stntr that every care should bn token by th" Stato that no tnoner was rpeeivrd from a source which mijj'.it J afßict the morals of the peoplo. Unless ; they kn?w the facts tliry could get . further than that. j Mr. Bligh's remarks were followod

j with the closest attention, and his skil- | ful and convincing treatment of n diffij cult as well .-.« a subjert was i frequently applauded. In thf couisn of his remark*, thr majority of which were !of a purely private nature, b< , ?aid thnt if knowledge of fpxiwil matters wa* iiniparted t'rceiy and natrrally to children, ! instead of allowing them to gain their experience through impure and dangerous channels, much pood would result. Moil who would sit and lif-tcn to comic 'song?, having for thrir therm? the .-■'..b- ---' iect. of hirt-i. were insulting their mnihfi'f. (Applause.l II" went (in to speak ot the nerd for sympathetic, advice unci guidam-c to boya i" dan™pr f>! ; ruining themsplves. iir.r] pasyprl on to n visrnrmis ilpnunriation of quack-doctors, exposins the infa-nivs t.f tlicir impositions on credulous humanity, and chain*- ,- , terising them, nnp and nil. as '"fie:;.-!? nnd tic-: ." Chivalrous -wd honournl:!" ' eondui i womrn was ihrn touched upn;i, and the Rjtnakrr imprrpsed upon i his listeners their duty of trrntin^ I wnmra in a manner which tV.c_v muld .-ni?h for their own sijrfrni "r daughter.". :He regretted that while be had spoken ■in many of the Auckland public schools. pornii??ion in addrr?« the hoys of the 'Grammar School hnd brcti rrfupcd. Pas- ', r-i"i\ understood, he continued, way a TTiapnJfirfiat power, but not understood [it became a terrible master «r,d over.cotnc Uf. Tn the gaol? were men FPn'injr I long who had lo=t <*.ontrel of ,' passion often brean?e they had cot been ! pTopcvlr md naturally taught in their ' yoi:lh. i Thr- Biskop expressed pVixure that : Mr. l)osi> was a i;e:utoly Chris;'.ian and natural one. Ko went ou to J spual; cf tin , value of »<purt, and said that while there was a danger of making a god of athletics and records, thr , j average athlete was a clean living man. I and for that reason ha believed in encouraging in every respectable, decent way the'best sort of sport. The inim who paid another to do the atlileticß far \ him lintf lots of time to think about : beastlinass. For t'hfi take of tha purity of our sport professionalism a-nd pothunting wore to he kcp.t out, for when ' these things were kept out spet helped ito keep a map's body clean and pure. I Mr. Bliglr. speaks on "True Manliness " to boys over fourteen years of 1 age, to morrow night, in Hie Royal j Albert Hall, at S.lo'V l "-