WORLD BROTHERHOOD.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 227, 25 September 1928, Page 8

WORLD BROTHERHOOD.

ADDRESS BY MR. J. W. COOK.

AUCKLAND OPTIMISTS' CLUB

An interesting talk on "World Brotherhood" was given at a largely attended luncheon gathering of the Auckland Optimists' Club to-day by Mr. J. W. Cook, one of the outstanding leaders of the Y.M.C.A. movement in the United States and in other parts of the world.

The speaker enumerated many of the influences in world relationships which operated against the spirit of world brotherhood and incidentally mentioned that outbursts such as those of Mayor Thompson, of Chicago, should not be taken as representative of the true feelings of American people towards the peoples of other nations. In the course of a graphic description of Jerusalem, the traveller spoke of the great, gatherings which took place there recently when representative Christian leaders from all parts of the world met in conference to discuss ways of helping on the great ideal of world brotherhood. If Christianity was to succeed in giving effect to its great central ideal, said the speaker, it must show that it was able to Christianise industry and all phases of human activity in countries like China, India and Japan. The speaker ended on a note of optimism and predicted that a day of greater brotherhood throughout the world was dawning.