SET HIM THINKING

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 58, 23 March 1943, Page 2

SET HIM THINKING

S A RADIO COMEDIAN IN A SERIOUS MOOD The noted radio personality, Eddie Cantor, while broadcasting in "Los t Angeles not long ago, stepped before his audience at the close of his: pro-t gramme, and remarked: 4 'W«<Ye had a lot of fun here tonight, ladies and gentlemen, and s now, if you'll permit me, I'd. likci to say something more, serious. "Here is Los Angeles a few days ago we had a rather disturbing windstorm. I was walking along Sunset Boulevard at the time, and, like other pedestrians, I ran for covcr as a gale swept down. There were a number of stores nearby, but something guided me towards a building across the street.. Ii stood there ill the archway several minutes, I guess, before I realised where I was. I had taken refuge in the doorway of. a church—and it set me thinking. I "The world to-day is going through something far more threatening than a windstorm. Every single one of us needs refuge of one kind, or another. And I know of no better place to go for it than to church., You know, the church must be a vcrv strong and righteous thing—for it has survived eveiy enemy it ever had. And the book which embolics the principles of the church—the Bible—is still at the top of the best' selling list. "We are extremely fortunate to live in a country where we can worship as 'we please, when Ave please. Let's make the most of this blessing. Go to church—whatever your race or creed. You'll meet old friends—and make, new ones. The greatest calamity that, can befall a people is the loss of religion. Donft let it happen here. Go to church."