"DO UNTO OTHERS ..."

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 35, 21 December 1943, Page 4

"DO UNTO OTHERS ..."

THE Christian way of life is a good way. If we di 3 unto others as we would be done by, we all know that society would be transformed. That is all but universally recognised. But such a transformation must begin from within. We cannot expect, and should not expect, to be made unselfish by regulation. The secrets that will unlock this virtue lie within the heart of the individual. "Seek ye first the Kingdom of Heaven and all these: things shall be added unto you." Never before has Britain been confronted with a grimmer challenge to its faith and fortitude. And never before has our belief in our country and our religion been; more lively and more insistent in its desire to express itself. Here the leaders of the Church of England have unrivalled opportunity and a great responsibility.—-Sunday Graphic London.

Hosp it al Com for ts The public Ls asked to note that all proceeds from the Red Gross Society shop on Thursdaj', December 23 will be devoted to the Hospital Cheer Fund-

Oil From Fish Livers Five applications for permission to undertake the extraction of nutritional or medicinal oils from fish livers has been made to the Bureau of Industry by firms in the North Island and South Island.

Drunk in Public Place A Maori, Jimmy Monu. appeared before Messrs J. G. Mulholland and T. M. Cummings J.P.'s, in the ? Whakatane Court yesterday on a charge. of being found drunk in a public j) lace to wit, I lie Strand, last Saturday evening. He was convicted and d i sella iige:l. Bicycle Chained Up In bygone days when a person came to town lie tied up his horse to a verandah or hitching post. Nowadays it is apparently necessary to do the same with bicycles. Om«. resident who has to 'leave his bicycle in the street the greater part of the day has taken heed of warnings issued to cyclists and by means, of a hefty chain and padlock, secures his bicycle to the verandah post.—Opotiki News.