JUST THOUGHTS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 65, 20 December 1946, Page 4

JUST THOUGHTS

From all over the world come statements by men, who are in the forefront of national affairs of every nation, pointing to the grave difficulties that beset them on ' every hand, and which are more or less the aftermath of war. . Men, everywhere, seem to be trying, by direct action, to bring about better conditions in all the walks of life, better conditions in industry, less hours of labour without - any decrease in pay; Social Security in terms of the things one may possess. One group says if we could just fix the prices of the things we want to buy, another of the things _ they want to sell, others have some i other panacea; they all forget that f there is no stability in man himself t because he is essentially selfish. Jesus Christ' taught men thus: ) “Take heed, beware of covetous-' 5 ness for a man’s life consisteth not in f the abundance of the things which ;he possesseth.” Again, it is more i blessed to give than to receive. L Many thousands of men in time past , have proved by experience this . teaching to be good and true, and part of “the truth that makes us ■ free.” May one suggest that reallyFreedom is an after effect of constant and patient continuance in well doing embracing honesty; Right doing, dealing and speaking truly and fairly, regardless of any consequences, so that no man may fairly say ought against us. This would cause each of us to do a fair day’s work and each of us to pay a fair day’s pay. It should be plain to every man that the production of 40 hours going slowly can never pay for the production of 40 hours going hard to produce. Think this over. While men are men there will always be a difference in capacty both physical and mental and capacity for work which cannot be equalised by any device of man. Any earnest effort by each individual to practice what Christ advised men to do “have God with all our heart and mind and strength and jove our ■ neighbour as ourself” and our effort 1 will at least help to bring about ! such a change in us and others that we will be able to stand up to all * ,the difficulties of life and put away that spirit of unrest that troubles 1 us and the whole world at present. 1 Neither * the Minister’s { tion nor the Christian front are re- * sponsible for the above. P.B.A. c