"THE GREATEST SIN"

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21416, 7 March 1935, Page 18

"THE GREATEST SIN"

PREACHER'S EXHORTATION AGAINST SCANDAL An exhortation to the people to «* train from scandal was given by Rev. K. Schollar, preaching at commination service at St. New Brighton, last evening. The preacher took as his s "The Greatest Sin in preaching from Nehemiah, V •> 6: "Wherein was written: It is rep among the heathen, and saith it, that thou and the Jews to rebel.'" atMr Schollar launched a scaling tack against gossip and "Gashmu," he said, "was a g. nasty-minded, malicious , , and that is the greatest sin in ton, not indeed only in two * also in Christchurch Where ; three are gathered, ther ' tuna tefif. midst, is Gashmu. Urfortun Gashmu has a wife, and l am that Mrs Gashmu is not worse her husband." . . Dr eacW Gashmu, continued tne v was one of the most C0I 2? re w gs $ ; ters in modern societx -j $$ worse sin in the sight of slander and the taking jecharacter of another, » • -y, reatedly compared slander a this? ■ other grave sins, and it g > which began s0 _. easl &ween 1 a very narrow line betwee ■ gossip and malicious gossip. other; - In St. Faith's parish as " there were gossips, full & ' biters, and those with : blackness, envy, and all un a I ness. It pleased him to b churcbtion to say that the r g rotn ft , goers were singula) ly u;gher , use of scandal, and no 2 QnC per monv could be paid than to neT er con 1 n sav of anothei. ,« ' hear Iter speak iU ,?£. eS f,ir Ash Wednesday after A-n> g at i^ in the commination ], h ® (ime^ 3 joined in saying that it wer b(jt jf open penance be re - ( ° 3t would like to see the adm m p ex-communication re men doUS.fl storation would have hyp o^':, feet on parish life, and &». would no longer be able w e r <H sins with a very thin rhurchmanship. - ;