PRAYER OF FATHERS

Chronicle (Levin), 19 September 1946, Page 6

PRAYER OF FATHERS

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WHLLIN'UTON, Sept. is>. Iu the House todav the Public Peti tions A to L Committeo reconnnemle! to the Uoverniuent for t'avourable coii sideration, the petition of AJr. U. D Uox and eleven others, praying for lln framing of a niaster charter vvhiei would serve as a sjiiritual guide to al. nations and as the basis of world peace llon. A. Hamilton, who inlrodueeil the petition, said it originated in N'apioi and was signed by tvvelve fathers wln. had lost their sous in the war. If no lasting good came from tho war Lliev felt their sous had died in vain. ITu jietition had the support of uiany loea bodies throughout the Dominion and it: hurdon was tliat, in wartime, we hai sought the aid of the Almighty to bring us tli rough tliat period but since tlu peace we had deserted him. After several speakers had expressei! their support of the petition, Mr Frasei; said its prayer was oue with whieli no member would differ, but the question was oue of how it could be iinplenienled. Evon for Members of Parliament, it must remain a muller 1 o i individual couscieuce as to how tliev a]>|iliod their helief in Uhristianity to problems whieli eonfronted them. The fact tliat there was traditionally a (lov ernment and.an Opposition sliowed tliat there was a wide differene.e in tlie dietntes of couscieuce to diffcront person* and the diff'erences revealed at th Paris Uonference exetnpliffed the satm' divergence.