THE LAST WORD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 750, 24 February 1910, Page 4

THE LAST WORD.

BY, DR.'TUDOR JONES, : OUR WAYS AND WORKS .'. Some r interesting..impressions .fol-med, during his stay in NewZealand,/were given to :a' Dominion':: representative by ' the.' Hot. 'Dr.; Tudof: Jones,. ;who leaves for' England' on' Friday. ' ..*; '• *.'

' "I never- thought it,-would be so., hard, to leave/until-the last. month," said :Dr. Jones. •"Certainly : .'thp affection ; of/Now Zcalahders, is greater,, than' appears tho'fiurface. I came hero quite a stranger and-found, of course," great .'difficulties -in' connection': with' this-'inovenient, ' I :because. men I .of. all' shades")of ;.bpinjpii. were";gathered .ism. here/, especially .with'.nienj: even .goodmen -Vho havo' never ' had this/privilego of visiting' ' .thoold' :of -.'"the" world.'.l'lt'is.so'.'in,' EnglahdCwith--those'., whoshave,: never: travelled., , : I:,have. been: very 'much impressed; however,: iyitli*'thiS-.brain-powerl that.is in ; this cbuntry,-' ,and certainly. jvitfi .'.the -mental .'capacity of .'the' women.; Of i.epjirse: : some.' lethargy/ is': to, be,'found, here as-in .England .in: Tegari. getting young, people ; to study diffi-: cult pleasure. andr athjeHcsf hiiye top' prominent: a place..,. I; hope they will never bo given up; but certainly a largb i number';of'tho' , ypung. people. of this .cpuiitry;' ; could become'' something; they , aro jf they. : we're'to,set a i great, ideal 'in l front, of them. •' Outside-'of religion, tho.'two' , id^"tet;ar6;'^nl^^iic;'l^eir,:Z^»ldid,'.-Empire,'".-.and .second; the': idcal of , nationality. ' Individualism ,'is':very-"strosg' here,' ano people - haye'i'not.ilearnt;-, on :tho : : .whols;::how' tov merge .their,' minor: differ--; ences.into one. great .ideal. ■' I believe that 1 ' they -i are. Vcopyiiig-:' too 1: much-'from. 'the older 'countries;,:and, halve not'as, y,eti,suf-. fioieht ; confidence: in/' their own powers. Ptople: here: are; afraid to /trust ■ the originality '-of.-.their.{ rainds. 1 Also/; we: waht .'gre'at leadbrs.'in'vthis ''country.:.. f. cain't : see one personality^> whom you - feel convinced/ has got a-real: message dealing with .th'o. 1 social and.'economical conditions of f. things.l,.see?io I .:one -'who: seems :to ,|)e 'bn'fife in r the inatterj/and - ready to' '.staffer,- if ; ;'necess'ary,'" disfavour.'Such' a : man'probably:wfll bp .otitside the'political. field' : wh en' heis''fo'un'd/^'andv; a'-number pf;suchp meri;:.are,' needs'/in-', order'"to create a'- .kind: of' .public; opinion ..whicE will", demand': more::;bf/: i ''thP:vGovirnjheiit..' of the day" * J ( , -: as fbiationShip :.%ith" J .the; other'chiirCh'es; J)r". ; ' Ttadbr Jonek'.'tev \pliea:', < ' v '' i

•-.Relations With Other Churches. - :"I have, Had jjo.: relationship.,'at■ ail,with' . the -;o(;hwi. cHurohcs.y l-' : had.; heardy that there, wal. a ; :great. deal of .-opposition •.■ to' the; liberal .which X represented, but: the - ministers whenever, I. Wked,; to> them, personally t have;;, been: ~very/ kind' .to . me. '; Of.'co'nrse,-I:iiaye :had next' .to' nothing to .do; with ; them. V Cer-. tainlyiUhev movement - has .not-- : turned-out as i.they anticipated; <;1; do-not 'Jcare' what you i namV.-tbis ''greatreligious^movement." It. is not>the:'monopdly'.of Uiiitarianisin .its '-leaders': are to 'be found', in practically all' the' i other denominations to-day,. but I "am' ignorqnfc; of ? th'ev.fact'that: there ■isjanyo'ne. in;. New,.'Zealand.,wh<f .presents 'the /iecwisti^dtion''to; theology •' audi- reltpion ;bn lines' similar ;to, the ; 'Rey.- E. .j. Campbell, Dr.vßashdaU'.in;- the Church of ' England, and' ' Dr.Moff att in. the United Free Church; attd . many others!; WithbutVastructibn- "is;going! on,' and th&Christian-. i£y- of the future; as its theology is. concerted iviU,be- sqmsthinp[. , .yery ( according- 'to'iny 're'adi- ; estfpepiilerin-.'tluf>worJd;'to ;actept, l this : change.•".■■• What astonished - jrio'most, in of;! prominent!, ancf-'ifil® mth"';alPi^^^ "theso 1 - 'peoplo'rwliV-'Kave'' helped ' to 1 'build* thSthe^TJ'niUifian'. Church'.'Nearly'.'sll ' t|>&-- t in"'cbnn^tio'nV ; hafe been inside'-'every ahnrch for'iiiany.' jrpafa,"and ' ye"t - I ''-found 'them, intensely ,interested.:'.ih Jth'eolo'gicidulahd>.;r'e!igioiiV •;tj>Mßd'''*toltf''.tiiirtf.''of this 1 sizes a ;largbr.' innmbe'r;' of'men and'.'women interested ,iri> difficult- philosophicaPand religions l , ques-" 'learn: j v ouh'd F ianionjfst Vi I' ;haye i .bMn : :'ablß"'r!to'Vpresentv : ,thi'ngs'. herei ; in a.rmorb';difficult,''and-'lntribate) manner ; than I have, ever been ablo before."

■ . ■ ivi Prospect of. Return, , ;■.■ ; i In' -tho-:6ourso 'of:: further- convcrsaton, Dr;..Tudor: : Jones v said .that Tie;might 'at ■some -'fnture' date.'cpmb;back tb 'New ' Zea--laad;on,behalf,;of' the ;British and Foreign' •.Unitarian Association-to'itßta*blisfr'similar, liberal religious' courses in th« chief cities and' towns -of this ' Dominion. "I .-. have ovfir- so much-reason tb' thank: New /Zealand,". he continued,' "for: thochange it has "bro'ught'" about- in-:niy- health.6l -was ih'i' some-r'.doubt- wliefi I-' reached here Vhethcß/I' shoiild-be alloVed to land here; :at'-dll,'an'd;whe'n,'Df.''P6llen Mine to !«• amine us on boiird tho Gothic, Dr. Mason; '.whoJ-'was ■ one ;bf ' my-, po-pa6sijngers, said ,to': 'mei 'Stand up\'as straight: as-ydu' can; and look as well as you can.' In.spite of the -hard- work 'here-I /return strength-' 'ohed. in body, .and ; .l t hppp ..in :mind ; ,and spirit..: Besides','prea«httg;.at'Hoine, l'haVo , been- ijivited', to bpcoine. a contributor :: ; tp a number,' ofimportant' philosophical ■journals,' such";as the..'"Beyiow..,lnterna'-: ..tional" of-Parts./'lUligicm.aud-Culturs" .of», Gottingen,,'.Germany, ,and'':.the -'Coho--biriim,"-.in; Italyshali : alsp' contribute .to tho- "Hibbert /Journal."-; ■' .:.' -V; -;'.-,;

i;: Dr. . Tudor , jones \,*as; asked-wl>ere he t intended ;to .settle, in, England. ,- : - -. ' ; "If. I like the 'congregation' of Unify Church", Islington, Dondod; and the congregation likes; me," he replied,;"l shall settle' there. It .is 'an important' church, aud : has. an interest.attached to 'it" in the fact that .the"Eight Hon. Joseph Chamberlain' when attending Parliament used to be a .regular worshipper there.': It will be impossible for mo'to cbminunicatb personally with individual members of my congregation, but-' T .shall, endeavour to send to the AVcllington -papers some accounts of the men* - arid- the' movements of tho Old World. I received a letter last week from the eminent'.religions philosopher and Noebel prizeman, Professor Eucken, 1 stating that., these .four years will prove the richest /experiences of my life, and that he would have /been extremely glad to . have ;had similar .experiences in his early days." ' '. ' ; v ; ;5%;