THE PHILOSOPHY OF SERVICE
Sir,—Your correspondent "Progress" in his interesting letter rightly emphasises tho need for service. "Unfortunately our prosperity as a peoplo has blinded our eyes to tho needs of others. After all "poverty and piety" go hand, in hand, and not until we are well "down" do we realise what it is to want. The war, with its horrors, and the present pestilence, should certainly stimulate us to action on the lines indicated by "Progress." Tho philosophy of service, however,- should be practised, not merely taught, and while some good may be achieved by an organised body, experience has taught tho writer that tho best way to do good is to act on one's own initiative. fical happiness springs from Service for others. The call ig for today, then let us obsy (hat call and bo up and doing. As one who has had some experience of social work in Lbmlon. and who. still funis joy in helping' others, allow nie to say to one and all: "Go and do something, never mind what another does or thinks." The joy comes from the doing. Trusting this letter will at least stimulate someone to action.—l am r etc., ■ EXPERIMENTS DOCKT.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 56, 30 November 1918, Page 9
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201THE PHILOSOPHY OF SERVICE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 56, 30 November 1918, Page 9
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