Men's Brotherhood

Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 September 1913, Page 4

Men's Brotherhood

Ai the meeting of TTie Wellington City Men's Brotherhood on Sunday afternoon, an address was delivered bv Mr -F. Robertson, M.l\, on ''The General Outiook for Society." The J'ov. Ivnowlcs Sinitli presided. Mr Kershaw sang a solo "Come I'nto Me," and Mr C. E. Pees, ilie secretary, recited "A Dream of the Second Advent." Mr .Robertson said that the very fact that such a meeting was held every Sunday afternoon was a sign of tlie s])iril of (he-age -.-in([iiii'y and iolerancji' - for discussion Avas now admitted to be advantageous to mankind. Life in those days.was full of romance and adventure, and change and evolution were apparent in all directions. Tie spoke, of the Balkan War as the most bloody in the history of the world, and ilie generals in it were encouraging strife in their manoeuvres io secure positions. Also it seemed io liim that industrial strife was scan-sly bringing about the freedom of man. It seemed strange that these organisations for war should goon even while a Peace Conference was being held at The Hague. Yet he beleived we were tending towards peaceful and Happier conditions: there were forces at work which were shaping the world, and whi(di would presently produce an age when men would find that they must not live only for themselves, but according to the principles of love, self-sacrifice, and co-oneration. Dominion.