PUBLIC OPTION.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 September 1927, Page 3

PUBLIC OPTION.

MODER N NEW IVORS H IP. “The hundreds of millions of people who would like to drive a chariot out of the remote western skies toward some eastern haven, but who, in their actual lives, are confined to the groping career of a grill), varied by a few brief flutters in the sunshine, read into their hero of the upper air and of the western sky a. spurious virtue which is really an imaginative compensation for their own pedestrian experience. They crave, and need for their own salvation a life with poetry in it. Their Bible, which is the newspaper, gives them in its place novel and exciting publicity about the heroes of events. The result is not poetry, but 'niagie oil a vast scale—magic of a kind which too often makes the hero appear in the guise of the harlequin. Tho poor people who need this kind of magic to disclose to them that wonders are really wonderful are also the people who need propaganda to convince them that truths are really i true.’’—-The New Republic (U.S.A.L

THE CLASS ATMOSPHERE. “Wo must try to resist, our class atmosphere. AYe must look at these things from the national point of view, from the point of view of tho wellbeing of England as a whole and we must remember that in every nation the vast majority of the people belong to the class of manual workers. It they are degraded the nation cannot he noble, and it is our essential duty to do what we can, even at the cost of some sacrifice, to advance theii social well being.”—Sir Herbert Samuel.

AYHERE LEADERSHIP IS NEEDED “AYhat is needed above everything else is a frank recognition of facts. Tn regard to the critical study of the Scriptures, the development of Christian doctine, the scientific interpretation of the Universe and the application of psychology to religion, work has been done which will never have to ho done again. While no doubt, there are many loose ends left and much need for further investigation, the main lines of the new position are pretty clearly defined and the way is open for hold and positive restatement. That such restatment is badly needed is evidenced by the growing religious uncertainty now so prevalent. Many are dimly aware that the old positions have been shaken without in the least knowing why; still less are they aide to discover any positive foundation on which to start rebuilding. Here leadership is greatly needed.” Principal Selbie, in the “British Weekly.”