THE WORLD TO-DAY.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5205, 18 November 1927, Page 3

THE WORLD TO-DAY.

DEPENDENT ON EXCITEMENT.

ARCHBISHOP JULIUS’S SERMON. Wider liberty in the life of the; community might lead, to slavery, hardship, and misery, Archbishop Julius said during the course of his sermon at the Anglican Cathedral at’ Christchurch on Sunday morning.

“On this 'day there are a certain number of strangers—may I call them strangers ? —or visitors present. They have not come tp. town for the Cathedral service but for other purpose.

“Our mothers lived in an .easier day, a quieter day, and they were not so absorbed in the; passing shows of this life. To-day we are fully absorbed in these things from one end of the earth to the other.

“We are losing touch with those very things tihat go to make' men, that go to make our country. I am certain of it. Our life is becoming a shadow. We are dependent on constant excitement, and the stimulus of ever-moving circumstances. I ask you, is -it wise to live just for the things external ?

It was beliejved by some people, he said, that the Church was hostile to liberty, that it was, indeed, opposed to every movement in favour of liberty. That was not so.

“It is quite true that certain laymen, clergy, or bishops may oppose these movements or the best of them,’' declared the Archbishop, “but they are not the Church. All the bishops in creation don’t make the Church of God. It is a far bigger tihing. “We want wider liberty of the nation. Well, we must be careful that that liberty is not carried to excess, and lead to greater slavery, hardship, and misery.” !