SORROW OF KINSHIP
AMERICA'S FEELINGS.
PRAYERS POE BRITAIN
(United Press Association—Copyright.) (British. Official Wireless.) (Rec. 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 29. In a recorded broadcast from Richmond (Virginia), Bishop Tucker, speaking on the occasion of the America Day of Prayer, said to-night: “Much of our sympathy with Great Britain has a more generous origin than concern for our own safety.
“In many sections of the country it represents a permanent attitude of friendliness based on recognition of kinship with the people of Great Britain. ‘Blood is thicker than water’ would express the feeling of most Americans.
“We recognise that the cause you are defending so valiantly is the same cause as that to which our loyalty is due. It' is not only the welfare of Great Britain, but also the continuance of the democratic way of life throughout the world and the maintenance of freedom and the other moral values which we deem essential for the well-being of Mankind as a whole that are' at stake in this war. It is that recognition that plays a great part in arousing sympathetic interest in the cause which Britain is defending in this war. “To this should he added a sincere and enthusiastic admiration for the courage, staying power, and willingness to make enormous sacrifices displayed by her people. It is, I feel confident, Such sentiments as these that count in the offering to-day of prayers to God that He will sustain that the British people in the terrible ordeal through which they are passing,” said Bishop -Tucker. “There are various and conflicting opinions as to what our Government should do in connection with this war, but in our capacity as private citizens wo are practically united in the hope for the success, of the British cause, which we believe will be also' the cause of humanity, “We are united in our admiration of British heroism, in our sympathy with the British sufferings, and in our desire to do all we can for those who are the victims of a cruel war.” ■
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 259, 30 September 1940, Page 7
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