BEELZEBUB UNMASKED.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8163, 18 April 1895, Page 4

BEELZEBUB UN MA SKED.

A clergyman who has carefully road tlio pamphlet with this title, vow boiog advertised and "pushed " horo, sends U 3 tlio following brief bub pithy note thereon : " Thopamphlet contains nn awful amount of truth. The ques tion is asked, 'Am I my brother's keeper V The answer is, • Yea, you are.' I have tried to teach that selfishness is the root of our evils. We suffer from ruinous and immoral competition, which leads to adultora* tion, sweat ing, etc. Why is it? Because we want to buy for a th lling what in honor ought) to be worth eighteenpence. A man takes shares in a company, and as long as he gets a dividend does nob care how it is obtained, the board is responsible, and he — he must bear his share of responsibility. Ihe old command, ' do uato othera,' still holds good. If a man is in a hurry to make money ho cannob obey the law, 1b would be well for liitn to consider his position." We have only to add to this that the production is somewhat disjointed and rhapsodical, unavoidable so, perhaps, in attomptiug to deal with so wide a subject in a moderately-sized pamphlet ; at the same time the brochure evinces a sound tone and is spirited and well worthy of perusal. — Southland limes.

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