THE FOUNDATION OF "THE NEW WORLD"

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10294, 31 May 1919, Page 2

THE FOUNDATION OF "THE NEW WORLD"

To the Editor “N.Z. Times.' 1

Sir,—Vv hen a new "World .Building" is ijuiug tu oe eiecfeu it oaowo in tub uiBC p-aw. tuat uie uw one is wuiu oaf or oac of nuie, ana we must turner maiie use oi ine.oia e due cure py palunup., or. ,»:e .muav/puii- <iuwn rue ■ (OiU vh“'‘nhu"bpiid r 'a}neW'V!ondi.W’We »hh,\e »*,VWW> '«lW«B*a»«89W jin Kuokia > and- piner'tjsuiopean-'couiicries, wntic may .happen if we puii Uowii the oki buinung oeioro we are prepureu Vita an appioveh pian lor the new one. ‘the history oi ages snows us that we may puii aown our old. laws and customs tuuea out oi number, but no lasting good to mankmu will • result unless tueie is a sun pm and just plan shown that ail can understand and no one can lUotly object, to, jor it must be absolutely for tne just good-: - ci{«aU..i- .»;■*! • r This --great,:a nhw- -structure'- of “Society'' to be pernlanent must be built I on a solid foundation, and as we atoi a. Christian people the teaching or Christ, must be' our foundation or plan. A. plan cannot be curried out in a day or a week, but it must be a guide so that each x'ortion added will ht in and help to complete the whom. It shows our utter blindness and want'of understanding . when we to-day look still for i'!the-itruer pfan for *-tne l . neW world" when actually’■•that l '(.plan whs drawn' and the foundation laid over IUI9 years ago, and although we built theoretically on a Christian plan it has continually tumbled about the ears of the builders because the "Great Architect’s plan" was not followed, ior ages nations started the building from the top down tif such a thing were possible), and because it was not possible we are confronted . again „to-day with, the actual collapse and: partial collapse. In plain words, rulers and Parliaments - have always made careful provision for the strong and able; they - neglected the weak and lowly the material for tne foundation. ■ The foundation always gave way, and brought'down many lino structures. Ages have produced many great Umpires, but the rulers always forgot to taka the weaker , brethren by the hand and so march on to a higher and nobler plane where "His will shall be done on earth as it is in Heaven." Yes, sir, unless ' all our laws are built upon the plan that the poorest and weakest must bo made not only comfortable but taken along to higher comforts as a nation advances to higher civilisation. We are shown in "Holy .Writ"' that none can enter the "Kingdom of Heaven" or the "High, Happy State" unless they are no richer than their neighbours. "It says it is easier for a camel, to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven." It is, therefore, no wonder, sir, we have the great unrest with us yet, and need not look for, Christ's second-coming until mighty alterations are made on this globe. Care must, however, be always taken that by adjusting our new laws wo, do not inflict unjust hardships on anyone, but rule by Eight ratber than Might. We cannot at once-demolish old conditions, but build around them until the old ones crumble away. As we have the means to govern ourselves we must adopt political moans to build up . rather than pull down our "New Kingdoms,", and to give a humble guide I give, the grand definition of politics I oaw ,in an old book, “God in History," where it said: : "Politics is the practical application of the Ten Commandments,- and those Commandment* put into few words mean, "Love God above all, and your neighbour as yourself."

H. A. 'EOSENFELET Pannevirke, May 29th. 1919.