ESSENTIAL THINGS.
“Nature, so spread out into infinity, has been keenly examined in its mechanisms and processes; and men have risen from the study wrung by doubts whether there is any correspondence between Nature and human values, ideals, and moral aspirations. And so on. ... Yet if we think of human society to-day as a whole, including as it does the mass of unlearned men and women, it is only true to say that a veil lies over it—a veil of doubt and hesitation about ultimtae issues. After all, the world is still rocking on the convulsions of the war. Innumerable minds have been ‘shocked’ out of acquiescence and security. The war has bred prolifically disenchantment, disillusion and cynicism. Deep in many hearts are memories which suggest that life, when stripped and laid bare, is just brutal and- inimical to man. In many ears the assurances frepn pulpits speaking of the love and goodness and providence of God, sound glib, as beautiful, no doubt, but as not rooted in the reality of things.”—Dr Talbot, Bishop of Pretoria.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 285, 24 April 1929, Page 2
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176ESSENTIAL THINGS. Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 285, 24 April 1929, Page 2
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