PEOPLE URGED TO GO TO CHURCH
“N.Z. FACING CRITICAL PERIOD” (United Press Association) PAHIATUA, September 10. The Rev. L. B. Neale, of Dunedin, president of the Methodist Conference of New Zealand, speaking at a civic reception, said:— “I believe that within the next 50 years, unless the Church draws together in a determined attack on insidious propaganda, the structural foundation of all that is dear to us will be blasted by subversive and atheistic philosophy.” He added that signs of communistic teachings and other subversive propaganda were establishing themselves in New Zealand. If they were continued New Zealand would have a totalitarian regime. To farmers, Mr Neale said that unless they stood behind the flag of Jesus Christ they would be marching off their farms into a concentration camp. “For God’s sake go to church,” he said, “I am no pessimist, but I am convihced that never in the history of New Zealand have we been faced with such a critical period.”
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Southland Times, Issue 24228, 11 September 1940, Page 7
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162PEOPLE URGED TO GO TO CHURCH Southland Times, Issue 24228, 11 September 1940, Page 7
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