AIMS OF CHRISTIAN ORDER CAMPAIGN
“Deepening Spiritual Life” Tlie objectives of the campaign for Christian order were discussed by the Rev. L. W. Rothwell in a talk to members of the Invercargill Rotary Club yesterday. The meaning of the campaign, he said, was interpreted in various ways. Some thought it meant that the church had “gone red,” others that it was the last desperate effort of a capitalistic church to save itself. Actually the churches’ reason for interesting themselves in the new order arose from their concern for man as an individual. Christianity stressed the value of the individual in God’s sight It taught that every man was a child of God and that fullness of life was to be found only by living a life in line with God’s purpose. The interest of the churches in the social and economic system was based solely on their concern that the individual should have such material conditions as would make it possible for him to have a decent moral and spiritual life. Unless it was based upon the word of God, on a standard outside and above worldly standards, no new order would be better than the present one. STATUS OF DOMESTIC SERVICE Mr Rothwell emphasized that the first aim of the campaign was to deepen the spiritual life of the country. That was a pre-requisite to the success of any new order, for selfishness was the prevailing sin. There had been some criticism that the campaign was not coming right down to earth. But it could not be more than just a beginning: the world could not be put right in a few weeks. .Mr Rothwell added what he emphasized were only his own ideas of some of the things that should be done. There was, in the first place, a need for the development of Christian order in the home. Discipline and respect for the parents would have to be restored. Larger families were needed. The problem of the birthrate, he believed, was not just one of selfishness. It had arisen partly from the shortage and poor standard of domestic help, and the speaker suggested that political and all other organizations should join in a campaign to lift domestic service to a status similar to that of nursing. Mr Rothwell also discussed problems of educaton, economics and government, declaring that the present system of party politics was not fully democratic. He was warmly thanked for his address.
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Southland Times, Issue 24880, 21 October 1942, Page 3
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408AIMS OF CHRISTIAN ORDER CAMPAIGN Southland Times, Issue 24880, 21 October 1942, Page 3
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