MISSIONARY WORK.
Xew Zealuad is 0110 tf the finest hunting-grounds in the world for religious and other quacks. The people are so isttsceptible to the blandishments if the man with the glib roiiguo, Unit th:y f.-ll an easy prey t'i tho dogma of the adventurer. The Inmost missionary—the man with a message—i. s always welcome. He hj: generally inspired by the motive of rendering a service to his follows. The stranger who comes amongst us, however, and appeals for our sympathies on behalf of the benighted Mohammedans, Buddhists and Confucians, hap usually a very hip; f, XP to grind. We have had a few of those missionaries in New Zealand of late, and they have been successful in exploiting the public to a degree. There is quite a large field for missionary work in and around our own shores, and any surplusage of benevolence our people may possess might roaonaTfly be devoted to this field. The man who csk's lis to | contribute inwards the Chrl.stianising jof the Islamite should be treated with npen suspicion.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10711, 17 September 1912, Page 4
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174MISSIONARY WORK. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10711, 17 September 1912, Page 4
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