MORAL VALUES

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21190, 13 August 1940, Page 8

MORAL VALUES

THE EMPIRE’S NEED HOPE FOR BETTER WORLD TASK FOR EVERY MAN The need for every man to do all he could for the betterment of world conditions was stressed by the Rev. Dr. Alexander Hodge, minister of the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle, when he addressed members of the Hamilton Rotary Club at the weekly luncheon yesterday. In this flood of paganism, brutality and selfishness which had been let loose upon the world every man should make the maximum contribution to the good of the world in which he lived, said Dr. Hodge. One way in which a person could help was to give himself unselfishly to help his fellowmen. At the root of the world's troubles was selfishness and the lust for power. If that selfishness were allowed to run loose it would spell murder on the face of the earth. Liberty .of Soul Dr. Hodge added that the British people considered, and rightly so, that as a nation and Empire they were pledged to the cause of liberty. Men who could rise to soul liberty were never likely to be enslaved. The strength of the nation depended on the morale of the people which, if weak, would undermine the country’s power however strong the armaments might be. In building morale every person had a positive contribution to make. I- was the opinion of Dr. Hodge that people today were far too negative in their ideas of right thinking and right living. The moral conflict, the fight between spiritual values, was the biggest contest going on in the world today, and Dr. Hodge said he would like to think that the Empire would not lose that battle. If it did it would crumble. The safety of the Empire lay in the hands of God. It was there that people should place