HIGHER LOYALTY

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21214, 10 September 1940, Page 2

HIGHER LOYALTY

ATTITUDE TO PRAYER VICAR ISSUES CHALLENGE ‘■RECRUITING DEPOT" (special to Times) CAMBRIDGE, Monday i “Until we can sing our praises to f God with as much enthusiasm as we • sing ‘There’ll Always be an England,’ ' or, for that matter, ‘Roll Out the ; Barrel,’ I feel sure that God will | accuse us of being luke-warm in i our affection,” said the vicar of i Cambridge, the Rev. C. W. Chandler. ; during his address at the special ser- | vice of intercession yesterday. j The vicar asked if everyone present believed in God. “If your J answer is in the affirmative,” he asked, “how comes it that you are 1 not on parade every Sunday? Some j of you here this morning have been ! to the races several times since last j you came to church. Goodness j knows how many times some of you j have been to the pictures (not that : there is any harm in that) since last you darkened these doors. Source of Victory “This all points to the very grave fact that you are going to ask God, i whom you have more or less coldI shouldered, to answer your prayers. ; It’s like going to borrow a ‘fiver’ ! from a man you have persistently j ignored for months or even years • past.

“My first point, therefore, is that belief must be wedded to practice. If you believe in a cold shower you have one every day, and if you really believe in God a team of bullocks should not be able to keep you from worshipping Him in His house every Sunday. “Many of you are parading once a week and even oftener m the Home Guard. You are to be commended for your loyalty, but what about loyalty to Almighty God? Victories are never won by the sword. If we are depending upon ourselves alone for victory rn this war, we may as well cease firing right away. It cannot be done. It never has been done. Porch As Depot “I have turned the porch of this church into a recruiting depot, and I have posted a few N C.O.’s there to sign you up as you leave this service. They have a number of cards, on which the following words are printed:—On active service for the King of Kings. Realising that our Christian civilisation must be defended on the home front, I undertake: (1) To be on parade every Sunday; (2) to pray every day for the peace of- the world; (3) to attend classes of instruction when called upon; (4) to wear a cross in token of my affiliation. FOUNDATION IN DANGER SUBVERSIVE PHILOSOPHY CHURCH LEADER'S APPEAL (By Telegraph.—Press Association) PAHIATUA, Tuesday 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, and if that continued we 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 declared. “I am no pessimist, but I am convinced that never in the history of New Zealand have we been faced with such a uitical period.”

Economic Survey The committee appointed by the Economic Conference which was called by the Government last week is to resume its session tomorrow. The function of the committee is to examine any material having a bearing on economic conditions generally, and to present a report to the full conference when it is finished. The committee met last week for this purpose. Vocational Guidance The headquarters of the New Zealand Vocational Guidance Association will be in Wellington this year, and Mr A. A. Kirk, vocational guidance officer in Wellington, will be the president. The association’s conference was held at the Canterbury University College and confidential matters were discussed. The other officers elected were Miss Christobel Robinson, vice-president; Mr S. H. Petersen, secretary and treasurer; Miss P. Jull, Messrs K. H. O’Halloran, N. G. Gribble and R. Winterbourn. executive. The conference was attended by representatives from Auckland, Wanganui, Wellington. Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill. ____________