THE NAME OF GOD.
Sir,-A recent Listener contained an article referring to the Campaign for Christian Order, expressing a layman’s views well and convincingly. Since reading that article I have listened in to two fine sermons delivered in connection with this campaign, one by the Rev. Gladstone Hughes, Wellington, giving a clarion call to return to God, and worship in the Churches, the second by Archbishop Averill, Auckland, stressing the need to witness for Christ by Church members in daily living, in the home and in business, the need for a clean radio, social reforms, etc. These men ask for action. May I suggest that we try to arrest the use of the name God and its corruptions, "gor," "gawd,’’ so commonly in use in daily speech and leave off the radio songs with such words as "gor blimey" (or was it god?) as came over the air on Monday morning from 1ZB. Even small children can repeat and pick up the lilting refrain without knowing the meaning of such words, and the habit grows. How can the true spirit of worship become part of our country’s life, when the name of God is so used?
JANET
ARCHIBALD
(Titirangi).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 155, 12 June 1942, Page 4
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199THE NAME OF GOD. New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 155, 12 June 1942, Page 4
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