"PILGRIM'S PROGRESS"
Sir-A word of appreciation ought to be expressed for the great pleasure and inspiration of the recordings of "Pilgrim’s Progress" just completed at Station 2YA. John Bunyan certainly came alive in the vivid dramatization of his: immortal dream, The rich yet. homely language, steeped in the Biblical imagery, was most ably preserved and presented by the radio players, It is quite significant, as indicating the perennial freshness of Bunyan and the relevancy of his, thought, that our modern historian "Arnold Toynbee should find the symbol of modern man’s predicament in the figure of Bunyan’s Pilgrim. In his section on "The Disintegrations of Civilisations," Toynbee concludes by quoting Bunyan’s description of Pilgrim seeking an escape from the City of Destruction as representing the plight of man in this atom age. With these words Toynbee’ concludes: "According to John Bunyan, Christian was saved by his encounter with Evangelist. And, inasmuch as it cannot be supposed that God’s nature is less constant than Man’s, we may and must pray that a reprieve which God has_ granted to our society once will not be. refused if we ask for it again in a humble spirit and with a_ contrite heart." (D. C. Somervell’s Abridgement, p. 554.)
REX
GOLDSMITH
(Hawera).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 530, 19 August 1949, Page 5
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207"PILGRIM'S PROGRESS" New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 530, 19 August 1949, Page 5
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