"SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR"
Sir,-I have been urged to offer a mild rebuke of certain entries of the Shepherd's Calendar, appearing in recent issues of your magazine. Having read these articles for some years, I am well accustomed to applaud, certainly to ponder appreciatively, the simple wisdom, the pastoral pleasures, frequently animating this well-established feature, As often, however, in recent months I have noticed an unnecessary and less than creditable petulance invade "Sundowner’s" writing, to the disappointment of many readers other than myself. In the entry for June 22, for example, we surely have more evidence for the onset of an irascible old age than "Sundowner" himself found in his incapacity now to whistle or sing (June 5 No man, unless he has serious doubts of his own faith, condemns mere cyncism or would deny the writer of the Calendar his own prejudices or even his
own superstitions. But the danger of Shavian generalisations and the folly of emotional violence in criticism should be reiterated more frequently than is now the case. In the most real sense it is a measure of our moral responsibility. I am aware that ill-directed Church services can be very futile, but I am also aware that the methods of ridicule in attempting to remedy these faults may invite more contempt than agreement from both Christian and nonChristian alike.
J. C.
ENGLAND
(Opunake).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 888, 10 August 1956, Page 5
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226"SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR" New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 888, 10 August 1956, Page 5
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