PAPERSPAST

THE SPRIT OF SACRIFICE

Rev. W. G. Monckten writes: I am; very -much, obliged to you lory«! courtesy in if or warding mc a copy -off your tpaper in which rthere -appears aj letter from Mr. Allen-.eoßiiaeuting oa; a recent sermon o£^mine. -I do -Tiofc.; know whether Mr. 'Allen -is Teferclag. to the sermon itself, or to the neces-) sarily condensed account which-,&p-; peared in the Auckland "Star" ot February 22; -but I presume the lat-' ter. This report α-eads, "When the New Zealand nvaterside workers ware : asked -will you, work overtime -at? double rates?' they replied, 'No.' But if they were asked to work overtime, to help our starving children they] surely would reply, 'Yes.'" This] means that where money falls to appeal, the spirit of Christian sacrifice never fails, or that the workers; will do to help others what tliey; would not do merely to enrich them-; selves. This I Relieve to be true; 'I.; should be sorrj to think it wereotherwise. I do not quite See 'how? the words can'be made to bear the'? interpretation putupon them by 'Mr.; Allen, namely that I condemned Oie: wiaterside workers for not helping; the starving, since the words ex-] .press quite the contrary of - this J Again thanking you for , your court-;; e'sy. ' . . ' '■ !

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