FAMILY LIFE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 211, 22 June 1950, Page 5

FAMILY LIFE

KING’S REFERENCE STRENGTHENING OF TRADITIONS NEEDED (N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright). (Rec. 10.40 a.m.) LONDON, June 21. The King, in a message to the convocations of Canterbury and York, published to-day, called for the strengthening of family traditions in Britain.

The King was replying to loyal addresses from the convocations which were presented to him yesterday. The reply to the Archbishop of Cantermbury said that English civilisation, which has a religious basis and Christian tradition, was being threatened. The King’s reply to the Archbishop of York said: “I have indeed been blessed in my domestic life, and the Queen and I would wish that all my people should enjoy the same happiness. In an age when much that we hold dear is threatened, we must work to preserve a proper sense of family responsibility and of familyunity, for on these are based our traditional way ©f life.” The King added: “I share your concern at the decline in public and private standards of conduct. Not the least of the disasters of the war is the weakening of 'such standards which it brings in its train. To repair these ravages we must insist upon the importance of spiritual and moral integrity in our private lives and in all our public affairs, and to establish all our dealings on the Christian interpretation of life.”