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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 166, 13 July 1918, Page 6

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■To ttie Kdltur ) Sir, -1 nikt'r the above heading there was an interesting extract ill a recent issue I Saturday, June -Sμ of tin- "Star" i rt>m tin: "Koruiigluly Review," in which Frederick llurrkon condemns the tendency »f many writers and speakers to Wreak all canons uf gooil taste by the use of .-hint; and "coloured substitutes! for sound Knjjlihli." Surli cuiuleiniiation will appeal u> many of your readers who. deplore the prevcianey to ilortroy the 'charm of good Knglish. Tlie Hnglisli vnraliulary is the extensive of any language, uffording , ample means to draw upon without the use of offensive terms, or s-lans;, with its vagaries and vulgarism*. The man in the street, how-, I ever, may have some excuse for giving! I way to it — he hears so much and cannot i get away from it but there is no excuse for those whose education andj profefnion should show a higher standard of thought and expression, more e.speciallv ministers of the Cospel. It has been noticeable of late that some mm- 1 istcr*, presumably at their wits' end i ti> discover some method liv which they j can draw outsiders into their churches,] have been announcing their themes in Rensutionn.l terms. Such an example appeared in the. same issue of the '•Star" by a M.-thrxlist minister ! advertising for his theme "The Saviour ;ih a <:o!ul Sport." T cannot conceive that; the Master whom he professes to servei j would appreciate such an appellation.—! 1 am. etc., EX-WESLEVAX. I