THE PRESENT STATE OF THINGS.
THE NEED OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLE. "I am not a pessimist, yet I feci, as I look out on the world, that it i> in a deplorable state," said .Mr. E. C. Cutten. S.M.. speaking at the Baptist Tabernacle yesterday afternoon on "Character Training for Christian Citizenship." Mr. John Smith presided over a huge attend ance. Mr. Cutten said that the stability of the community depended on those who respected law and order. There was, however, an undesirable element underneath, ad shown by the dishonesty and impur ity reported in the newspapers to-day which he regretted to say was on tbe increase. The growth of materialism wavery evident and affected the child, the ehurcli and education. People to'-dav were endeavouring to reach the highest good of life by materialistic menu- as the people of the olden days tried to reach heaven by building the Tower of Babel. The only true progress was moral progress, and the only "remedy tor the present state of things was the application of the principles of Christ.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 83, 10 April 1922, Page 4
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