CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS
Has it occurred to "Staunch SUIT his order should be reversed, and rather the Christian conscientious objector Is the one who, with » million times less bitterness and more tolerance, endures the fanyty cal rationalist? Christ sowed tbe seeds of His Kingdom in the lwnt of His followers that, cost whatjt may, individual and national empties would be broken down, Jfj not the job of the untamed patriot to criticise the harvest. Force bat always failed—as it will fail in % next war, and with whom shall fee the final victory? Surely not w bemedalled soldiers as "the mmk shall inherit the earth." So aild Christ and He will make His wm6 - complete. What price "glory" thai? WM. BRADY. I wonder if your correspondent!. E.W.F. or J.W.H., could explain the seemingly conflicting statements contained in 11. Sam. xii., 9, and in 11. Sam. v., 19? In one David ic commanded to go up to war; in tbe other he is severe! v reprimanded for taking life. May be. after all, there are two sides to the question. M. ST. H. BLAMPIED.' —
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 291, 9 December 1941, Page 6
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