CORRESPONDENTS' VIEWS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 221, 18 September 1942, Page 2

CORRESPONDENTS' VIEWS

XKW CHRISTIAN ORDER | (To the; Editor.) Thr> choral and itemc i., I Town Hall nieotin- f-..- the Christie order wore inspiring and cnthutin hut the addresses by the ? wore too cloistered and arartSi?* ; The distinctive :d.,-on«o of g tical and constrm live nroposalsf substantial eenn.-mi,. support fort? I ethical and spiritual element* J? : disappointing. Tin- emnomic '' for the genera! i.-übhc to 1 ownership of land and industry |2 I ; associate economic c..perative *■ ciations gradual ami volunffi" Ishould he visualised by t the Christian order. The farm«S I dairy co-operativt.s: building Swf 6 ties, etc., and organised laESr should have been enlisted to hew??' I the setting up of co-operatives i£ * public support. Co-operation (onm l ; omict would enhnn-o the S I material status and b» the f O 3 I turn of advanced eth;. a! and S attributes. It is to be hopSTffi I the executive of the Christian or£? 1 by further consideration, will see tS 1 vital need for such economic mcaT ures, for the majority of the peoSf" 1 under the trying materiality 1 circumstances, would welcome I stantial proposals. §| _ A - T - STRUTHERS.

"Old Order's" letter displays ignor I arce as well as an tin-Christian out! 1 look. It would, it seems, pay him ♦« 1 find out the facts before writi ne J° | states: "It is the ease all throtS | history—the Churcnes opposing S I advances m the realm of science and £ knowledge and pi vine up only asa % last resort ' I. as a member of the P C hurch of Home, beg to differ andb? a few examples show "Old Order" hte £ mistake. These are just a few of the many that the Church has backed™ ' through the ages: — Astronomy 1 Algue. Copernicus, de Vico, Ga#endv & Laplace. Secchi. TorriceUi. Bioloirr ¥ Bernard. Camay. ODwver. Chemjt I try: Becquerel. Chevreul, La Vosier l Kleetricity: Ampere. Carre, CassellL ; Gramme. Mdme. Curie, Marcra? % \olta. Geology; Colons, Delaunv t Muller. Spada. Medicine: Pasteur' K Avenbrugger. There are thousands more. 1 wonder if "Old Order" has even heard of these famous peopleto £ whom, through the Church we owe ' our learning. Good luck to the Chris- " tian Order campaign, and although our Church cannot join in. we are ■- sympathetic towards it because of the unity that it is bringing to other " Churches. CHRISTIAN, p