THIS AND THE OTHER WORLD STORIES.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19622, 18 May 1929, Page 21

THIS AND THE OTHER WORLD STORIES.

TO THB CDITOE OF THE' PBE3S. Sir, —These come to me in my northern retreat, where the winter is like a mild southern autumn —Young, Jun., a second cousin, once removed, was discovered one Monday morning sitting pensive on the verandah, with about a dozen -weird carved figures stuck up around him. The mother, who had been exercised in her mind about religious instruction, and the importance of training the yonng mind, had, on Sunday, given her first Bible reading. The subject was the plagues of the Children of Israel, their propensity to worship idols, and the troubles they got into. "Child, whatever are you doing? and What are these?" "Idols, Mum. I have said a prayer to each one, and am now waiting to see what happens." A This one I get from a book just got from London. A well-known Anglican divine during the war years found a very satisfactory channel to get his experiences through from the other side. His work was attending to the slain. To those who expected to be met by an angel with wings, he put on his wings. He had an S.O.S. call to attend to an atheist to whom wings would have been "darned flummery." He was accosted thus: "I always said I would find a parson in the hottest place iH Hell, and I'm darned if the first person I meet isn't a holy Joe. I'm sorry for you. old chap; I am reallv grieved to meet vou." That man and I soon became friends. He will soon outpace me, as he has fewer prejudices to shed than I have.—Yours, ; tc * naices PETEB TEOLOVE Te Matai, May 11th.