"THAT HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF."

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20316, 15 August 1931, Page 21

"THAT HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF."

10 THtS KDITCT. 01' THE fKESS. Sir, —Day by uay T feel I am r.iore indebted to Tm: Pnuss. , Jt'a editorials, and the altogether high tone which it commands and directs us ever upward and onward, must provoke a wholesome influence over the mind oi many people. article by Winifred .1, Ilaward, to me, is tlic best, you have published. Hie range ot' thought is unlimited, and OiU; would require to havo read much history to understand it all. So, as one who passed the Fourth Standard by the shin of his teeth, I a:r sure you will give a good margin for my cheek, or maybe ignorance. I. The author says the "French Revolution look an anti-religious and propagandist turn."' This is only a part state ent. What, about the State and the part it played in the drama? When one surveys 11:e wreckage after the storm, what doe-; he discover? First, that the Church and State were buiit on a sandy foundation and were unable to resist the deluge when it burst. They could not resist a people made mad by tyranny and oppression, so were engulfed and swallowed for a time. -. Was it not the Church and State of nd that laid the foundation of the Republic of the United States of America? They banish'd and oppressed people with grievous and unjust taxation till they kicked off tho traces and declared war. We know from history this was a godsend for Church and State. They were on the edge of a volcano they hau made, and the day or vengeance and the cloud of revolution were sippicaching: but tliey were saved by the declaration of war. The Church of England at the present moment is on fee doorstep to repeat history. One section is knocking at the door of lio'.nc. while the other is hunting for union with the only genuine 'Bishop, who be hoigs to the only true Apostolic, succession, if there be such an order instituted by the Apostles. .1. .Scotland shows the same combination in authority, vomiting out most drmnablc laws. A nation in agony, drenched in blood and .sweat. ■i. Spain shows the same combination. Church and State are in the potter's hand, but what they turn out no one can tell at, present. 6. L'p to the present time Rustia is a complex question, so 1 will not ruali in "where angels fear to tread." A person whose eyo has been enlightened by

the o;,-irit of tiud can ur.derslar.d th; journey by ithriet'an from the City of . l-'e?iruction to that "city l.ot made v .'itli ; h;,ne I :.'' The figures of speech used are 1 the prod;»'t of ihe We.ter;i mli.d. But : b'ui,ia:i li! raturc, the Book of Daniel, and Revelations are tlie product or the I Eastern mind, therefore, up to the proi Btnl. are but dimly understood by the I WesU-.-.i mind. It' 1 give a gu't_ to a ! friend he looks into my face w;tli a i smile and thanks 'i.e. Give a gift to i the Russian peasant and he locks past ! yon into space sinl thanks the good God who sent the gift, j If this be a true conception ol the peasant, then 1 must confe.-s l'.e_ is deeply taught, in spiritual things. liieu why has he fallen from his lofty heritage to became the sneer, the scoff, and a byword amongst so many people? iSuiely such a nation, with its marvellous insight in In the spirit world, will arise ftom tho dust, adorn itself with the discarded garments, and enter into the runlight in ioy and peace.—Yours, etc.-, STANDARD IV. Akaroa. August 13th, 1931.