THE KING’S SPEECH

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21729, 11 March 1936, Page 17

THE KING’S SPEECH

TO THE EDITOR OK THE PRESS. Sir,—l am beginning to wonder about the extent this page has in influencing our manners and morals, say, besides moulding our opinions. I think I may say that I was fairly "nicely" brought up in my youth as to politeness, else I would be inclined to say "You be damned" to that last part of the Eglon Sercombe letter this morning; but it would be the last thing I would wish, that any rudeness on my part would wean me from the kindly sympathy these good folk show in my spiritual welfare; yet I feel that I would not be true to myself or th«* spirit of truth if I did not make some protest against this peculiar "caught up" idea that these people (I do not know what sect it is) have got themselves tangled up in. I am not much concerned if they do decide to remain blind as to the comnjon-sense views that spiritualism has to teach about the next step and the next life; there is plenty of time in eternity for them to get their eyes opened. The bane of such a lot of teaching in the past is the inculcating of the sense of fear. One of the missions of spiritualism is to open doors; not to close them.— Yours, etc., PETER TROLOVE. March 9, 1930.