THE CHURCH'S;MESSAGE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 90, 10 January 1919, Page 6

THE CHURCH'S;MESSAGE

Sir,—"Brevity is tho soiil of wit," and it'counts for much Hp, other departments. Tho message of St. Peter is that of the Church, and its brevity cannot bo questioned: "Eschew evil, and do,good.' : As to : how much may.-.'be'incorporated into that message is: quite' a different matter. But the writer insists that tho Archbishop's committee's report is not correct if it states .that'"tho Church had x failed to' obtains a.''hearing for that message." 'For very few .can be found 'who are unable to I discriminate between what is good and'what is evil,-if thev wish to do so. But often tho desire is not there. If the report' had read-"fhe message of tho Church had been, to a great extent, rejected, the report would have been correct.-I am, ° tC " J.U.D. P.S.-Ezekiel (18th' chapter, verses 1 to !)) gives tho message in cxtenso— J.B.D.

The thirty-nintli annual meeting of the New Zealand Educational Institute will be hold in the Masonic Hall, Boulcott Street, to-day, at 10 a.m. "Private Smith: 'Of course,.we suffered u lot in the trenches but it was nuflin' compared to the kindness jou people 'avo ehowored upon us over sinoi .to came back.' "—"Weekly. Scotsmaa. .