Thus writes a London paper:— ‘‘.Muscular •Christianity used to be a subject for jokes’, hut the revolt of a few parsons and ■curates against a. sanctimonious. unnatural manner of diseiisTng religion lias had many good effects. One is the changed attitude of Abe public towards the Y.M.C.A. and the V.W.C.A. The notion that the members of these associations were namby-pamby and ”pi” lias d.isappear- ■■ d. They are just active, cheerful, keen young men and women, not afraid of the term Christ ram, hut meaning something sound and defin fc by it.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 3381, 4 July 1927, Page 2
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