"A LUMINOUS STAR"
THI2 LiHAGUM OF NATIONS.
Mention was made by tho President of tho Methodist Conference (the Rev. W. Grigg), during the opeiiing Ceremony last evening; that last year had -witnessed tho inceutiou of ■'■a fefuat exp&rimdnt; hi tho bifth of the Loagife of Nations. "Already many will regard it as beyond tho experimental stage," lie siid. "It Jigs becomean international operative reality, making for righteousness and peace. It is easy to stand' by and criticise a. g^reat movement such as this is. With interests of such magnitude and complexity, affecting the susceptibilities of so many Powers, great and small, it.is a matter of congratulation that such solid progress has been made. It will be a high-water mark of progress in the worlds history towards the realisation of the ideals' of the Prince of Peace. Preachers and teachers of Christ's ovkugel of good-will, is it counted a little thing with you, that after two millenniums of Christian-life and service, the broken lights have been focussed into such a luminous star of hope, and peace? It docs bfhr,> to out- horizon, however dimly, Tho Parliament of man, tho Federation of tho World;' " (Applause.) >
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 48, 25 February 1921, Page 6
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