FISH AND CHIPS

Maoriland Worker, Volume 13, Issue 30, 25 July 1923, Page 15

FISH AND CHIPS

New Z-oalandcrs are at pr-e»e<nt re.".oiv'iig thj>.'l>cinr>sit (?) °f a general stir-up Iti a, "Back to lite Bible" cam" paign from an Amerloani of the Great Republic. This miss/oner (Dr. French K. Oliver) is -, a good, and a well sducivjed speaker; unfortunately h~ 'accompanies h"s lectures vvif%.a deal of community hyfnn singing ot a 'rwvivaliftfc'c style, a collection plats which appears very early upon the scene, and tte' ."ale of a hook of hymns which does not appear to he a roiHiarlqa,bl e bargain at two shil" lings and sixpence. i.r * * * Man cannot line b ybread alone, so, Mie financial side of the tour mity foe l'.:-i:t with th;--) qtutlify-ng riumark that dvero a y& usually at. len&t two ways of •.io'ng most i.hjngs and Ijc. Oliver r.a:<:i not .seem to have chosen the nicer one for asking monetary aa-:-i.-;'Vnu-.e. Perhaps that's a national cparaote'ristic, for evsn Washington has n-ov. impressed the world very , wourably by tho methods adopted for collating debts from a guarantor, especially when it -s -allowed hat a percentage of such debts aided bi deferring "Washington's physical inlerytii-'on -when heads of great rd-aiirs put hi the nips voraciously on::- must not be too particular with humble followers of th,* Despised and R vjectod-

Who attends such meetings as those of Dr. Oliver? Is it the Cui_»di'il pew-renters, Presbyterian sides" men. Congregational Office-bearers, or members of Mothodist vestry? Not one in a hundred, of such people would go near meetings of that description; are they not saved and true Christ'ans already? Therefore, what, has tlui business ( 0 do with them? Their positions in" this, world' j world , are assured; does not t^ a -t j prove- what good-living, sincere, and j God : like folk they are? Of course it I does; 0113 never (or hardly ever) I hears of a man with a hank balance I doing anything wrong and. anyhow, if he docs h 0 can pay the fine, so ill ling the coffers of the Government and making them a partner in the. little SLIP! * * «■ ■.» As a very general 'th'ng the bulk; jof the attendants ai: revival meetings! i are the LOWER classes, and h f » j I'Liy who have the Back ;o thy Bible ! theories thrust upon them. The ; theories of humbleness, humility. ! turn the other ehe : ek.- love your j enemies. ' t.h-:-se are the subjects enj joined upon the workers. As if some :of us hd,v e forgotten how tlie Anglican Church taught its youthful adherents "t 0 submit themselves to ail th->ir governors, teachers, spirltualual pastors and nv-stcrs" and '-. . . to do their duty in that state v of life, unto which it. .shall please I God to call them." »■ s * ■■>* 1 "Professional tear-producers bring a lump int 0 the throat of the average j v/ork'ng man and force hhn to blow! his nose with violence whilst any of j iho enthroned -*md .".ecure Christians | who may hanovn to b 0 presfut. aitj — nigh it all stoney-eyed and unmoved. Mrs. Sui'.ili-Brown may re-i mark later to the Hon. Miss Ponsonby j dc Tompkins, "So good for the masses j you know,' I foe! sure the speaktr reached the hearts of quite a number of 'the poor THINGS." and, unfortunately, the fatuous Mrs. Snr'thKrown only too often correct In the latter part of lv;r remark. ■■!? '"= =» * • _el him that is without sin cast Ihe first stone" is a beautiful precept and as sound to-flay as when written, Viit th.-j. poor have had stones show