MASS IN THE DOMAIN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16202, 12 April 1916, Page 9

MASS IN THE DOMAIN.

Sir.l certainly think a " Dublin Man " has given us the true key. What to us at this time are jarring creeds raising up tlw spectre of dissension when our sons are going away united in their lovs of fatherland to fight for homo and freedom ? The Mass to most of us who are Catholics represents a drama too tragio for human discussion, and too sacred almost for public rehearsal. A " Dublin Man," though a " benighted Protestant,"lias given us all a lesson in tolerance. Shane- o'Dai.a.

Sir,—Frcm all one reads, our boys at the front have little to do with sectarianism or denominational dogma. Why? Because they are face to face with tho realities of life and death, and the manmade accretions that, have gathered round all the various sccts have no reality, no comforting assurance, no existence in faca of that which is real, eternal, substantial. We at home, living in comfort and safety, still bicker about differences in religion, which are just as false, as unsatisfying, as contemptible as tho vices of society which wo deplore, and say will not bo permitted to exist in the new state of things existent after tlv-s great world was is over. Let the people meet, together in their thousands on Anzac Day, thank God for those of our boys who. came out el that difficult time and position, and commit to His loving and Fatherly caro the I souls of those who fell. Let us do it because Wi>. -i»!'-(< something of the Fcrinusv !•••* "i -in matter, whetheif •' Iv j' h \f. t V On.rehir,-.

H. G.^k-r.j-f.

> Sir Anyone who knows h'V;ory knows

Jkifc!of ill" Jit', f :i!.n.i'ersy n :!<3 rivtesiu.it,.'; motion, ; tb who see ii • 'liiliculty in it, provide: of course they understand it, can have no real obstacle in joining the Church of Rome. I would like " Dublin Protestant" to say what would be the result if oven the National, Anthem was played 1 and sung in the streets or domain cf the Sovtli of Ireland. Rev. Howard Elliott not only voices Protestants of Auckland, but so those of Ireland, ivitli few exceptions, speaking from the knowledge of my countrymen. Protestant Catholic fkoji Co. Cork.