A QUESTION OF MOTIVES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16796, 12 March 1918, Page 7

A QUESTION OF MOTIVES.

Sir.—Li the course of a Lenten address ! the Rev. A. M. Niblock mado some sensational charges against business methods in general, but in particular be stated that : a certain large tirra had contributed several I thousand pounds 10 the early dosing campaign fund in the hope that the change would be to the firm own benefit. Of course, I thought at once of Mr. John Court, knowing that he had contributed ' £1000 to the fund, but that gentleman has just been acquited by Mr. Niblock, who •* is quite-prepared to believe that that donation had been made only with the ', most Christian motives." Now, who else . has contributed several thousand pounds ; to tho fund? Surely there cannot be many. And, more interesting still, how i does Mr. Niblock propose to ascertain their I motives ? What proof can he give of the i accuracy of his first statement'/ In the ' meantime, all he can say is—Somebody j told me. It is curious to note that after I imputing, without proof, the most seJfish ' motive to the author of an apparently unselfish action, he appeals to his hearers " to try to make the spirit of Christ a reality in every department of life.'' Cambridge. R. Campbell.