CHRISTIAN IDEALS
MAORI AND WHITE PEOPLE APPEAL BY BISHOP BENNETT [ FBOM: OUB OWN cohhespondiintl -WEA3TGAREI. Wednesday: An appeal to tlio Maori and pakoili peoples to join ijogether for the spiritual; upliirfc oi' both was maclo by Bishop Bennett, Bishop or Aotearoa, in th® Town Hall at Whangarei. Iri the: course of his address BisJiop l Bennett referred to the visit lie recently paid to Buasell and Paihia. places which had much to do nith tha origin of: Christianity among the Maori: people. He emphasised tine ypirituai' progress made,, and stated that at recent service in Ahipara 18 ruen had become licenced as lay readers. H®strcngly appealed to the pakolnt peopla not to forget their responsibilities to; the Maori race.
11l referring to the present economic depression Biuhop Bennett said" ''The Maoris are suffering from the effects of she depression just as much, if n°k moire, tlhuri tie white people, but are settling a general example by reivliSing there is an overruling Providence behinti the difficulties. I am perwutdod they arc not material but spiritual difficulties wo are facing, and so long as we treat them in a spiritual sense w oar. conquer. 1 '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21506, 1 June 1933, Page 12
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193CHRISTIAN IDEALS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21506, 1 June 1933, Page 12
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