A NEW OREED.

Otago Witness, Issue 1383, 1 June 1878, Page 19

A NEW OREED.

Mr John Ruskin has founded in England a Socialistic or Communistic Society, under the name of " The Guild of St. George." Each person on becoming a member subscribes to the following creed : 1. I trust in the living God, Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things and creatures visible and invisible.

I trust in the kindness of His law and the goodness of his work. And I will strive to love Him and keep His law and see His work while I live.

2. I trust in the nobleness of human nature, in the majesty of its faculties, the fulness of its mercy, and the joy of its love.

And I will strive to love my neighbour as myself, and, even when I cannot, will act as if I did.

I will labour, with Buch strength and opportunity as God gives me, for my own daily bread, and all that my hands find to do I will do with my might.

4. I will not deceive or cause fco be deceived any human being for my gain or pleasure, nor hurt or cause to be hurt any human being for my gain or pleasure, nor rob or cause to be robbed any human being for my gain or pleasure.

5. I will not kill nor hurt any living creature needlessly nor destroy any beautiful thing, but will strive to save and comfort all gentle life and guard and perfect all natural beauty upon the earth.

6. I will strive to raise ray own body and soul daily into higher powers of duty

and happiness, not in rivalship or contention with otherfi, but for the help, delight, and honour of others, and for the joy and peace of my own life. 7. I will obey all the laws of my country faithfully, and the orders of its monarch and of all persons appointed to be in authority under its monarch, so far as such laws or commands are consistent with what I suppose to be the law of God ; and when they are not, or seem in anywise to need change, I will oppose them loyally and deliberately, and not with malicious, concealed, or disorderly violence. 8. And with the same faithfulness, and under the limits of the same obedience which I render to the laws of my country and the commands of its rulers, I will obey the laws of the society called of St. George, into which I am this day received, and the orders of iti masters and of all persons appointed to be in authority under its masters, so long as I remain a companion called of St. George.