THE GIFT OF YOUTH.

Otago Witness, Issue 3808, 8 March 1927, Page 31

THE GIFT OF YOUTH.

FISHOP INGRAM’S ADVICE.

AVOIDANCE OF INTEMPERANCE.

AUCKLAND, March 4. “If a young man offers you a cocktail never go out with him again,’’ Dr Ingram, Bishop of London, advised a gathering of school girls at Acton, England, several months ago. In an address to the girls of the Diocesan High School, Dr Ingram referred to his speech at Acton, saying that some of the girls might have read his remarks, which were published in the newspapers.

“Be careful in what you eat and drink, whether you smoke or not, and be sure to take regular exercise,” said Dr Ingram. Regarding cocktails the bishop said there was nothing worse for ruining a girl’s constitution. He urged the girls to keep their minds active. A wife, he said, should be a companion to her husband, not only in the home, but also in thought. His own mother, who had died two years ago at the age of 90 years, had been as active in her mind as a school girl right up to the time of her death. The girls should endeavour to keep their hearts young, and their sympathies quick, for people who lost touch with human life became old at 40.

Finally Dr Ingram advised the girls to keep their souls in touch with their living God, who was always young, and could pour life into them. One way in which they could keep in touch with God was to be regular in their prayers. The old saying about those whom the'- gods love dying young did not mean young in years, but rather young in heart. As the party left the school the girls lined the carriage-way and cheered.