SECRETS OF LIFE

Patea Mail, Volume XLIX, 30 March 1927, Page 2

SECRETS OF LIFE

BISHOP OF LONDON’S ADDRESS. INFLUENCES ON LIFE. Five secrets of influence in life were disclosed by the Bishop of London at a reception to him recently in Canteruury College Hall, states the “Christchurch Press. ’ ’ The Bishox) said that ho was there not only as Bishop of Loudon, but as a living been for nine years head of Oxford House in East London. At first he found opposition to the work, but it was gradually removed, and during the nine years young men in the movement did excellent work, gaining the complete confidence of the people. The Bishop continued that there were five secrets that influenced people in life. They were:— (1) Be absolutely sincere. Mr. Baldwin, because he was sincere, had great influence over the Opposition benches. (2) Have some real object in life. The world to-day had no use for slackers. His dear old father, land-owner and clergyman, always urged on his children to - have some purpose. It was that which influenced the thirty young o men who worked with the speaker in East London. ■ (3) Avoid “frills’’ and “side.” People would lose their influence if they put on frills as they said in America, or put on side as they said in England. Personal vanity corroded character more than moral sin. Personal humility was one of the secrets of influence!. Vanity Sapped all good influences. (I) Faith in God. Belief in God was essential to influence. Atheism destroyed confidence in men and women. Distrust immediately arose when people said that they did not believe in God. Some sort of belief in a power above was absolutely essential. Most of the Labour men at'Home wore religious men and the most religious were the most influential. (5) A sense of humour. If the speaker had not a sense of humour he could not have held the vast London multitude away from the Mormon leaders next door. A sense of humour saved people from making a. mountain out of a mole-hill. A person with a sense of humour made light of little difficulties and of hardships! It was one of the important secrets ,of life. “If I do not sec yon again,” the Bishop added, “let me remind you of these secrets of influence. Take them into your lives. Show them in your characters. You then will be loaders of men and women. You will be a credit to the great university from which you came.”