BREAD AND BROTHERHOOD

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 673, 27 May 1929, Page 14

BREAD AND BROTHERHOOD

ADDRESS AT COMMUNITY MISSION “A DARING ADVENTURE” At the Bominion Road Community ; Mission in the Capitol Theatre last evening the Rev. George Jackson spoke on the subject of “Bread and Brotherhood.” The missioner pointed, out that the Founder of Christianity always insisted that human personality was sacred. If that conviction of Jesus was endorsed by those who claimed to be His followers today, for the standard by which any social order should be judged was by the quality of the human being it produced and not by the wealth of a community, if industry and commerce were organised on lines which made it impossible for some members of the community to secure food and clothing and other necessities, then " brotherhood” was an empty word. It was futile to speak of human brotherhood as though it were something that could be developed, as a kind of private virtue. To accept a social system that made it difficult and even at times impossible for some to secure bread as their right was a denial of brotherhood. To accept the teaching and example of Jesus of Nazareth was to commit oneself to the daring adventure of creating a social and economic system wherein life would be valued at its true worth, and wherein industry would be a fellowship in communal service, instead of a squalid struggle for private advance. The soloist for the evening was Mr. Gordon Kent, and during the service special music was given by the mission orchestra. At the close an open forum was held on the subject of unemployment. Ar-

rangements were made to carry out a survey of the district in order to render assistance to those who were out of work.