PURIFYING PUBLIC LIFE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 4, 5 January 1900, Page 4

PURIFYING PUBLIC LIFE.

TO TliS EDITOR. Sib,—ln view of the cutioms so freeh passed as to church nct-iou iu rtferetct to politico-social questions, is is interesting to noti-, i'lLia Homy papers u hand this mail, that Che du'y of the church iu reference to the matters el public interest which call Tor actkn en the prrt tf our citizens is rapidly becoming more recognised and enforced. I enclose you cuttings re ti.is important question, from Southampton, Eaghnd, as to ac;ion taken in i:j;mictioii with wbal is kr.o«vu as (Jittzers ciusid..) which will I !.' ps ba o; k.iiwst your readeit', and, po-shl,' pscv some stiajuiu-i to similar tic*iou Hi ra a opportunity :-.iVrs. — \oms biiituuily Oxe Who Valu\ s the I'uaxchise.

At Southampton, "Christian eitiVaBbip " bits been made the subject i'ai something mora th m a surmoj. Nl lesj than forty of the clorgy and ministers—headed by (Jason Dure 1 and tha Chairman of the Fie! Church Council—have issued a united appeal to their congregations in tho liopo of awakbtii-.i;; the public conscience in the nutter of c-vii: responsibility. "It if impossible" they tay, "to read from time to t:me the reports of racetiogs of some of our public tiodies without fueling tint tte duties of citizenship tire imperfec iy realised by many to whem such Uu' tire a hokuin truss aa > respoa.-i ■■iiiiy."

Sjono recent disclcsuras in conno' tioa v.irh the administrut'on of sanitary matters h,tvo awakei>Ml tuv i&us tins givings cone-ming tho. management of soma of tho Southampton bormiyh affairs, and tho signatories appeal to their congregation?, as Chrisiiau m-t;. to coQfitler their ret-pt risibilities far more than they have done in past. They add:—

We desire to Fee our representatives selected, not merely because they belong to a political party, tar. h-«-au«" they are tha beat men, because they will Strive to sbate the evils or intemperance, to guard tho tr>»ra.'s of tli.? town, to repress via*, to do wlu»fc is possible In thfi improvement of the dwellings <f the working clashes, and to prevent tinmoral and physical eviis of over-crowd-ing. Above all, wo desire to see our representatives guidsd by etn'ctly Ohrktiais priuc.ipkx, and we urge upon Buch jf our fcliow townsmen as wo may hopo to influence, to vote only for those Who II codas vout' i o wait} Sain such high Standard?. W« consider that it is the duty of every re'igitma man to oppose My osndiiuts wlwra personal Wbita ftodeha "x -- - „v. [.l >, ftfcd fc'o h'l th i ii cl- i ! i >.. tUfSCtI '3 l rn i I,i ii t | of pM v-M r-.v.-ptiKtiiiiV"! Hud tnorj;! | fifcoer*, wu><«r ibw pclitisUl bpinfon?. i of the Ssut-haKpto!: ciayy >«sfl lioncon-1 format- sjiDi:;::- - , «.th rcny r.dd, { taken on t!vj>n:V.;.;r,.hi: J.li.v v,: Do i;:. j Who Miintnu&ul a CvtUtiVr/ :.h<Eural 1>.;.-rjc;y. The r.tu.::r- <t;r.s;iini-\ prevailed. av.d is »v.r- decided cu!y to issue th s itppeai übovo pcfoui>.i to, but to obscrvv >Sa!id:\y, o:t..h ; :v S:h, its " Citizen Sunday," v.is-»n i;eraoas will bepreacnod oa tho duties of ci'.iz;ns.hip ftcd Christian principles in tho conduct of public ifff'iir?.