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PLEA FOR CHEERFULNESS. AN ARCHBISHOP’S FAITH/’ •; i ■ An earnest plea to all people to counteract the present troublous times with expressions of cheer, gladness of heart, and faith.in the. fact that all the powers of evil could never overcome the Church, was made by Archbishop Julius, preaching at Ricearton on Sunday. i “Don’t go about grizzling and groaning that prices and taxes are high. I know that we all have to cut down expenses and five a little more economical-. ly, blit remember that, beneath it all, there is.the promise of God to bring His Kingdom to us again,” said the Archbishop. .
“Do not keep reiterating that this Government or that Government is no good, but make your faith manifest. The great purpose of God cannot fail; therefore, hold up your heads in the spirit of the Christian,” he eaid. “Dancing, in the days of the Psalmist, was part of the form of worship. We, too, dance and sing, but our dancing has been taught to us by the negroes, and our singing is done by the gramophone, and the whole thing'is rather a make-believe. We talk, these.days, from Monday to Saturday, about depressions, and' the state of the country, and I do not want to talk about it on a Sunday, but the. fact remains that there is enormous wealth and much work to be done, yet people stafive and there is uneriiployment. There was never a time when production was more bountiful, and in spite of that people are unclothed and unfed.
“Then there is the greater trouble that we are making no history. I pity the man, 100 years hence, who has to write the history of 1931. I wonder how he will keep his readers awake,” said the Archbishop. “Are. there any great 'men to-day 1” he asked. “Mussolini, perhaps, but there are no others that I know of. A little while ago we. were almost masters of Nature, and to-day we tremble at the thought of another war. How are we going to achieve peace on earth when science is giving so much of her best to: the development of war materials, and when the people are swayed this • way and that with every passing emotion? “We must' always remember that' older, by, far, ■ than! the organisations bf men,-the Parliaments and the States, is the Church. Although it seems, on the surface that. the Church has lost her power and that the grip of the Gospel has weakened, I believe that the spirit of Christ is just as strong in this century as it has ever been. Therefore, let ■us get back to the reality and give less attention to the shadow.” '?
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 August 1931, Page 9
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