Sirty Years Ago

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21817, 21 November 1940, Page 4

Sirty Years Ago

“ The Timaru Herald ” November 21, 1880 Mutilation of Lord’s Prayer The Athenaeum says: “It is with regret that we hear it said that the form in which all Englishmen know, and most of them use the Lord's Prayer is no longer to be the form w’hich is to pass current. We shall rejoice if the report, which is widely circulated, proves incorrect. A greater calamity than such a change as rumour declares to be imminent it would be difficult at the present moment to imagine.” We are sure that the instincts of the Englishspeaking people throughout the world will rebel against any such change as that referred to. To destroy the grand simplicity of the language of this universal prayer, in deference to the criticisms of a cold classical scholarship, would be hardly less evil than to entirely prohibit its use in the English tongue. Religion in Schools Auckland.—The Auckland Scripture Gift Association has sent a memorial to the Hon. Mr Rolleston, asking permission to put in the public schools large placards with the Lord's Prayer and Ten Commandments. Unrest In Ireland London. —It is currently reported today that serious differences have arisen in the Cabinet in regard to the policy to be pursued in Ireland. Reports state that the majority of Ministers are in favour of the adoption of strong measures of coercion for the repression of the prevailing disorder in that country, but Mr Bright, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Mr Chamberlain, President of the Board of Trade, are strongly opposed to such a course, and decline to act with their colleagues in carrying out coercive measures. Literary and Debating Society The proceedings last night consisted of a discussion on “Spiritism,” arising out of a lecture recently delivered before the Society by Mr A. Vincent. There was a good muster of members, and a considerable attendance of ladies, and several speakers discussed the question on various grounds. Some contended that spiritual manifestations were due to diabolical agency, while others held that they were explicable by purely natural laws. Mr Vincent replied in a capital exhaustive speech, setting forth the views held by spiritualists. The proceedings were of a highly interesting nature. Position in the East London.—Again there is a crisis in the East, and any hour may bring news of momentous importance. Mr Gladstone’s efforts to “bounce” the Turks by a grand naval demonstration have signally failed. There is no sign of fear or vacillation in the counsels of the Sultan; he keeps resolutely to his old policy of delay. He is still temporising, offering vague promises in the place of decisive action, and thus far he has succeeded in keeping at bay the force which threatened to coerce him.