THE PRICE OF SALVATION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18013, 25 November 1926, Page 7

THE PRICE OF SALVATION.

To the Editor. Sir,—Having been out of work for some months, I have not been able to give my family many of the good things this world provides, and have had to curtail anything in the way of entertainment, such as pictures, amusements, etc. However, thinking it might cheer them up a little, I took them last night to hear Gipsy Smith Wc entered the building with all reverence and I felt that in such an atmosphere, among good Christian folk, we might for a while forget our hard ship. No sooner were we seated when they began to sing. We could not take part because we had no hymn book, but were informed that we should buy one. When asked the question: “ Was it our first appearance' we held up our hands, only to be told we had about six collections to make up. Very nice for a man who has been out of work for months* A collection plate was then handed us by a lynx-eyed individual who looked as much as to say we were taking up the seats from those who would be willing to pay. The Old Story that I learned at my mother's knee of a full and free salvation, without money and without price, must surely after all be a myth. I came away fully convinced there was salvation to be got only for those who could and would pay for it.—l am, etc., ONE OF THE UNEMPLOYED