RELIGIOUS FAITH

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 June 1938, Page 8

RELIGIOUS FAITH

CHINESE VIEWPOINT. “Without ’religious'' faith there can be no real understanding of life,” declared China’s generalissimo, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, at a church conference. “Faith in the cause of a revolution is not unlike religious faith. Without faith, human affairs, both great and small, are difficult of achievement. Often when face to face with opposition and possible danger we mortals are prone to retreat and to abandon our work halfway. Such lack of confidence in ourselves is often due to the absence of a strong religious faith. I am an ardent follower of the revolution, and although my faith.,in Dr Sun Yat Sen at the outset did not appear to have any religious significance, it was similar to a religious faith. Today, I find that I have taken a further step and have become a follower of Jesus Christ. This makes me realise more fully that the success of the revolution depends upon men of faith and that men of character, because of their faith, cannot sacrifice their principles for personal safety under circumstances of difficulty and crisis. In other words, a man’s life may be sacrificed, his person held in bondage, but his faith and spirit can never be restrained.”