AN AGE OF SERVICE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 118, 21 May 1932, Page 1 (Supplement)

AN AGE OF SERVICE.

There, is a sort <>f consolation in the reiteration of the ideals f assoc' tiom of men who group themselves with th» object of definite service, and at a tinu like this the community is only to acutely aware of tho truth of the state ment made in the opening iddres u cl the District Governor at th? Royuy conference, that friendship must be planted where violence an i grew, before the brotherhood ot man ca- approach reality. There is, in deed, a growing feeling that he power to do service ought to be synonym >us with the will to do it, but in these sensitive days every care should be taken that no suggestion of one cla'helping another class should enter into the gestures of service. For tae ideals of friendship are based upon co-op n .a tion, and he only serves triiy who mingles with those he would befru nd and shares their problems. Fortu.i ately associations formed for servicdo attempt, to overcome the lethargy uf members who are content, to give material benefits while only vagui’.y appreciating tho spiritual ini mori' requirements of others.—Chii.’ jhnrch Star.