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Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18342, 30 May 1931, Page 18 (Supplement)

THe Sabbatb

LOOK INTO THY* SOUL.

By all means use some times to be alone, • Salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear. Dare to look In thy chest; foi* 'tis thy own: And tumble up and down what thou flnd’st there, Who cannot rest till he good fellows And, ■ He breaks up house, turns out of doors his mind. DAILY TEXT. Sunday. God is merciful;—Thou art a God to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness.—Nehemiah 9: 17. Monday. If Ye Obey.—lf ye ' will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.—Exodus-19: 5, 6. Tuesday. The Power of Thought.—As -he thlnketh In his heart, so is he.—Proverbs 23: 7. Wednesday. Wait Patiently.—Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.—Psalm 27: 14. Thursday. ■Law of Love. —Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.—Romans 13: TO. Friday. The Friend of Sinners.—Their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying. Why .do ye eat and drink with publicans and " sinners? And Jesus answering said unto them, They, that are whole need not a physician; but-they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.— ‘ Luke 5: 30-32. The Untamed Tong-a?—<~f!e tu : keepeth his mouth keepeth his life; but he that openeth wide his lips Trail have destruction.—Prov. 13: 3.

RIGHT ERAINWORK. T The brainwork that would count had got to be put into the right field,” said the Bishop of Ripon in a speech reported in the Yorkshire Post. The j right field for fundamental brain- 1 work was tiie field of human character and conduct, not the field of economies. In other fields, research and experiment were usually delegated lo experts, and the prospective , beneficiaries merely had to foot the bill and await results, but in this field everybody had to come Into the laboratory, either helping or. hindering the desired result. If we could find i someone who could produce goodwill, i it was easy to see that with an Increase of goodwill there would be at : once an increase of capital and of

readiness to Invest it. We oould not restore faith in. the community, by a mere restoration of flnhnoial prosperity, but we could restore financial prosperity by a restoration of faith." SCIENCE AND RELIGION. - i ■ j' “ If the Churches were to shut tomorrow science would drive men to it. Science is making men think. And science is going to prove one or two strange things in the next 20 years.-1 “I do not say it is going to demonstrate the existence of God. Scientifically (as we generally use the word) that can. never be demonstrated. But we are going to get enough new knowledge to drive men back to God.”—The Rev. W. H. Elliott, in the Dally Express. RELIGION AND DEPRESSION. Is It possible that In‘ endeavouring to rid ourselves of the complexities' of public life we shall also get down 'to' fundamentals in religion? The tremendous emphasis which is being placed on individuality is tending to simplify life, to lead to a stricter way of life, which Is all to the good when so much that is noble and brave in human relations is lost in the welter of democracy. The world, and the in-' dividual are. one, and if the individual problem cab be solved by understanding, so can the problem of the world •be solved. All this adds interest to a prediction in the Sydney Evening News that: “ On the principle of history repeating itself a tremendous religious revival will arise out of this depression. It will not be confined to Australia, but possibly be worldwide. Depression Is universal, and while it may be cynical, it represents also the dead end of the _ post-war orgy. Thus the revival will follow naturally, by way of reaction. At any rate," the writer goes on to say, “ the rallying call to stricken humanity is more likely to* come from a great religious leader or leaders than from any used-up statesmen. The world tires of political profligacy and the subtleties of statesmanship, yearning for return to simple faith and the gospel of the good. Humanity is very childish at heart, and swings back Instinctively to the fundamentals."