Sayings of the Week

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 3, 20 January 1909, Page 3

Sayings of the Week

The question of missions was vitally concerned in the destiny of the Church, and unless the missionary spirit was apparent they must fail. No man or woman should be regarded as beyond Redemption, and the Church should strive io reclaim them. The power of the Cospel had been manifestly impressed by its victories in the London slums, and it was the same doctrines which were preached in the Dominion. A passion for souls was a lacking element to-day, more attention being paid to the occupation of territory than of hearts. The souls of the people must .be saved in the cities and in the back blocks.— The Her. K. 'Jlcnderson, Primitive Methodist Minister.

A very considerable share in the detVelopment of the new science of radioactivity had been taken by men born in Australasia. Easily first among them stood Professor Ernest Rutherford, of New Zealand, to whom the world owed many fundamental conceptions of the subject. — Professor Bragg, President Australasian Scientific Association. * « * « : 2he fight for the world’s markets is becoming fiercer, and our primary producers, if they are to hold their own, ought to be placed on as good a footing jn this respect as their rivals, and the telephone is one of the most valuable aids to the farmer in his business. Moreover, the telephone would materially reduce the sense of utter loneliness and anxiety attendant on the life of women in the back districts, induce more settlers to take up land in the backbloeks, increase the prosperity of the cities by fostering and increasing country trade, and save many valuable lives now lost through want of medical advice.— Mr. E. Hall, . ’Secretary Auckland A. and P. Association. z ♦ * * * In regard to pigs, the extent of tuberculosis in New Zealand is about three times that found in the Untied States, or even that in Denmark. This is almost entirely due to the class of food consumed. 1 have urged for years, but without effect, that the skim-milk should be sterilised at the factories. This pro cess has been in vogue in Denmark for some years, and has now been adopted in many of the United States, and with the most gratifying results so far as prevention of the spread of the disease among pigs is concerned. Why it should be delayed in this country is a mystery.— Mr. J. A. Gilru{h, Chief Veterinarian. It is certain that the country will not be content unless the proposals regarding the navy are adequate, and we must be prepared for considerable further demands upon the taxpayer. — Lord Let the people, the people who are not able to attend philharmonic and orchestral concerts, be allowed the opportunity of hearing good orchestral music—and Sunday is the day of the week when they are best able to hear and appreciate it. Is not good music as excellent a religious medium as many other so-called aids to Religious thought and inspiration? En-» courage such Sunday entertainment -do not prohibit it.—Jfr. Lewis de Grucn. • * « • A good brass band on the march is splendid; it is inspiriting aim effective. But at a concert., and especially an indoor concert, its stirring music is like to develop to something less than a concord of sweet sounds, so that if you possess a nervous system, you think of leaving. This is because a brass band has no colour; it is all tone, and, consequently, its limitations for rendering high-class music are obvious. With the military band, the soft reedy tones of the clarionet, the colour of the oboe, horns, French horns, etc., and the harmonising blend of the whole unit is such that equally on the march and on the platform you must take your hat off to H properly constituted military band, Once you hear it.— Mr. Lewis do Grocn. • * » ♦ Wellington is ro frightfully parochial that they would not. listen to anything there.— Mr Hoare, Christchurch,

There appeared to be a large amount of latent talent in the ranks of brass instrument players in New Zealand, and it the best players could be brought together permanently Now Zealand could own one of the finest bands in the world. It might be possible for the Government to subsidise the good players and so secure to the country one glorious band. The suggestion might not be a practicable one at present, but there were possibilities in it.— Mr. ll'. tfhorl, King’s Trumpeter. n * * * A good many North Island farmers are going over to Australia, and with the scientific methods which New Zealanders are introducing over there, it will only be a short time before Australia will be able to produce wheat of such quality and in such quantity' as to be able to send it over to New Zealand and sell it cheaper that it can be grown here.— Mr. A. C. Thompson, Christchurch. When the right cross of sheep for breeding fat lambs is generally adopted over there Australia will capture the fat lamb trade, as the land is so much cheaper and the expense of rearing lambs so much less than it is here. A fortune can be made from sheep in Australia in a very short time.— Mr. B. F. G. Cochrane, Tiinaru. • * * • He was not in favour of encouraging Sunday trains. Men were hard worked now, ami he did not wish to impose additional burdens on them. Sunday was a day of rest.— Hon. J. A. Millar. There is a good prospect of the longdelayed opening of the Panama (’anal in 1915, if the present rate of progress is maintained. Hitherto cholera., yellow fever and malaria have played havoc with the workers, but these scourges have been practically eradicated, and the casualties from disease among the 49,000 workers now employed (6000 arc Eurdpeaii navvies, chiefly fspaniards) haw been reduced to a minimum.— Dr. I' augh a n Co niis h. The United Kingdom is now a dumping ground for the surplus products of America and Germany in particular, and of other countries to a lesser extent, and the workers are thrown out of employment, and are unable to buy even the cheap imported goods. Mr Chamberlain’s protection policy must, be adopted before long, and this was the only tiling which would effect any permanent amelioration of the industrial conditions.— Mr J. Lil wo, managing director of the South Canterbury Woollen Mills. The Theosophical society took no part in political matters, nor in the controversies between different faiths. Its spread, however, would probably deeply affect public opinion on many important points. Its study would lead men to the conclusion that evolution was a real thing in all departments of human life* mental, moral and physical; thence to the assurance that reincarnation assured equal chances to all men. There was no injustice anywhere when the whole vast cosmic programme was seen. —Mr zl. IV. M a urais, 1 hinedi n. « * * ♦ They found the whole of humanity naturally divided into two great types —- those on the outgoing path, characterised by a disposition to grasp, and those on the path of return, characterised by the disposition to give. In all egos that were past the hindmost point in their evolution, and were on the path of return, the disposition to give rather than to grasp, and to live for others, became more and more marked, till the most highly-evolved of our race had ever been ready to give up their very lives for the good of humanity and to find their highest joy therein.—l/f.ss 11. Horne, Dunedin Theosophical Society. • « < • Trains had to be run to pay. He did nof say a train should pay every day, but where there was loss over three months the general public should not be called upon to make good the dead loss for a section of the community. — Hon. J. A. Millar.

At a time when there was so much theological unrest, and when there were so many non-ch urch-goi ng people, it must, provide food for anxious reflection on the part of every man desiring the best for the people, and he did not think there had ever been a time in English history when the churches had been more active in their work, more liberal, and more self-denying, or more thoroughly in sympathy with every movement for social betterment, of the masses than was the case to-day.— Ker. C. 11. Laws, Methodist Minister, Dunedin. * ♦ * * He bad recently been looking over some examination papers in which the candidates had been asked to recount the stages of man. One child wrote as follows; —‘•There are three stages of man. The first is when we are young, and we think of all the wicked things we are going to do when we grow up; that is the age of innocence. The second is when we have grown up and done all the wicked things we thought about when we were young; that is the prime of life. The last is when we are old and repent ; that is dotage.”— Professor M airhead. » « « • Considering the rate at which Welling ton has been receiving population froju overseas and by natural means during the year, the increase of ten marriages was less than it should be, and the same remark might apply to the births. He did not know why the young men were hanging back, but the figures indicated that they were. It was a new record. was true, but an unsatisfactory one. With respect to deaths, although the population had increased substantially during the year, the number of deaths recorded had decreased by 149; which could only be regarded as entirely satisfactory, and was the best tribute to excellent sanitary conditions of the city and the work of the Health Department.— M r (I. G. Hodgkins, Registrar, Wellington. The moral I would draw from the friendship towards the Turkish people is that public opinion in this country is that public opinion in this country is stirred not by racial animosity, but by ideas and causes. We never were anti-Turkish in the sense of having racial animosity. I believe that this is equally true at this moment with regard to every other nation. As far as popular sentiment is concerned there is no barrier between us and any other foreign people. We have no territorial ambitions to bring us into conflict with them, we have no past injuries which rankle, and we have no scores to pay off against and foreign 11at i<»n. — ir E. Greg. Instinct seems to tell me one thing about the woman of the future. Her freedom, which she will surely win, will not rob her of her woman’s love of home. Man, after he has battled with and been buffeted by the world, returns with an ever-growing longing for the peace ami beauty of his home environment. Woman, when the wider book of life lies open before her, will surely find the bonds of home life drawing more tightly round her. W'onian will always be wo man; hard, unsympathetic facts of life will make her home seem more of a haven. Will women’s beauty grow? I think it will be more refined in the future. In 100 years’ time a type of extreme daintiness will, I believe, prevail. The greater use of her brain will ••spiritualise” the future woman. Iler face will be alight with intelligence.— Madame Melba. If England should gel into trouble, Australian soldiers were all ready to light for the Empire. In the case of a European war. Australia’s help would not be. required, but if it were it would be reads .Lieut. Col. de Messuricr.

They had reflections cast at the Auckland growers which were not deserved, and it was, perhaps, desirable to consider the proposal emanating from one man that growers should combine to semi the whole Auckland (lip Home direct. To his mind, it was very unfair to cast aspersions as had been done. In his opinion. three sales were unnecessary in Auckland, ami two sales in the seas<>n would be enough. If that were done they would perhaps have an attendance of more than two or three buyers, and so found a keener competition.— Mr Isaac Gray, of the Auckland Agricultural Association. Lord Kitehener had state<l that if trouble broke out in Northern India, h« would have the Australians Io rally round him again. He protested agazfist instilling into the rising general ion-a regard for the Australian flag at. the expense of the Union Jack.—f’of Campbell. pense of tin* Union -Jack. 'l'here is no desire to overwork our judges, but, on the oilier hand, it is the duty of the Government to take care t hat the very heavy expense of an additional judge shall not be incurred until one is really wanted. Of that necessity the Chief Justice should he (he best judge. — Hon. Dr. Findlay. 1 again recommend (he extension of the Ocean Mail Act of IS9I, so that satisfactory American ocean mail lines to South America, Asia, the Philippines, and Australasia may be established. The creation of such steamship lines should be the natural corollary of the voyage of the battle fleet. It should precede the opening of the Panama canal. Even under favourable conditions scvmal years must elapse before such lines can be put into operation. Accordingly, I urge that the C’ongress act promptly w’here foresight already shows that action sooner or later will be inevitable.—Ej' /’rcsidoH Hooseveil. What do I think of Ngata as a colleague on the Native Land Commission? Well, I have be>?n Closely associated with him for the past two years, and have had unusual opportunities of studying his charact r. I can only speak of his industry and earnestness in the highest possible terms, and I consider him a very abl< man indeed.-- Ifobcrl Sloilt. People outside India, maybe, wondei why the natives are not entrusted io a greater extent with a share in the government. The difficulty is the amount of dishonesty and eorrup tion among the natives. Oh, it is terrible’ Natives who go to London and pass their examinations and r -turn to India to enter covenanted positions in the civil service (Hindus generally) are very frequently found guilty of bribery and corruption, and discharged. Bribery is R'J fearfully common that an Indian cannot believe that English servants do not ae eept bribes. An Indian cannot belicv that a civil savant is not in his position for the purpose of feathering his own nest.— Canon Hooper, Anglican mission a ly . The British Government has passed new laws whi< h empower the Indian Exe culivc to pul down sedition with a high hand, and these strong measures have been taken just in time. But we all know that in the minds of Asiatics any forbearance on the part of i government is always put down as a consequrm • of fear, and now I am just a little afraid (hat certain con cessions of a democratic tendency made by the British Government will be in terpreted by the people as a sign of fear, ami that they will regard such concessions as having been extorted by their acts of violence. ’*jho» Hooper, Anglican missionary.

The rated uf remuneration for shipbuilding at present were simply contributions towards unemployment funds. He did nut think there was a firm in the country making its charges out of the average ship. The disappearance of some firms and the balance-sheets of others showed what a terrible state things had come to. When they read in the papers of great firms desjierate for work, putting in prices which avowedly did not cover their bare labour and material, they might well ask: What did the future hold? One thing was certain, the British shipbuilder and his employees could not afford to relax one muscle or close their eyes to anything that oould l>e done to improve the quality of their work.— Col. J. M. Denny, of Denny Bros., shipbuilders.

I'he demand for a statement of a candidate's religious belief can have no meaning except that there may l>e disci* mination for or against him because of that belief. Discrimination against the ho) ler of one faith means retaliatory discrimination against men of other faiths — the inevitable result of our real freedom of ’onstienc? and a reversion to the dreadful conditions of religious discussion which, in so many lands, have proved fatal to true liberty, to true religion, and to all advance in civilisation. — ExPres dent Roosevelt.

In the course of a long life she had been brought into contact with all classes of women —white women, black women, brow i women, and yellow women. If everyone of these women had done the work that lay to her hand to the best of her «nergy, she would have little time or inclination to mix herself up in direct politics. Let us resist this effort to break up our homes and our families, ami let us place ourselves in the proud position of being able to use our very utmost for our homes, our surroundings, ami the Empire, at large.— Lady Jersey. I he holding of office is a mere incident in the life of those who are devoted to reforms. The reform is the essential thing. If one can advance reforms by holding office, then the holding of office is justifiable; if one can best advance reforms as a private citizen, then the holding of office is undesirable. The world owes me nothing; I have been abundantly compensated for what 1 have been able to do. My life will not be long enough to repay the people for their support, and for the confidence which they have expressed.— Mr IF. J. Rryan. It is the amazing superstition of culture which thinks of religion as dull, and colourless, whereas its appeal rests on the imperishable fact that life is an adventure, a real live adventure, with its hopes and its fears, its pains and appalling risks, but its “pearl of great price” for the winning. Dull indeed! It is the cultured and nervous unbelievers who are dull, worn out with the daily effort to keep Christ out of their lives, and wearied with their self-conscious intellectualism.— Rev. J. A'. Figgis. England has no national opera house; then she has not enough local orchestras of first-class excellence; then she grossly misunderstood Wagner at first (this sin has, however, amply been atoned for since); then music is grossly neglected in elementary schools; then the Church neglects her own ancient music; then the musical criticisms in the Press are so hasty as to h.- almost valueless; and, lastly, the publishers till their windows and catalogues with royalty songs and musical comedies to the neglect of really serious and valuable works.— Sir Charles Stanford. lie was more than ever convinced that ai. asociation such as the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association could not devote its funds to a better purpose than the collection and dissemination of some portion of the great and valuable store of agricultural knowledge now available in the world at large. In this way mu< h could he done to promote the settlement of the land and the prosperity of the p»*‘>ple.—)//*. /;. Hall, Secretary Aii'kland and P. Association. New Zealand contains fine material for mounted rille*. and the volunteer force contain-, a large proportion of this arm, which, though not of much necessity for coast defence in any numbers, would be of groat value in New Zealand in case of invasion and of very considerable value to th.- Empire if properly organised, well Oflh red. and trained for service abroad. —Major Holiday,