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New Zealand Tablet, 19 March 1914, Page 34

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m,'</.<!(> H 1 for.* The : and theßlessed Virgin b;:;. :Atithe. r Gityi) Temple on Christmas, Day the Rev. .0 iGimpbell .referred to the;-new sacredness attributed thiarotheriioodriaud itb child-life by the birth of (3hfrigt‘.b £ Itiisntovbe,Regretted;’ :he said, that countries itf »whicKl the 1 doctrines of the- -Reformation have prevailed «’aeGofdasu.Eh -comparatively little honor to the wbraan^tiiFohgh.whom:this.blessing came. It would do lis ne : harmbto:call. Mary blessed.. more often and more reVbr^ntly:i-than' we; did. The;.mother of Jesus could hsVe -been-na ordinary . womans She has done more for her sex thanvalb©ther influences put together. And the worship of the of! the world as a little ■ dhild has ddne isoftemimen’s hard hearts and lead-thbtnto ..perceive, the beauty and sweetness of ehildhoodV- 1 'Avith(fits'--suggestion .ni a higher and holier Wbrldy 'thkh' ? aft.y ismgldt-.-spirit!ua| ; force that could be fi^tne.rl. :jii son evau s W ;;ei: •aiMjasGi *cli Hgtfotxfc azaq lui.t?*’ The Slgnlticanc© of the Dissolution Proposals fiiil ; 'bf -tthtr’ Unionist clamor for a >^is^b.tlbii, election may be realised when

it is remembered that in the event of a dissolution during a session the operation of the Parliament Act ceases, and measures, which have come within its scope have to go through all their stages over again. This was made clear, by Mr. Percy Illingworth, M,P;, Chief Whip ol the Liberal Party, in a speech of the first importance delivered at Clayton, near Bradford, just prior to the opening of the present session. * The next session, he said, ‘ would be a great session in the annals of Parliament, and the Liberal Party and the Government were at last able to sa.y that by the beneficent working of the Parliament Act the results would be reaped of fifty, nay, a hundred years of Liberal endeavor. Any mishap which might occur next session would be nothing less than a national calamity. It would make null all the progress that had been made with Home Rule and the other measures which were going forward under the Parliament Act. * ‘ He did not know whether it was realised that the Parliament Act provided that in the event of a dissolution during a session its operation ceased, and was of no effect, and even in the event of a Government victory at the polls all those measures which came within the scope of the Parliament Act would have to go through all their stages over another three years. I need hardly say,’ observed Mr. Illingworth, ‘ that such a result is not a result which I have in contemplation, or the Government, but it might ensue were the Government to experience a serious reverse in the lobbies. . . This is going to be a great and remarkable session. Passions may run high, and no doubt they will, but the Prime Minister, supported by a united party, will fulfil the pledges which he has given to the nation.’