DOMINION PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

White Ribbon, Volume 31, Issue 3, 1 July 1959, Page 4

DOMINION PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

'Dearly Beloved of God, The observance of Mother's Day in May become a treasured memory, as each year we meet to pay homage to mothers, in gratitude and tenderness for all their sacrifice and lov, which' has meant so much to us during childhood, youth and through the succeeding years Since Convention, I havt Covered much ground, although not fully recovered from the attack of 'flu in Christchurch, which left me very tired There has been no time to dwell upon aches and for the demand to address I hni organisations and other groups has been great. One feels that we must redeem the time by exposing the evils undermining the moral life of our >outh and 10 enter every door the Lord opens (of Ul When you receive this, the following ground will have been covered. Four days at Tc Kuiti addressing the combined Churches under the auspices of the VV.C.T.U. and also the Maori sisters where we had a very profitable time together. Then I ipok< the Birkenhead Rotary Club and really felt like Daniel in the lion's den, also at the I'apatoctoe Baptist W M l\ Then the Mother's Day message at the Wayside Mission and from there to a Church' of Christ Women's Rally, which was followed by a meeting of the ladies of the Baptist Tabernacle and all this, as well as peaking at our own Unions Therefore, I desire that yon will daily bring me before the Throne of Grace that 1 may be strengthened for the task that lies before me Now a matter of life and death, is a spiritual awakening that will call the people back to ' in New Zealand and in the world, for "lav\ stalks the threshold of civilisation, engaging pampered and impoverished youth in drunken gambling and every sensual and subtle devio evil, crime, divorce and disregard tor everv sanctity increases with each tick of the clock" We must be on our guard. Many undesirable scenes and influence < ing introduced by television. A T.Y report supplied by the Victorian Federation of Mothers' Clubs states that the

following occurrences were 0U T.V during 10 hours of viewing tune t"r five nights National Channel 2. There were 9 stabbiiiL stranglings, 1 attempted murder, 1 wounding, 1 ide and 3 murders discussed

Commercial Channel 7. There were 0 bashings, 1 manning, 8 brawls, 1 armed robbery, 2 woundings, 11 murders, 2 killed, 18 corpses, and 1 scene where a child describes how both his parents were murdered.

Commercial Channel 9. There were 2 bashings, J brawls. 4 murders, 1 armed robbery ,1 assault, 2 Stranglings, 2 attempts to murder a child, a dope fiend shows hi. dope needle marks and 4 murders discussed.

Sisters, there can be no doubt ihat it will influence human thinking "Woe unto him that huildeth his house by i nrighteousnes and his chambers by wrong, that >aith, 'I will bu:ld lOC :* wide house and snd paint with vermilion.' Shalt thou reign because thou d thyself m cedar' Thine eves and thy heart are not, but tor thy COVCtOUSnesi and tor to shed innocent blood and for oppression and for violence to do it "

Beloved StStCriL here is a picture of the work ot those who manufacture and who sell intoxicating liquor Their business m< bbery, for the money they receive, no equivalent is returned v pound they add to their gain has brought a curse to the spender The honour of God, the >tability of the nation, the well-being of the community, ot the home and of the individual, demand that everv possible effort be put into arousing At to the e.ils of intemperance. Soon we shall the results of this terrible evil, ai we have never seen them before Let OS make a determined effort to -t i\ the work of destruction. Let the drink-maddened men and women be given an opportunity I e from their thraldom Let us lay hold of passing Opportunity and utilise it for God, being thus faithful in that which is little, our God may commit unto us, that which is it: being diligent stewards in the few things, the Master may make us "ruler over many things". In the Master's Service, Olive Richards