Berkshire Chronicle Reading 11-1915

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tr:;~~'v~[~.i~:~~,i6()~th.t Be ....
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at ilie
Hi. faithful
find their yin.
, J;ligh should poe. ,
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for over and ever.
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corner thoy mot !)eO"le whG
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happcrjing to·day did UP!et
l.hev al\ understood what
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H B eing oonfident .
1!'1-th begun a 11:00.1' • '
the clay of Jesu. '

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~tli~~~,.~,r~:~I,a;~nl:::';~~:i~jlll~wit,ma.ssa
c r o of a na.tjoll
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were tI;n ven to 8ay.
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tj-..,:' I<,arvh 1" ,If they
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t.he ordina.ry "'pe rm"",," of t,h, S 1\0l'ribl~
the wholo l..n<rt,h of 1ts tromendOlL~ front

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't}:,ro,uo'h th or myriad desolated district. an dcso.
if they thought of tllo maimed, tor.
,O"W,Il'ed borli""
lmen, womell and
they. ",,1<1, "How am I to Ix-licve in God '
nn: m"U"A ·a nd :"1"\11.,.. t.he world.1 ' That was just pretoe B, bl~ ,cam.o ,~. , Tho strong point

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WM . its ~~t.rwrd1n.ry reality. . Tho
,lid 1)ot ..... y t!>a,t. rt w ..... ~n ",sy thing, to be.
m ' -God of lust,:oe and of love. Peonle-l:"". ,,-~cep.t.i~~ {? , tJI<!. , ~t?6ee ~f borror ",:"1 bl~.
,n the B,blf\. · flut ,t WM ~h;; \'cry oXl.t.cnr<i of
Jl<>r"rO!s.' o'!,d ths' whole' Ijistorv' of tho BiblG
'gavo It ,ts, &t.re ogtll) T~Nr I.orr! told t.hc~
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.. fumours / of ,' w,3.rs,
fll-minoo , d<"Soiation ,
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. h,,~rta ·failing l'.\\em for f""r j ',And
. I?r~hor \,,·ho ' )lroo(~
~ cd iu H i!:J n.~mo to·
<IllY .ml!~[: ~q.y. "Did . I :evc r to\l you t·ho,t, fh l;! ~ IV.orld
Wa;) gOlng ':t~ . b) n , oomJortllble world, w,t.D ~Ill!(· to'
th~. .~~~e .of. (:,?:l?· r.~i1. r! You ' v.c t~ bclicv(> ili .t\u)
lo,o,_of God in '~pHt; · of all appeamu""s ,t o the oon.
trnr~. I" The ~,,:nla.nBt.ioh ' vas ~ impk' ".h c.l one corr.,sI>Ondil1g 'oxadly ,;·it.h 'the facts, Tlw ('xnlana·
t i~11 wns .h~~ ~ GtX~ -bad t:hol1'Zh~t it ";vol"t.h whilo to

mako m An lrco. a.n ·: l had en t["ust~ ' to m(\1\ t.ho p-0Y("'nl.
m+ nt.
m<"?: and J·a.d stood fR.r e nm lg h off and Aloof
froil! Illon, H:. c~""tllro., a}ld I ~ tbom t.,kg t he oon·
aeqlloll.OCA or tho lr own w .•lflllnl'~ ' lIt) ,h ad ah... l\v"
w+rkoo t~ rQI 1.!l'h. a~l f.l-: ~ rll in of Ihuman s in. and Ho
working t.hm,,~h " all. f1P.~toc lly . con ft ,l('ntly to
1\ o r csc-e-n encl, when H e. sholll<.~ conH~ · illt.() Hi ~ own,
B t m ean while H e neve r illterfer pc.l wlr,h mr n. That
\"P t h,c leMo lI of the Old anoJ o~ tho N<'w T esl.,nicnt.
a.l1d 11ha,t Wlld t~lO lpjso n 'of to-da v.
Th(' rc was no
chi..... of o bj l'C tiol! ,tha.t ho (the Ini.ho,,) fOlUl d i'. so

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talkod ,o f God havm" n,,>-Ie "It " I wa r. T[", war ~ad

origina.t,oo ont of selfi.shne69. ro r poi'a.to sf"' I;,.....hn css;
thh ..o W1L8 ha.rdlY such a t,h.·n g I... "nrely i" di ,·id u. 1
sclfi8 hlle-~- l t wa.s tho ~el fi8b.n-003 o f thfl fa.mi ly; or
Vhp sclfiahn""s of t.h" d ."" , or tJle s('lf",hncs3, of tbe
na.tion. ' T,h.e nn. t.i~n.~ had T<'Klll'Ucd o ILe 8notJlei' as

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Na.tional selrlShl~",," !11mallifC<! tcd itself in

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mom.ont. but it }",.d character'
all na.tions.
No
1,0[10, ooU,J.a '~ 8ar ~ f.h1..t. it ha.d not ! cha.ract",fi.scd ou r
n"!hon.....!auf ·· IIlsulant.v ha.d be<>\1 notoriou,.
Tho
. B)ble\ ha<l '.a.hva,w~ l-sai.c::l: that you Could not build ci.vi~

Rfu\DlNG CHAMB.ER l>F COMMERCE.
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'flle monthly meetiog of the conDcil of
. i'!\·lrcalt.h 1'0, Reading .Chamber. of Comll! ~ rc e W~8 held on
. Hu!]tley Tubwa.y, pctobEir ,2/?tb, ". at ~ 156,.·: Fri8~ Stree't ,
for . llel\rly, ."'R~~iug. ' ,;t'h'!I' ,~~.UoYling :Ner~ . present: Mr.
WllIaugh- .
Hay,es" (Ill ,the c1uur)j. IOnd ,Messrsj 'fudor,
ror'eIT, .. n of the to~. Hodgkin, HowElJl, HelpS,
Ritlley;
i'<'1~r~'tt..bll e ~~ti:~:, -:H~gcock •.,and. the acting .-seCret,ari , (Mr. Dr,Y:.
employees 1&1.d Haslam, )un.). .
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t,he 'Opelllllg of th.e .meetmg th!! secreta.ry r,~I .h" r ,.ol., ' ..n in which he. pO,rted ,that arrangol!lents ,h!ld been .l made to hold
;>t1LOtiicril
0 11 Thursd",y'
the qJ1a.~ter)y ,m'leeting of the ,chamller , an ·ThursW&. mado
dily, ~.Nd"ember IStb-; at the ~ Readi r\ g Gas Comllr<"'..cnted at p~,iy'" J:.ec~i:>r~ ;Room in Cross Str~et, and ' that
of I .. h~ nd80me the preSIdent (~. Loon-a.rd G. Sutt?!l. Mayor
,wIIJI, the , nam{\] of Reading) would take ,the chair.
'lI1sd',bed a. fol·
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r 10 arr>ers' Dop6t 'Con\m~ttee
6ub\l'll~t~ .t lelr
HlI,ntllej
. Palmero, .l'epor,t on the. lIlatter of a. central. depot rn
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,toro ·far carrIers to ,,!!'d fro'P nendrng;: a.nd
lI{/l68rs.
. made & re.commenda.tlOll. tho;t · a. meetmg
~~","n'"." of ' Ihcir
the traders
the town be ' cailed t<l disc"ss
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, •..,~ to ' M'UnitioDS 'Committee.
~11" rrRIlCc t of, ,t h,s War Hasp'ital.s'
f OI so 1;!lany
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the: depat: h ;lV.9·
pita.lshj;pli&S,
the 'autherities, ' and
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.ecrlltary,:Md mOilS apprQvs,l, '
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'UDSCnl)lural doct rllle, which 'Vas CA ll ed • I')()hhcal
e(\OIlOOlV" and by variol1s othot _names. This war
halI growl! allot of t.hat spirit of selfishne3/1, "God
m~c th is~ war."
No!
Ex.oopt in .,h d sense tha.t
' GOd suffe red m&n by his own J nct~ons, Ihe it lllst,

drl1ll.ko11no:8 or selfuluJ.e.!!S to · \ erk his own rllin .
Tli6 :Oi!>le had n:ever lonoo .Uggr-~oJ thnt God w ....
gOIng to &aVO lncn hom t.he oonS!!quc.J1ces of , the-l r .,
ac.~iollB. Now they .a'v h<>[m<. ·tbClr eyes what wero '
the natural conscque-not:"s of & pivilioo.t iori. ba.~ed on ·
selfi"hl\~"s. ·
Unles, "thoro was 180 real fund"men~"l
ehi.ngo in tbe .pir·i t of the nations, in the spirit.. ,!f
th ~ c1assos' ono towards anol.her , a.nd In t he 6jllnt
of I the ind.ividllal 00.0 toWArds. j anc,thel", t.his ame .. ,
Ith ~l~ was goillJ{ to repeat itself again nnd again , '
un~i1 trheir c iviliS3.t.ion was _ut1t.erly rLdn~.
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Surelv this was a day to go b""k to tlle ... fir..t nrU1 -

c:ll!es. 'to lind ? ut whether they did · re~ly lX'Eeve
thn:t God ' i. love ,. t,h'!. only
.he onl v ono
P o{vc-r. fbat m ad~ and ru le.s
, Who will 0 00
da.:9; ooOl-e fnto Hia ' own ,
prn'fect justico•
rig.li,te<iusnoss a.l'd love.
would reassuro
t.h"'/T'~I :("" ~bout that
,<"I,ld bear
any ·
thit),g a nd they l oould
Thon they
ha4 incl lJ(ld, t.heir pl""e
who wero re&'I8ur<>u of '1l1I\nk,{I(!., ~
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Aind !tha\t W"l" what
in th",t church:
that
the IIes80n
year.. If they .
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received over £300 ,in
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l"""tion oli selft,,\i.nees; 'you m,Lat love your neigh·
,bg,!r. a.q- :'Iou"""If. There w .... ho oth~r ' {o,"ulation
wltich God w uld bIo,.. Bu t m el! woulel not have it
SOt , F.ifty y ..... rs ago, wh~n t h.\t, ehun'h WM built .
, thero 'was a domi""nt philosoph,. wh ich
thb mind,a of mell. It said: H There is - a o {olIndati4 n o~ccpt· ""Ifi.hne.', on whioh /0 build;' m e n are a~
bott.oll1 ' and f"mlllm ontally ""Ifish, IUKl YO li m1l8 t
, btiild lIron that. " 1 In .pi t<> of r,:a.rlyl c and .Ruski'l
n eia,rl:y the whole world b~lie v<id this horrible , ~nrl

..'!.l~l~~i~c:iid pcni.t,e.nco.
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