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THE DYSENTERY

OUTBREAK

WHAT IS TO-DAY'S

Nonconformist Conscience

"Is the Nonconformist conscience, that fine flower of the Victorian cra, as sensitive as of old ?"

Bishop Barnes, of Birmingham, addressing the Congregational Union

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answered by

The Rev. Dr. Donald O. Soper

WONDER How many young social enthusinista therc are to-day to whom the phrase "Nonconformist conscience," or the name of John Clifford, means anything.

Yet the centenary celebra- tions of the birth of this great Victorian preacher, reformer, That the community general- educationist

and politician. ly and mothers in particular, which are being held in London should have become gravely this werk should be of profound significance not only to Free concerned over the outbreak of Churchmen to-day, but to all infantile dysentery, which has who have the cause of social taken such a heavy toll of righteousness at heart,

To know John, Clifford and his

children of European parentage, I work is to enter a realm of Non-

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uccasions no surprise. Never within our recollection has the Colony been subjected to such a heavy incidence of mortality, amongst such children from an outbreak of this character. The epidemic brake out with startling suddenness, and, at first, before its seriousness be-

there carne apparent, tendency in health circles to regard it as nothing worse than

It seasonal outbreak.

has

since been shown, however, to be much more than that. The fact that dysentery is not notifiable disease has doubtless been a factor in increasing the difficulty of tracing its precise) origin. It is most probable that the outbreak was due to a com- mon cause which, for one reason for another, had largely, dis- appeared by the time the serious- ness of the outbreak became evident. The disease often has its origin in contaminated water, but. as Dr. Pope has pointed Joul, this can hardly have been the case in the present epidemic which has touched areas widely separated and not drawing their water supply from the same source. Similarly, fruit and vegetables seem to be ruled out, ns so many of the fatal cases have been

among children who, by reason of their tender years, do

conformist outlook, and activity, in relation to humah problems, tremendous that constitutes challenge to those who have come after him.

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In this realm were men like Rev.

their

Hugh Price Hughes, Dr. Parker and many others, as well as Dr. Clifford himself, who by courage and enterprise created in Nonconformity a powerful weapon with which to combat the social evils that they saw around them.

thundered against the They drink evil, and the increased so- uriety in great cities to-day is in

to their no small measure due efforts.

In collaboration-with-that-great- humanist. W. T. Stead, they un- masked licentiousness and vice in

the West End of London.

They champloned their hardly. wen Nonconformist liberties, even

-To-day's Thought- EVERYONE is ignorant, only about different subjects.

-WILL ROGERS,

to the point of passive resistance in the case of Clord himself, in the great educational con- troversies that raged from 1801 1003.

Most significant of all, against a background of Liberalism, they were the friends of the poor and dispossessed,

They made the ques tion of a living wage a vital issue for every Free Churchman,

In the kreat dock strike of 1889, in which Cardinal Manning played such a magnifi- cent part, their pulpits rang with the claim for the docker's Lanner, while through them the Christian duty to allevi- nte the poverty and destitution of industrini England became the first charge upon

enlightened. Free every Churchman.

John Clifford (born 1836, died 1923) "created in Nonconformity a powerful weapon with which to combat social avils.”

"Hold prayer meetings by all means, but do not forget to build artisans' dwellings as well." Buch a phrase as this from the lips of Clifford himself was the text of Nonconformist preaching. Read about Dr. Clifford and his col- lengues, you Nanconformists of to-day, and you may well be Lempted to refect that the social conscience which they educated and made vocal has become faccid -and-Inoperative now,

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confer.

They prophesied, we They were pioneers, we are all too often camp followers.

In this year of grace do

You think it matters very much what the Free Churches think? One *thing is certain. Whether you belleve Nonconformity is still a #reat social force or whether you

deplore its ineffectiveness, the need for the spirit of these men and their uncompromising lender- ship is greater than ever.

If John Clifford and Hugh Price' Hughes werd beginning their ministry to-day they would stin recognise the enemies against whom they fought so valiantly in the 19th century.

But the Liberalism in which they were nurtured and which they so sturdily defended, must to-day be interpreted in the light of Fasciani - and Communism...

The march of events since John Clifford's greatest achievements in the latter years of the nineteenth century has revealed the problems that he so vallantly faced in their frue context, and shown them to be the symptoms of far deeper Issues.

The Nonconformist conscience to-day must pronounce upon the very social order in which nomin-

AMATEUR ACTING

ACTING is, essentially, the art of Words in Season to cular and general aspects of acting

appearing to be what you are not, and the desire to act is inherent in nearly all human beings. Most children delight in dressing up and Imitaling their favourite heroes or their elders, but that does not mean that they are "born nelors". There are no born actors any more than there are born doctors or born uc-

the Beginner

By GERARD FAY

to anybody who cares to write, though ennnot undertake to reply to any letter which does not contain return postage.

wards of two million people directly Only the large provincial towns and Interested in them. The amateur cities have any theatres worth speak- stage is, then, A most Important ing of, and opportunities of watching factor in the culture and amusement high-class professional companies are of this country, and it is worthy of few and far between. In this res- being taken very seriously.

pect, the London amateur has a great col-

and Apart from stage practice, tuition by experts, the best methods of studying acting are reading and not normally have these comesti-

Theatre" as we call it to-day in watching good actors. Books are Great Britain and America.

available to all, at reasonabic cost, bles in their diet. Milk could countants. Acting is an art and Experts estimate that there are or if a good library is at hand, free.

must be learnt, it has an intricate easily be the cause of the out-

between Afteen and twenty thou- The professional stage is in such a teclinique, and a mechanical back-sand amateur acting bodies in Fri sad state to-day that unfortunately break, of course, but we underground which can be required only tain to-day, out there must be up- the same can't be said of “watching." stand that the authorities have by study and practice. not yet definitely established the

I hope, in these articles, to lay down some elementary lines on source of the trouble. It may

which this study can be pursued, and be that they never will be able to

because of the necessity of compres do so with absolute certainty. Insion in newspaper material my

choice of subjects is purely arbitrary stage to net on, and good teachers to league. Most beginners will have to

The problem of finding a suitable advantage over his country some countries the pasteurization

I do not protend set out here a

work with is a very difficult one for rely on watching the work of more of milk and cream is made com- "system" of acting. Such a thing is

in small towns

the their study. can only join the pulsory by law, and, on the not possible, and if it were, several nos amateurs, and many of them experienced amateurs for this part of large volumes would be required to single amateur society there and Do not make the mistake of think- principle that prevention is better do justice to the subject.

make the best of whatever conditions ing you can learn anything of stage than cure, the authorities here

some technique from the cinema-it in an Ever since the art of neting deve- are to be found, or choose might well consider applying loped from the primitive tribal other outlet for their artistic desires, entirely different art, and even ex- that requirement to all dairies in dances of our very distant ancestors. The ultimate aim of a conscientious perienced stage players have to re- there have been amateurs as well as amateur should be to join a well learn their whole business when they the Colony. The making of

professionals, and since the sixteenth conducted Little Theatre with com- go on the flims. There is, however,

to be learnt of diction

and dysentery a notifiable disease

century amateurs have had a pro-pelent producers and good equip much might also be of value in enabling found influence on the development ment. but if this is impossible it does vocal expression from good alm the authorities to get quickly on

of the theatre as we know it. Such not mean that he or she must be actors, and useful hints on deport- to possible sources of infection Bull, Ibsen, Antoine,

famous slage people as Maliere, Ole content with mediocrity, for if there ment may be obtained from seeing

Is a stage to net an, and parts to good costume filmi, and Stanis when outbreaks

play, there are all the occur. The favsky started us amateurs. public is certainly not. satisfied

needed for training in acting. with conditions as they are. It An Important Factor is therefore the duty of the authorities to give close study to the origin of the present scourge and to take such measures as will, as far as humanly possible, prevent a recurrence of the tra- gic happenings of the past week.

Study of Acting

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Breathing Drill

For the purboses of this series I have divided the elements of acting The whole of the great Norwegian tradition of neting is built on the

There are hundreds of good books, technique Into five main heading- work of amateurs; the Moscow Arts on amateur acting, and it would be Talking, Walking, facial expression, Theatre

was started by amateurs, extremely difficult for ine to men- gesture, and make-un,

I shall deal with these matters fa and it was n band of amateurs who tion a fair proportion of them here. evolved the peling and production in order to avoid invidious cholee. I the order giver above, and add more Dublin the forerunner of the "Little techniques of the Abbey Thenire, shall not refer to any by name, but comments on different types of act- will very gladly give lists on parti-

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alty Christian communities are living.

What appeared to the Free Church leaders of the nineteenth century to be matters for reforma-* tion confront us as demands for revolution. We can no longer be- lleve that the Kingdom of God will be oura If and when the capitallet machine is administered by Chris- tian capitalists proceeding upon the principles_of_the_Bermon on the Mount.

No country, not even Britain, can continue to seok world brotherhood in the name of 'a' Heavenly Father while it retains the ethics of Imperialism. Abore all, the lesson must be quickly learned, or else it will be too late, that there is no righteous way of firing a machine-gun or of drop- ping a bomb. There is no just war, and the soldier-snint" is a contradiction in terms.

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I believe there are multitudes of good Church-going, folk. who realise the crisis which organised Christianity is facing and are ready to move forward to new and dangerous positions in the cam- palan for peace and brother- hood.

With all their failures I cannot agree with those that tell us the

Churches have forfeited their right to a place in the van of human progrCAA.

Speaking as a Nonconformist, and I have no right to speak with any authority except as a Noncon- formint, X. feci sure that there are as many to-day as ever there were who would be prepared to vonture everything in a cause which they believe to be God's eauso. They are known as "Free Churchmen" and desire to make that freedom reai and effectual,

We are confident because we be- lleve in God that peace and plenty could be enjoyed by all if His will was being done. In that confd- ence I want to see the Noncon-- formist conscience insisting that all God's creatures are entitled to the necessities of life whatever may be their merit or economic value,

Therefore we cannot rest until industry and commerco are co- operatively organised to that end.

I want, the Free Churches to ropu- diate war in every form, In- perialist, c1911 or League of Nations, as a human practice which is iniquitous in itself

Finally, I look forward to an awakening on the part of all Christians to the larger vision of n world no longer split up into nation States and Imperial groups, but forsaking these divisive power policies, that in their place may arise the co-operative common- wealth.

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