The Real And The Ideal

( Originally Published 1920 )

SIR, The real New World which must come (but which gets dreadfully delayed) will be brought about quicker by teaching the mass about God as He really is, the Real God that is only known by a comparative few, the Real God which will pervade all with the Spirit of New Hopes and New Ideals. Teach them that God does not send sickness, sorrow, and misery, does not make wars, does not seek the death of a tiny child, does not send plagues, pestilences, etc. Teach them that God is Love, and that man's down-fall and lack of ability to do right has brought about all the misery in the world. Children used to die through adulterated milk, adulterated by man, not God. Slums are made and permitted to remain by man, not God. A girl's life is dishonoured by man, not God. Children are cruelly treated by man, not God.

The " Knowledge of God " is the only remedy that will secure us that " Peace which the world cannot bring "—that inward peace which creates hopes and ideals to be lived up to, not only believed in ; hopes and ideals which ever push one upwards with the desire to take others up too. Thoughts with action —not thoughts without action. Christ said, " Seek and ye shall find," but how many seek or under-stand what to seek ? " Knock and it shall be opened unto you," but how many knock ? Seek ye first the " Kingdom of God," and all these things shall be added unto you, but how many seek wealth and position first, and God last ? Teach them to seek God first, and if during the next three months we all worked as hard as we could during work hours, and then for an hour a day looked within ourselves and sought God, trying to work out His wonderful scheme of perfection, what great strides we should make.

Capital sweated Labour previously (unfair), and now Labour is sweating Capital (unfair). Let Capital and Labour work properly together, every one doing their best, not taking mean advantages of each other, and then bit by bit, day by day, year by year, we shall find strife at home and abroad getting lesser and lesser, and each will gradually learn to trust the other. Let every one try and do away with all wrong deeds, so that right only can prevail, and then will begin to come the real New World towards which we are all keen to progress.—Yours very truly,

DAISY VASHTI HOBBS.

7, Lynton Road, Kilburn, N .W., Aug. 23.