Non-Membere oan obtain thl. publication from the Hon. SIIoretary, post free 2/- por annum

SEPTEM BER, 1929.

Cb~ n~ontblp R~cOrd of

SOUl!) Plac~ €tbical SOci~t", Con way Hall, Red Lion Square, W.c.!.

(!)bject of the Society •

.. The Object of the Society is the cultivation of a rational reli gious sentiment, the study of ethica! principles, and the promution of hUlllau "plfare, in harmouy with advancing knoll ledge."

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES. fhe following DISCOURSES will be delivered , at Conway Hall, the

Services beginning at ELEVEN O·CLOCr..

September 1. - S. K. RATOLIFFE. - The Road Before Us. Pialloforte Sj)lo ..

Prelud. and Chorale (from Prel ude. Chorale and Fugue) Cf8a?'j<'ra'lrl;

Hymn.

Mr. \VII .U:\M BUSClI.

{No. 50. Do not crouch to·day and worl.;hip, ~u. 45. \11 are architt'('lS or fale .

September 8. H. W. NEVINSON.- The English Gentleman. Ra " Solos

Lindl~11 Lea .\ ... lht·n the.: tulip

l'alll/hall lViII/a lllB L . I.rll1nalll1

Hymns r No. 1. t No, 136.

~[r. G. C. DOWAJAS

Be lrUt' to ('n'r)" iumo..,t thought. [hal n1:111 is gr(A:1L; and h(~ alone.

September I5.-Right Hon. J . M. ROBERTSON.- The Transformation of Ohristianity Pianoforte Solo

Pir ... t two mO\t'mcnl~ from SOllat.l in n. Op. 10. No. 3 ... Rft!tho11l'n I. Pre~to. 11. I ar.l.!o :\tacsto.

lIfr. W'LlHM Ousel! .

{No. 64. A nobler orc1l'r \'et .. hall ht,. No. 4. lIt' who ha. ... till" truth and k('("p'" it.

Hymns

September 22.- JOBN A. HOBSON, M.A. Nationalism, Progress.

the Barrier to Human

R"s Solos Truth is not dumb (~o. PH) . \V ht-I! tht.· Kin g gOt'S forth to war.

Mr. G. C. DOWMAN.

{ o. 25. brother man, fold to thy heart thy hrother'

No. 65. Born in each heart is impul~t' ... lrong.

S"ll1I bert Ito~nelllalln

September 29.- 0. DELISLE BURNS, M.A., D.Lit. - America and Oiv!lisation.

{ . o. ]03. 0 lrulh' n freedom! how ye "ill arc born. No. X~. Ab . happy lhey who fee' lh~ir hirlb.

Th~ Committee request the :ludicllcc t(1 l'eJ" 4in f:om ap])lu1LU .d lI ymll Practioe. to which all pergon~ de.;rou. of improving the hymn ,inging arB

In vited, IM held at the C/OBe of each Service.

Piallilft: .l\fr. WII.I.IAM RUSC'1I.

• Collection i. mad. at each Service, to enable tltose pro.ent to contribute tu the uP"".r. 0' tI .. SO.ietll MEMBERSHIP.

h~ny porso,! in sympathy with the Objec t of the Society is cordially invited to become a FMBER. lhe a.mount oC subscription is optional, with a minimum of 2c;. 60. pt"r ~~~!er, Or 10s. per annum. Any pl"l'so n interested in the Soci~t~'s work . bu.t ?ot bein log tu become a member, may join as an ASSO~IATI!. the m1Uunum subscnpuOIl ~ .g 55. per annum. Further po.rticuiar5 may be obt~l1nNl. before and after the Sundav i.i':o,ceSsq• or onWaPCP llioa li on to the Hon . Registrar, MISS R. H .' LLS. CODway flail, Red

uart", ".

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Rambles. Sun day, September I. - Hamps t ead a nd Ken W ood. Led by Mr<: J AMES. Bring

IUn<:h--whirh will lIe taken a.fu:r thr S('Tyic(' ill the Club Room---le:\\,lng the hlltldm~ at 2 p .m.

SaturdaY,Septem b er 7. Eppi n g Forest Wa l k led by Miss EL,n' GOULD.2.10 tr:1in from Li v~rpool Street to Loughton---cheap fl~lurn Is. Sd.

Sunda y Sept e mber 15.- Ta.d worth to Hea d ley Comm on etc., led by MR. FRANK OVERY. TT~in Charing Cross 1.23. Take ch ap return to Tattenham Corner Is. lId. Tea :1' Headley.

Saturday, Septem ber 21.- ThameB Ditton t o Oxshott led by Mr. J. A. GRAIIAM. \V:\lerloo 2.35. Take day return to Thames DilloD Is. 7(1.. Tea at the Bear Tnn. Ox~hott.

Sunday September 29.-Brltlsh Mus eum. Latest results of excavations at Ur hr 'Mr LFONARO ' VOOLLEY, Meet out~ide 2.30 p .m. Mem hC"rs :l.ttending srn'ire :11'P in "i ted to hring 111 n ('11. The Cluhroom will be at their dispo!';al.

r ~ t . {)frs . j\l\IES. :1112 Dal"toll Lane, E.5. hOll. oeer. aI"tcs: H. O. WAR\\·ICI'. 1~.J. I li~hh ll ")' lIi ll. X.S.

Conway Hall Inauguration Week. Monday, Sep t ember 23.

OPENI '0 OF CO,'WAY HALL.

6.30 p.m. Fn\'eiling of John AIc1rcd lITemorial hy Dr. C. DI'U;Lr BURN<; in Libran·. 7 p.m. Speechc~ hy Dr. C. Drt.TsLE BURNS (ch:tirman), Profec,c;or GlumRT l\,luRRAv,

Mr. JOHN A. lIoRsm . .;, Proft'sc;or GUATf.\l\I \ VAU :\S, and Mr. RrClT!\Rn ViAl TI-fF\\', Mio,;~ ATlIf'.Nr Snfl.r.R ic; 31':;0 (>XproctNI.

8 I).m. Inten'al for refre~hmf'nts. etc. 8.30 n.m. Mu!=:ic31 Progr:lI11me.. Pianoforte: ),11". Maurice Colf', Vinlin: Mis'\ ' ¥inifrtd

Small. W e d nesday , September 25.

7 run. Twentieth !\ l' on~l1rc COil way Memorial Lecture. Mr. LAURENC'R HOUSMAN on Thl" Religious Advance Toward Rationalism." Chairmill1, 1\1r. HENRY \ \1. NEVTNSON.

(Rc'-;en'f'd seat tickets le;, each (rom the Secretary).

Sunday, Sept ember 29. 11 a.m. Dr. C. DELISLh BURS~, "America and Ch.jlisation." 6.30 p.m. Annual Reunion Soiree of the Ethical :M:o\,cment and Kindred Soeietie!;.

~r.~(I;~: L~~\f~N~~~·I~·~~li~~t"~iiis~OI<Ji'/I<;:~:~~.CI<, ancl ~ r l' . JOIIN lIfURPIIY. Pianist:

Means of approach to eonway Hall. By Tube :.-H olborn, 3 minutes; Russell Squar e, 8 minutes; British Museum and

Chancery Lane, 4 min utes. By l\IIetropolitan RailwaY:·-Farringdon Road Station, 8 min u tes. By Di.trict Railway:-·Temple Station, 12 minutes. 'Bus Routes :···38, 138 and 19 pass the Theobalds Road entrance: al,o tl':1m< fr om

Leylon, Hackney, Muswell Hill, I~lington, Barking, Aldgate, \ Vhipps Cross, Hnrnc;ev Shored itch and Westminster. . •

Passenge rs by 'buses via Holborn should alight between R ed Lion Street and Kingswa.y.

Passengers by tram via Grays I nn Road should a light· at Holbo rn H a ll . thr •• minutes walk fro m Conway H a ll.

Special ~pening Dance. The first South Place Dance in Conway 1Iall has heen arranged to takc- p lace

on Saturday. October 5th. from 7.30···11.30 p.m. The large hall h" heen honked for this occasion. Tickets, 4s. each including refreshments, m~l\' hr ohtainrrl front tfr!'i. JAMES, 302, DaIston Lnnc, E.8, or from thc Registrar on Sunday morning!".

Building Fnnd eoncerts. TH r~EE SPECIAL CONCEHTS in aid of the BUILDING FUND will take place in

COX \\'.\ Y IIALL On Wednesday Evenings, Oct. 9th, 16th, and 23rd. at 8 o'clock,

THE BROSA STRI G QUARTET (Brosa, Grecnbaum, Rubcns. Pini.)

C~~c~:t~~ kindly offered their services for the above object, wiJt appear at a ll thre-C"

The follol\'in~ Pianists will. also app~a,.: October 9th, Solomon. Oclober 16th (unciel' arl'an~e. ment). Ortolwr 23rd , MI~s fInrTlct Cohen. These Artistes arc also kindly gh·inf..! their <.;e r\'ice ... .

Tickets (including Tax): Series of Three Concerts... ' " ... ... 155.. 9.;... 6 .. Single Concert ... .. . ...... 55. 9d., 3s. 6d., 2s. 4d .

PI('ac;c send ;tpplicatinn, will~ remittances, to ANOREW E. WATSON. H on. Treas. of the ;eoanJ\~'rt<.;. Conway H:-dl, Rf'rl Lion Square . W.e.I. who will forward tickl"ts Af; soon a~

S outh Vlace erc h estra. 33rd Seaaon-192!}-30.

Conduc t or: RICHARD H . WALTR EW. PTacLIcc~ \dll be held ,Il Conway liall from 7 to 9 lJ·lII. e\err l'duay from OCloLer

to December 20, and frolll January 3 lo :March 21. SuU!)(;.riplion .. 10:. P~l ta.ch halt ~~ .hon. AllY further partkular!; may be had from the lion . S('c. 1', \V. C.\SNINl>, b3, Klllb~hall 1<.,-,.\(1. llcckenham.

South P. lace Sunday e o n cert Society. S und a y Vopular (!o n certs <e hambe r Musi c).

The FORTY-FOURTH SEASON will begin on Sunday, October 6, 1929, in Con";lY Hall, Red Lion SquaJ·e. I1olborn, W .. 1, with .hc 1.0581h Concert.

October 6.-·-TIIE SPENCER DYKE SI Hl:-.IG QUARTET.--!I1c"rs. peueer I>)'k,'. TalC Gild r Bc rnard 5ho1"(" 13 . PaLLCrs.oll Parkt·r. Solo Pianoforte: 11T . . \fauril:c 'o le. Vocalis t: ifr. Plunket Gre~ne. At the Piano: 1\'1r. S. Lic1dle. Ecetho\'en'~ Quartet in F minor; Dcbussy's Quartet in G minor; Piano Solos; Songs by Schubert.

October 13.--Pinnoforte: Mr. Richard II Wnllhew ; Violin: .\\lr. Charle, \Vooclhou~e, Viola: Mr. Ernest y()(l~l·. \'iolol1l:cllo; AIr. Cllarle-s A. Crabht,. Schumann's Piano Quart<:l; Moza.rt' s Piano nnt! Violin Sonnta ill A, K305.

October 20.---TllE MARIE WILSON S"l RlNG (JUARTET---Missc, j\brie WiI-on. GwcJldolen lJighaJn, .\nnc \Volfe, Phyllis Ha~ luck, \ ncalist: ~lr. John Bl)oth. Smctalla'5 Quartet in E minor (All' .. :WJ cinem Leben); ]\(ozart' s Quartet in G, K337.

October 27.---THE lJETT~I.\H DRESSEL-TRIO.---Violiu: Mr. Detllllar Drc"c\ ; Vl tJ lol1cello: l\lr. hericlan Ru~scll; llianofort(': }"lr. 1\'30 Phillipo\\'~ ~:~' . l' s(; haiko\'sky's Piano Trio; Scbumanu's Phant :1sies llickc: Trio and PapilloJls for 13iallu.

l\I[embcrs' Ti ckets 35. each, admitting to Rese rved Seats for Half Season , front October 6 to December 15. may be had ·from UlC Hon. Trea .... of the Concerts, ANonr::w E. \VAT~ON, Con way Hall, Red Lion Square, W.e.I, by sending remittance and stamped addre~~ed envelope.

Doors open at 6.10 p.l1l . Concerts at 6.30. Admi .. ioJl Free. Sil\"cr Collection. "THE STORY OF A THOUSAND CUNCERTS," by W. S. Meadmore, together

with a List of Works, Number of Performances, Names of Arti s ts, etc. Onc Shilling DCt. POSt free 1/2, from the Hon. Treas.

11011. 7'reaB. : ANnRcw E. W.\TSON. on"ny Hall. R ed Li on Square, W.C.l. HOII . Scc.: ALFR~D J. CLI!A1"NTS, 8, Finchley Way, N.3. 11071 A.st. Src.: MRS. D. M. CI."MI·,N rs, 8, Finellley Way, N.3.

I!onway Memori a l LectUres . The Conway Memorial Lectures, which are delivered annually in March, were innugu.

rated in 1908, ~s a Memorial to Dr. Moncurc D . Conway. The Committee is not vet in POSSession of the necessary capital for the ncrmunent endowment of the Lectureship, : ,Id In the meantime it makes an earnest appral to all readers of the MONTHLY RECORD either for su bscriptions or donations, to ensure the continuance of the lectures. These should be sent to the Hon. Treasurer, MRS. COCKBURN, Peradcniya, 18, Northampton Road, Croydon .

Ni neteen lectures have been given, and copies of these can bc purcha~ed at the book stall.

H on. Scoretary : ERNEST eARR, .. Lyndall/' Esscndon Road, Sanderstead, Surrey.

The GI.::NERAL COMMITTEE \dll meet 011 " ·(:ci11('sday. Septemher 11. at iq. Thto. bald's Road, W.C.1. Correspondence dealing with matters for consideration should be for­war~cd to F . :!\f. OVERY, Hon. Sec., COllway lIal1. Heel Lion Square. \ V.C.1. at the car1if'''t POSSIble moment. All matlers relating to flnnnce ~bould be add re sed to the Trr,, ~urt'l

Secretaries of sub·committees are requested to note that any matter which th V wi. h to in c;cn in the ~10NTHLY RECORD should be in the hands of ~:tR. F. W. READ not I;\I'~T than 15th oC the month. All literary matter should be forwarded to the Editor, JlIR. JOHN lI1URPHY, 41, Brookland Rise, N.W.n. as early in the month as possible.

EDITORIAL. CON WAY HALL l/o;AlJGUR,lL WEEK. Th special attention of members is

called to the programme for the last week in . eptember which we print in

a separate paragraph. C'arrls nf invitati on for the opening on Septem­

ber 23 wi ll he sent to all I11c'l1her~ anrl associates. Mtmbers who wi sh to

b ring friends may obtain cards for lhem by sending tbeir names to

l I rs . Richards, 'onway Hall, Red Lion Square, W .. 1, who will also be

pleased to send a card to any member of the Sunday morning audi ence

who would like to be imited. It is essential that all those who wish to

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be present should notify Mn;. Richards uefore ~ejJlellluel 20 ill onler to

obviate the ditliculty that would ari5e regarding refreshment" and clOd.k

room accommodation unless the number of visitors were known beforehand.

1Iernbers should make a special effort during 'eptember to bring

visitors to our 'nnday morning services. Lectures will ue. given in turu by Qur four appointed lecturers and by 11r. H. \\' . .1\evinson. Visiturs

wi ll bave a specially favourable opportunity of uecomiug acquainted with

the many.sided activities of the Society and of sharing, if they will, ill the

work we are selling out to do in our new home.

THE CONWAY HALL CIRCLE. Arrangements have been made with our friends, the Rationalist Press

Association., to hold Lectnres and Discussions, under the joint auspices

of the R.P.A. and S.P .E .. , on Tuesday Evenings, at 7 o'clock, from

October to March inclusive. at Con way Hall. The whole of the programme

has not yet been arranged, but members will be interesled to learn that

the following have provisionally accepted our invitation to address

the Circle :-Professor Harold J. Laski, who will deliver the ~naugural address on October 1, taking as his subject "The Dangers of Con·

formity "; Mr. J. p, Gilmour, "The Pros and Cons of Vivisection";

Mr. Robert Arch, " John Galsworthy "; Lord Olivier, " Imperialism and

ubject Races"; Dr. Marie Stopes, " Racial Ideals and Some Religions" ;

Mr. Hamilton Fyfe, " The Imbecility of War"; Mr. A. M. Ludovici; Mr.

H. D. Henderson, "The Limits of Insular Socialism"; Dr. Bernard Hol·

lander, "The Problem of Human urvival"; Dean Inge (December 10),

" Christian. Ethics and Som~ Modern Problems"; Captain J. E. Ellam, lantern lecture on " Tibet: the Land of Mystery." :Mrs. Cecil Chesterton,

:Mr. Sbaw Desmond, and Mr. ' Y. Kent are to speak early in the new year.

AdmisslOn will be free to members of the R.P .A. or the South Place

Ethical Society, and a few seats may be available for non·members on

application to tbe Secretary of eitber organisation.

CONWAY HALL APPEAL FUND. £ s. d.

Amount already ackuowledged 4720 13 10

.C Roman, Balham, .. \ \ .12 1 0 0

A. Reiss, N.19 1 0

:Miss S. Roberlsoll, Callander, Perthsbire 0 5 0

Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Green, S.E.22 2 0 0

W. Fisber, per J. P. Gilmour 25 0 0

Miss A. Carpenter, S. Kensington 3 0 0

G. Seibel, U .S.A. ... 1 0 0

£4753 19 10

All donations should be sent to Mr. N. Lidslone. 96, Blackstock Road, London, N.4, the Hon . Treasurer of t he Fund .

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ETHICAL MUSIC, SPEECHES AND SILENCE IN GENEVA.

J\ arly fifty nationalities mingled their speech and good humuur in the

Third Biennial Conference of the 'World Federation. of Educatiollal Asso­

ciations at Geneva, July 25 to August 3, 1929. A thousand and one topics

"ere eagerly discussed in I"rcnch, English, German, and Esperantu. .\

bappy interlude of the Rational l{elig ious .'entiment was pro\ i ded by an

Ethical 'ervice at the onservatoire de Musique on . unda)', July 2S, whell

admirable songs were sung by a Swiss lady, and speeches on the \ \ orlu

Crisis in Religion and Education were delivered by Dr . Coit, 1)1'. Bridges

and }.Ir. J. Hullon Hynd, and a two minutes' silence led the 200 memhers

of the congregation into sweet ·erenity. Xo theological questions jarred

the ' Yorld Federation Con.ference, and Asiatics, Europeans and All1ericall~ co-operated for the ends of teaching ef!iciency and international guUU\\ ill.

~Iy own paper dealt with" "orld l'nity through History," as presented

to ages up to J4 or 15. F. J. COUl.I).

FRANK A. HAWKINS C" PA") Returnin g to ou r hotel ill an Alpine vi ll a!,(e 4.0()() ft. abU\e sea level

on Tuesday, J uly 2, after a day's c1imbin.g with two South Place friends, 1 found a leller from onr Treasurer announcing the sad news of the passilll! of our dear friend" l' A II on tbe previous. aturday.

\Ye had no idea he was seriousl y ill and it seemed hardly jJossible tJ believe that we should no more see that sturdy figure, hear that resonant voice and hearty laugb, look into those friendly, steadfast eyes, nor clasp the hand of that wonderful magnetic personality, Frank Andrade Hawkins.

lIow sorry we were that we could not attend the senice to his memory at Golders G~een!

\Yhat a man! what a fTlend! what a worker he was! llis uelo\'eu friend and colJeague, Alfred lements, tells elsewhere the story of his magn ificen t work for tbe concerts he 100'ed so much. This was the activity which fi rs t brought him to Sou th Place, for he was not particu larly inte;­ested in the ul1Clay morning discourses nor the study of ethical principles. Religion. in the theological or the ethi al sense n'ver had any attraction fur .him, uut all who bad the privilege and pleasure of knowing hill, amI caJl' nl; him friend (and they \\cre many) aclmi,.,cI and loved hi~ slerllll;':; chara ter, his generosity his high principles his strai .. ht dealing hIS hatred of all insincerity'" ~nd snubhery his do~nrilrhtness1") and aLJo\"~ all his "ood fel luwship. - - , ""

" So many gods, so many creeds . . 0 many paths that wind and wind: W hile just the art of being kind Is all th is old world needs."

Although the concerts w,'re his great interest and delight he did llIuch more than thi s for ollr Society. T reasurer and chief organ iser of the ... 1'. Orch st ra, t hi s activ ity ~as largelv on his shon lders. lIow many tll~es was 11 T reasllrer of the Ryde ('o-op~rative Hol idal'? If a job needed dom g a t outh P lace and one could persuade" PA " t~ under take it then : h

a t a sense of relief', for one knew it wou ld be done thoroughly and in the

est way. ,Yben the Conway Hall Appeal was sent out it was" l' A " who

6 superintended its dispatch, carefully indexed the recipients and tabulated the subscriptions received.

Quite recently, when it was necessary to ascertain the lellin" charges of other halls in order to draw up the scale of charges for Conway Hall, it \\ as "P A" wbo obtained these and put the results clearly before the Letting Committee. These are instances only of his wonderful helpfulness.

But one comes back to his remarkable personality. How he loved a good story! How he revelled in telling them in his own iu,imitable manner! \Vhat a fund of repartee! How apt the nicknames he bestowed on his friends! How quickly he summed up the characters of the people he met and dismissed those he thought little of as "a poor three.ha'porth of tripe"! Ho\\' he loved the good, siaple things of life! Generous and openhan.ded, how he resented being "done"! How we have chuckled at times to hear him ar"uing- the point with some truculent railway ollicials or tea·shop proprietors!

Man.y .P . friends have had the privilege of j ining the co·operative holidays organised by him. T spent seven holidays with him. What deligh.tful experiences they were. Early in the summer he would sally forth on his bicycle, find rooms, make all arrangements and then we would "0 down and enjoy the fruits of his labours. [ have cycled with him, walked with him, climbed with him and ever found him the same delightful, humouTous, resourceful personal ity. "Vas there a puncture? Was there rain.? Was there difficulty of one sort of another? These only added to the fun and brought out new facets of his character. His tale of years was 72, yet he was ever the youngest amongst us in exuberance and good fellowship. Surely it may be said of him that he was one o.! the richest men in our circle, rich in personality, rich in fellowship, rich in good friends.

" Take him for all in all he was a man we shall n.ot look upon his like again ." Farewell, dear old friend, and prince of good fellows, you live again in the memories of the many friends you have cheered and helped thesf' many years. F. M. O.

Nl'te. - The memoir of the late Mr. HawkiThS, which we hoped to issue this tltonth is not yet ready. It will, it is hoped, be issued with the October Rt:cORD.-ED.

MISSING LIBRARY BOOKS. '1 he Lending LiiJrary COl1lmittee again ask members specially to

search their bookshelves for any books tbat have been uverlooked. Several voluntes induding l'razer's " Golden Bough" and Xeyillson's " Cban;;es and Chances," are still missing. Their early return is essen tial for the classification of tbe new Library.

FAREWELL TO OLD SOUTH PLACE. The last of the lon.g- series of Snnc1ay morning meetings of old Soulh

P lace was held on Jn ly 21, in tl1l' lectllTe theatre of the London Institution . At Ihe enc1 of his dis onrsc on "The Springs of Social Action" Mr. Rat· cl i ffe spoke as follows:

It conld not be fitting for the speaker on this occasion to close his address without a few words about lhe significance of lo·day's quiet event, the record of tbe Society upon this spot for more than 100 years, and the varied character of the road tbat has been. traversed.

, Tt wonlrl not be claiming too much if one were to sav that Sonth

Place is an institution characteristically English. and ch~racteristi('ally of London; an example of persistence and consistency in associated life upon which its members may look back with profound interest, with pride and gratitllrle. The little compan.y of seekers out of which South Place was made to grow had its birth in a time of revolution, repression and peril. The period of the _ -apoleonic wars prO\'ed almost fatal to English freedom, The Revolution in France had its destructive repercussion in this country, Tyranny was revived; the friends of freedom were scattered: th power ' of ir;'espo;sible authority was restored, and the movement of Reform held I1p for a generation., V,hen the friends of " ' jUiam John50n Fox built the old chapel, it was in the time of heavy darkness before England had begun to emerge from the shadow of the long war. The gnns of Waterloo had not proclaimed the coming of a new era for the English people at home. On the contrary. they had sounded the warning of a retreat into a rleep morass of poverty, repression. and fear, from which our grand­paren.ts anrl their contemporaries could hardly be said to haye begun their escape. :Xor was England before the Reform Act of 1832 a land that showect tenderness to associations of pioneer men and women, to those who were dedicated to the untrammelled life of the mind and spirit, who held to the right of free opin ion and th duty of free inquiry.

\Ve of this later and fuller time, and still more our children, have had the in.estimable advantage of being freeborn, whilt: those who puilt the old South Place, who made its commun ity li re and upheld its tradition, paid a great price for the heritage into which we have had the privilege of entering. Too often have we taken that heritage for granted, too seldom held in the gratitude of living memory the fight they fougbt, the sacrifice they made, the toil thev ave to the task, in order that those who followed them might think in fl:eedom, utter their thought without fear, and tread the road without being compelled to protest, to assert, and to defy the enveloping forces of darkness an.cl superstition. Notwithstanding the gifts and eminence of their leaders, they were quiet and unobtrusive folk, who made no fuss and cared nothing for reputation or publicity. Therefore we would not wish to praise them loudly, or even select for special mention from the long record those examples that might seem most worthy of cele­bration. All service counts the same with us who are its direct benefi­ciaries: there is no last or first.

It has happened that the Society of South Place could not pass from the old home to the n w at a si ng le step. The di fficulties of rehousing in present-day London are not small, and some delay have been unavoidable. Hence the break between Finsburv and Holborn. has been qualified bv the intermisson of these recent m~nths, elll ring which we have met i~ this delectable theatre of the old London Institution-itself a relic of a vanl~heri Finsbury Circus and of the serious-minded dwellers on the eastern frin.ge of tbe City before London spread out <-ver the home province. -

Thus, then, there is closed a chapter in the spiritual history of the metropolis which we know to have been honourable, courageous, distinctive: a contribution that has contained its own value of simplicity, clearness, and consistency; and for those who, in their own lives and the lives of their families, have been within its communion, something that is enshrined for all the years remaining to them on earth as part cf this life's un­<llterahle gooQ.

TreallUTCf"

Seeretar)! Sunday LectUT8 Secretary Minutes Secrcto111 ... . ..

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H~N~RllRY eFFleERS.

C. 1l. LI;'£F.R. n. Churston Mltnsion •• W.C.l.

F. M. OVERY, COllway Hltll. ned Lion Sqnare, W.C. 1. F. W. READ, 65, Hnrl.y Rond. Harlesden, N.W.lO.

Re"istrar ef Member8 alld 1 M J C . 1I.880ciatC8 r is. l. HALLS. onwny naIl, Ued LIOn SqnR"e, W.C.l.

Editor of MONTaL' RECORD JOITN MURPHY, .J1. ilrookland JUse. N.W.n .

~ Miss V. A. :\ LBXANDER, 5, Hopcfield A venue, Brond •• bury

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New Members:

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MR. RTCHARO RUSSELt., 51, Leicester R ond, N.2.

Mrss W . PnoCToR, 12, Park Hill Road, N.W.3. MISS,E. PAI.MER, 74, Falkland Pnrk Avenue, South Norwood Rill, S.F..25.

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OlilRY FOR SEI7TEMBER.

Service 11 a.m. 21 Ramble: Thames Ditton Ramble: Hampstead and elc . (see page 2)

Ken Wood (see page 2) 22 Service 23

11 a.m.

7 Ramble: Epping Fares! Opening of Con way Hall Isee page 2) 6.30 p.m.

8 Service 11 a.m. 25 Con ,,'ay Memorial Lecture 7 p.m.

11 General Committee ... 6.30 p.m. 29 Service ... 11 a .m. 15 Service 11 a.m. 29 Ramble: Brili h Museum 15 Ramble: Tadworth etc., (see page 2)

(see page 2) 29 Heunion Soiree 6.30 p.m.

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