Lord Cobham, Governor-General as reported in The Otago Daily Times Dunedin, New Zealand

"For at least 30 years, men of the calibre of Jeans, Rutherford and Whitehead have scorned the idea of a purely materialistic universe.... We are on the edge of revelations of such tremendous significance that [the world's] whole course may he altered within the next 10 or 15 years."

Lord Cobham then went on to read a paper by the English scholar and thinker, W. B. Higgs, who, he said, had gathered from the works of the greatest scientists an overwhelming mass of evidence which could well put an end to the "materialistic rubbish that today torments mankind, and which would enable the Christian churches to mount a counterattack."

Halford E. Luccock in a column of the Christian Herald New York, New York

Consider this question, "How do you think of yourself?" This does not mean, "Do you think too much of yourself, or too little?" though that question is important. It means, "Just what do you think you are?"' Someone has written, "It is what we think of ourselves that, in the long run determines the conduct of men and of nations."

If we think of ourselves as just mechanical accidents, or a higher grade of animals, life loses its high meaning. But if we think of ourselves as sons of God, the objects of His love and care, then that makes all the difference in the world, and in eternity.

Dr. E. T. S. Walton as reported in The Nashville Tennessean Nashville, Tennessee

Dr. E. T. S. Walton, Nobel prize winner,... professor of physics at Trinity College at the University of Dublin, [Ireland,] spoke at a meeting sponsored by the Methodist board of education.... The education board is sponsoring his speaking tour of 19 Methodist colleges and universities....

Dr. Walton stressed... that he believes... in the application of the scientific method to solving religious problems. "People must use their intellect just as much in religion as in scientific matters," Dr. Walton said. "To do otherwise is to show a contempt for religion. You must put the best you have— as the intellect—into anything you have respect for. Freedom to get the basic facts and discuss them is absolutely essential both in science and religion."

Excerpts from an article in The Methodist Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

The subject of highway safety is popular and little is spared to frighten us into safer driving.... A Christian must go further—he must think of highway safety in terms of positive acts of love towards his neighbour on the road.

When someone asked Christ, "Who is my neighbour?" he replied with the story of the Good Samaritan travelling on the Jericho Road. Highway conditions have changed since then, but the point remains the same: All you meet on the road are neighbours you can love. Show as much consideration for strange motorists as the Samaritan showed for the stranger beaten up by thieves....

Driving like a Christian means doing things like helping people enter heavy traffic from side streets or make difficult right turns. All of us have extra seconds to offer our neighbour. See how many chances you have to be a good neighbour on the road. Courtesy is love in action....

The Moral sense of many gentle citizens gets dulled behind the wheel of a car. A subtle selfishness is at the root of many of the sins of the road, such as pride in high horsepower....

Let those who will hear listen to God's words and apply them to their driving. "Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.... Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them."... Golden car or golden calf, there's no difference.

"Thou shalt not kill."... "Thou shalt not covet."...

The next time you get into your car, the next time you drive in the rush-hour, love your neighbour on the road.... Mind the chances God gives you to help the least of your brethren on the streets. "Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love"—even when you have the right of way.... How can a man love God whom he has not seen when he does not love and forgive the driver of a car he has seen?"

"Optatus" in a column of The [Bulawayo] Chronicle Southern Rhodesia, Africa

The words Begin the Day with Music, when taken figuratively, bring a suggestion of one of the most fruitful practices of the Christian life. It is one of beginning the day with the music of faith, with prayer.

We have the exhortation in the Psalms: "O sing unto the Lord a new song." This is what we do in morning prayer. We sing a new song for the new day. It is a song of thanksgiving to God whose mercies are new every morning, and a prayer of supplication to One who asks us to cast all our care upon Him for He careth for us.