Cathedral

The letter featured in the last issue contains the best reasons against the Cathedral's construction that I have ever read. The argument is sincere and not unfounded.

My main objection to the cathedral lies in criticising this as a social action. I am not a Christian, but as Jesus worked, loved and helped the poor people, then our professed Christians could do some real work then clearing the slums. Wellington—the slum city with a fine, useless cathedral. We are to have a new face, so that heritage may still exist. So that people may-stagnate in material rottenness. Which is more valuable, human life or the pretty sentimentalista of religion?

The building materials and effort could go to partial relief of the situation. Then Christians could look at their work and say, "We helped somebody." Helping people is supposed to be a Christian precept; it apparently has changed to helping oneself, To which we hear the cry, "Good old 'Private Enterprise.'"—In disgust"Hallelujah or How They Do Ya!"