does not clarin for itself exceptional merit or freedom from error.
It notes that within its ken come powers devised by modern inven-since the days when its! predecessor reigned, It accepts the advantages, exploits them, 1 need be, but wetlully withholds exultauon thereon, nor goes 1t ask for com-use ration 1n the greater strain tuns imposed on its stuay time, as com= ued with pureuull scnovl-uses with their inawuity 1 conunana me aeroplane, rama-sel, talking-nim oF to grasp the skirt of Wievision, Yet it is essential to endeavour somehow to yoke the youn of Great Sritain to the task whicn the Ration 4S set upon auscharying in. fan age of stress and stram. the spacious days which spread tne belief that the mullenmum was gradually opening out for the Wworla's enjoyment without scot or licence have been lived and lost.
The new conditions demand a bruce ing up of every moral, snental and physical fibre, 1t is not lair to the coming generation to deceive it, The world and the civilization to which it proposes to advance can not be made sale for posterity by sheer individualism of tnougnt and action. The virtues of sell-control and self-sacrifice are still insistent in their call. They still constitute the only sure instruments of happiness and contentment, It is right to use the enthusiasm of youth, its driving force and ambi~ tion for national service, but the inspiration must not be weakened by facile assurances of an easy path, an effortless achievement, famous predecessor of the Archbishop of Canterbury once observed
to be high-backed and hard. that a chair to be comfortable had comfortable passage through the troubles of life ahead cannot be secured without high ideals and hard going. The ideals will pres: cribo forgetfulness of self, obser: vance of discipline and a readiness to persevere. The going will neces. sarily follow the straight road, whatever may be its asperities as its milestones are overtaken and passed. In essaying the yreut adventure success may depend on the extent to which true fellowship is achieved, In the fellowship of youth the nation may be brough to see a lively guarantee of its own security and integrity.
It therefore should spare no pains to en= courage that comradeship devotion and fervour. The dangers of smugness are no whit less serious. than those of slackness or complacence. Community life entails community service which has its duties no less than its privileges. In that spirit His Majesty has just ascended the Throne. In that spirit he looks forward to his Coronation which, in consecrating him and his Consort to the service of the nation, ig a real symbol of the consecra-. tion of the nation to the service of humanity. The fellowship of Youth has high responsibilities therein; to their recognition it is now ordained that solemn attention shall be duly drawn on the appointed day.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.