“Literature and the Press” was proposed by the Rev. Arthur Hankey, who remarked that the daily paper probably coloured their thoughts and inspired their ideals to a larger extent than they were actually aware. But to those to whom the daily or weekly paper—not invariably of the highest class—formed the sole reading, it was inevitable that the influence of such literature must be overwhelming. In the Press more than in any other agency at the present moment resided the hope of the future.