POOR RESPONSE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 249, 2 August 1941, Page 2

POOR RESPONSE.

“DOWNRIGHT INSINCERITY ; C 'abroad.” CLAIMS OF THE cftTJRCH. V HAMILTON, August*!'?"’-' “There is a good deal of downright ■insincerity abroad at- the - present time about Church giving,” stqtes an. editorial in the current issue of th# War- ( ' !kato Diocesan Magazine. “Compared with the sacrifices being made by the people in the Homeland, all our talk : about what we cannot do for the •Church to-day amounts to so much humbug. "When it comes to digging deep into exchequer, wo are all particularly sensitive. The pocket is the most dangerous part of man’s external anatomy to touch. Welean feel with the heart until tears fill our eyes, but our pockets can remain - ■unaffected by such emotional outbursts. “Many people seem to think that wartime is the wrong time for the Church to make any progressive moves. ‘Let us defend our Christian civilisation,’ it is said, ‘but- let the local .church and its needs go hang.’’ In other words, the Church has to sit in. rags I among the cinders while her hypocritical ‘sisters’ powder their noses at the ball. The Church is often too modest iii the demands she makes, and we are far :too niggardly in our response to her ■ claims.” •