CHRISTIANITY AND THE POOR

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 242, 10 October 1916, Page 7

CHRISTIANITY AND THE POOR

CHURCH OF ENGLAND MEN'S SOCIETY. At St. Mary's Vestry last night Mr P. G. Ewington gave an address to the Church of England Men's Society on the above subject. The Lambeth Conference of about 200 bishops had affirmed that church people should band themselves together locally to study social and industrial problems and to promote a more active spirit of social service. From all sorbs of causes, over which human beins-a had no control, numberless men were thrown out of work, entailing ■Want and suffering upon themselves and their dependents. It was the duty of the Church and of civic authorities to try to deal effectively with poverty and hbour problems, and mitigate, if not prevent, the poverty and resultant misery that disgraces modern civilisation. Much good can be done by paying fair wages, by not driving hard bargains, but following a policy of live and let live, also by systematically getting work for men and women in town and country, establishing people's small loan banks, educating girls in home management, and inculcating a spirit of industry, thrift "and sobriety. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the speaker by the Rew Mr Lambert, who said he was glad. a« a comparatively new arrival, to find that the Church in New Zealand was so zealous in her efforts to aJleviate the condition of orphans, the aged poor, prisoners, and the general life of the industrial and commercial toilers.