PICTURESQUE LLOYD GEORGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 152, 29 June 1926, Page 8

PICTURESQUE LLOYD GEORGE.

CHRIST . AND THE MODERNS. COMMON SENSE AND TRUTH. (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") CHRISTCHURCH, thie day. "It hae been my growing conviction for many years that an overwhelming majority of the clergy of all denominations and a proportionately large, number of church members have failed to grasp the meaning of Christ's teaching," declared the Mayor (Rev. J. K. Archer), commenting on Mr. Lloyd George's address, reported by cable. -

"It has -to-be -• remembered, - ' continued Mr. Archer "that Mr. Lloyd George, as a speaker, uses' picturesque language. At the same time, there is always an element of common senee and truth in his apparently exaggerated statements. This is correct in what he says . of- Christ's place in life to-day. Society as now constituted is.not only one of harmony with the teachings of Christ,' but is so to such an extent that if Christ's doctrines were preached today as He taught them"they would be considered revolutionary. Either through ignorance or fear,, modern ' clergymen steer clear of the economic'implications of the gospel. Perhaps Mr. Lloyd George is not speaking too strongly when he suggests that many, churches to-day would not give Christ a place in their pulpite or on their, roll of membership.