ECONOMICS OF TO-DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 201, 25 August 1937, Page 10

ECONOMICS OF TO-DAY.

MORE CHRISTIAN OUTLOOK. CAPACITY OF THE LAYMAN. That economics of to-day were vastly more .Christian than those of 100 ago, was the belief expressed by Dr. J. A. Kempthorne, until lately Bishop of Lichfiild, when-speaking at a service in St. Matthew's Church last evening prior to the first annual meeting of the Auckland Diocesan Churchmen's Association. Dr. Kempthorne also referred to the vital part that laymen could take in the work of the Church, and emphasised that clergymen alone did not constitute the Church. The service, which was well attended, was conducted by Archbishop Averill. Dr. Kempthorne said thai a strong belief in the capacity of the ordinary layman "'had teen held by Bishop Selwyn. , The latter had left' his* .New Zealand charge at the behest of Queer Victoria to work for 11 years in the diocese of Lichfield. He had introduced to England the system of diocesan synods, and the work of these gatherings had revealed what an important part laymen could play. ' • Christianity, • added Dr, Kempthorne, entered all phases of economics, and, by ensuring that ; jShristian • principles were applied to the economic and political' life of the country, the people would be contributing towards the extension of the Kingdom of God. The evils of war would not be overcome by merely a negative attitude. War would go when righteousness and .love banished greed Wf&r. :• A . Dr.. Kempthorne commended the work of Christian Fellowship as another phase' of Christian-- work- in the Churchmen's Association could interest it«elf, and in conclusion paid a tribute to the work and influence of Bishop Selwyiu - he explained, had been Lichfief&'s. 90th biahop, and In the speaker's opiniOn he was Becond in greatness to St. Chad, the founder of the see. who had brought the Gospel to the 1 Midlands. 'Dr. Kempthorne also praised Archbishop Averill. N He' was a; Staffordshire man, known and valued in that county, which formed the principal part, of the diocese of Lichfield. .