"CLARION CALL TO CHRISTIANS"

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22419, 4 June 1938, Page 8

"CLARION CALL TO CHRISTIANS"

TENDENCIES TOWARD WAR DEPLORED CPBESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) AUCKLAND, June 3. Concern at the world-wide tendencies toward war is expressed in the first of a series of "Clarion Calls to Christians” issued by the Crusade for Social Justice. The Crusade also makes an appeal to all men and women to work for the immediate establishment of Christian democracy. The call is signed by the patrons of the movement —Archbishop Averill, the Very Rev. T. H. Roseveare, the Rev. Percy Paris, the Rev. A, C. Nelson, Brigadier A. J. Suter, Pastor A. G. Saunders, and Mr F. W. Horner. “As we consider the world m which we live, we are impressed on the one hand by the possibilities of material well-being which result from man’s conquest of Nature,” it is stated. “On the other hand we see insecurity, unand malnutrition, even in this much blessed land. We see, too, throughout the world economic conflict extending to political and factional strife, bringing the nations to the verge of war. We consider that only by uniting in the building of a social order based on God’s laws of unity and love will these difficulties be met. “This unity will lead to the building up of a Christian democracy in which the political, economic, and financial systems will be based on Christian principles. .Thus, and only thus, will the general' body of people have an opportunity of enjoying the bountiful gifts of the beneficent Creator. “We therefore call upon all. men and women of goodwill to work for the immediate establishment of Christian democracy, and thus translate Christian ethics into action in every department of life.”