PEACE CAMPAIGN

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26393, 11 April 1951, Page 2

PEACE CAMPAIGN

Sir,—ln the last sentence of “C. of E.’s" letter a complaint is made about the small congregations. Perhaps if more of the clergy were like Dean Chandler there would be an improvement. One of the most important messages Christ gave was that of the subject of peace. Does not “C. of E." pray for peace every time he takes a service? Does he not pronounce at the end of the service, “The Peace of God, which passeth all understanding ...” or is this meant to be taken literally, and does it mean that God’s peace cannot be understood? There can only be one kind of peace? The Russians do not possess a different brand. Millions of people in Central Europe, who have been through a war, do not possess another.—Yours, etc., EX-LAY READER. April 10, 1951.

Sir,—Like “C. of E„” I, too, am an Anglican, but am filled with disgust at the hypocrisy of churches of all denominations, which take no stand against the merciless mass killing of innocent natives by the so-called democracies, which smugly parade their churchianity but not Christianity. From the beginning of history churches have stood by vested interests and armaments. It is only when ministers, like Dean Chandler, who come out_of their respective churches and preach peace, that we hear the real voice of Christianity. Propaganda fiercely denounces these disciples of peace and brands them “agents of Communism.” —Yours, etc., PEACE. April 10, 1951.