CHURCH FAVOURS SOCIALISM.
,(nt TELEGEAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION. ) ' Auckland, March 19.. • In an address to tho Trades and Labour Council, last, night tho Rev. R. A. Robinson seriously suggested that tho workers should ■apply to tho Auckland Ministers' Association for, permission to be allowed to occupy pulpits monthly. The delegates to the Council greeted the suggestion with laughter, but tho speaker, undaunted, wont on to say his ■idea was that these worker preachers should have a free hand to deal with labour matters even to the extent of " shocking their congregations " with Socialism. Clsborno, March 19. 'At a sheeting of the Poverty Bay Clerical Association a discussion took place on Socialism.' The. following ■ resolution was passed:—"That this meeting desires to express its sympathy with the aspirations of Socialists to improve the conditions of the wage-earners, especially, in the older countries; and while unable to accopt the views of extremists, is of , opinion that the church should 'give serious attention to proposals for the removal -of existing social condi,jjona.>:
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 151, 20 March 1908, Page 8
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166CHURCH FAVOURS SOCIALISM. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 151, 20 March 1908, Page 8
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