THE CHURCH AND LABOUR.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 508, 15 May 1909, Page 13

THE CHURCH AND LABOUR.

S>r, r Wifh reference to tho federal Prime ...Minister. s recent address to the, Presbyterian evT'tL ?»° y at n Sydn °y on th e social _evil, this is' a, question upon which tho churches of Now Zealand have so far main" tamed a stony silenco. It has beon said : ' churches do not wish to enter-the' ' °. al arena ,: *'?»» siri it 'does not .'matter. .two straws whether the question'ls a politital™. ° F "°V tho churches have to considor js whether they are coi'mr tn Kpln reformers by vole? andTy pen t Mcuro freedom and Justice for ti Masses of the people, or whether ,by their sinful ?{, - nc ®n (W ,p in £|t° continue to' ignore the will of God that all His creatures Kid thJrpl>v CC °U • to T r' lt v ral opportunities, arid for all Thin"; Eifts intended , .lor all,, ihis_is . really-a .question- of right er wrong. If it j S right that the bulk of , the people should bo roWd of their natural .' ®?t ®^^ 0 -h ur ches be silent ;if ,;t "iJ'vyon&t then . let i'.tho churches unite to that-tho , sturdy, band of reformers outside the-Dale of ' L i, ,V '",. w ' lo ' c "' lcar tedly rapport , thorn. Ihe churches, must; be fearless in'd courageous, the implacable foes of all wrol; ; re tt° ns,bl r ! ;' tbcy , ' sh ° m at one™read : and stud) Henry, George's works,' particularly d Condition iii'- f Voluntary poverty we : shall ;•■ doubtless;always .have ;witlKus, fut no reason why we should-always .have involuntary poverty .-I am, etc., ■Wellington, May 13, 1009. AKE OT -