CLERGY AND THE WAR
THEIR DUTY LIES AT HOME
SHOULD NOT ENLIST IN THE ARMY.
(Received April 1, 8.15 a.m.)
MELBOURNE, This Day. A letter, signed by Archbishop Clarke and the Bishops, to the clergy, says : " The clergy should not enlist in the ranks of the army, because they are urgently needed in their parishes to perform the duties to which they are already pledged—the duty of bringing inspiration and the consolation of religion to bear on^ the life of tie people. This is of supreme importance at the present time."
Regarding divinit_y students, without saying that no permission to enlist will be given, the right to refuse it' is reserved, where they are needed for the usual service of the Church.
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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 78, 1 April 1916, Page 5
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122CLERGY AND THE WAR Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 78, 1 April 1916, Page 5
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