NO CHURCH'S DUTY
MAKE SOCIETY FIT FOR. MAN
BUT MAN FIT FOR SOCIETY
LONDON, February 7.
The Bishop' of London, submitting his report to the Church Assembly at ■Westminster, said that he had' seen wheat burning in Canada, and heard that coffer is burned in Brazil and barrels of herrings thrown into the sea, yet there were people wanting •food.
The Bishop of Jarrow, opposing the reception of the report, argued that it was no church's duty to make society fit for man, but man fit for society. Consideration was adjourned. ~
"The wilful destruction of the fruits of the earth and the prevention or restriction of production in the face of need are virtually acts of sacrilege ber cause God's gifts are flung back in His face."■ ■." '■... .. > .--.■■■■...: ;"; ■■■ .■■■-. ; This striking declaration appears in the report on unemployment drawn up by the Bishop of London and seven other.Bishops. The report also declares that the Church cannot acquiesce in economic arrangements which cause penury and destitution among the multitudes. . ' ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1935, Page 3
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166NO CHURCH'S DUTY Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1935, Page 3
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