JAPANESE DISASTER

Evening Star, Issue 18393, 29 September 1923, Page 8

JAPANESE DISASTER

ANGLICAN CHURCH MOVEMENT

The following loiter from Bishop Richards has been read to the rongrt'f.Mlions of ail the Anglican Churches in ike diocese of Duncdiu: “To the i-Vrgv and the lay men m (he diocese of llnnedin — The recent disaster in Japan is so iij palling, both ni its character ami its magnitude, that it has aroused feelings of mingled horror and sympathy throughout the world. But it Is a time not only for !«e.‘i; gs of sympathy, but for action. We '.velcomc, there:’o.’v, the appeal on behalf of (ho suli'erers which the Archbishop ha,- addressed to the (liurch of Xcw Zealand. This appeal is not confined to members of the Church. It should be regarded as an appeal through tin; Church to nil people, which (he Church through its organisations .should make as effective as possible. Tim administration of tin; fund raised ji) p)jj s connection will he entrusted to the Church in Japan—a guarantee that it will he administered to all sufferers alike, in an impartial manner and at minimum cost. I would suggest that the clergy form at once commit tops of leading laymen in each place; that these committees he enlarged hv (In; inclusion of others who may not bn of the Church, of England; and that the committees thus formed fake such steps as they may think best for making a canvass in their respective districts. At, moneys raised should be rent to the diocesan registrar, the Rev. C. H. Statharn, who will see that they are forwarded to their proper, destination without delay. 1 commend the appeal to your whole-hearted sympathy and support.’’ This letter has received the whole-hearted support of every church to which it has U-.o .-.cut.