PRESENT-DAY EVILS
THE DUTY OF THE CHURCH. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 14. A manifesto signed by the Bishops of Lichfield, Woolwich, Winchester, Chelmsford, Liverpool, Manchester, St. Albans, and Southampton on behalf of tho Industrial Christian Fellowship, which was formed in 1920 to bring religious influence to bear on industrial and social problems, states ;
“ It is no exaggeration to say that the church is presented to-day with the greatest opportunity since Pentecost if only it can effectively proclaim the Kingdom of God to statesmen, employers, controllers of combines, trad© unionists, and laborers aa offering the key to the true relationship of man to man and nation to nation. It is time that every pulpit reference to a public question ceased to be called ‘politics.’ The word is often used disparagingly of the purest and most elementary application of Christian ethics to affairs. The church should sock freedom from party politics; but every pulpit should resound with national politics. Avarice, the unwillingness to work hard, and a selfish indifference to the Bufferings of othersjie at the root of political and economic evils. Against these, as well as against dishonesty and intemperance, the church ought to warn men and declare the Gospel as the remedy.”—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 18532, 15 January 1924, Page 4
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