POLITICS AND CHRISTIANITY.
TO THE EDITOR, Sir, —How very- easily the name of Christianity fails from the lips of our local Labour candidates, and yet how very inconsistent these remarks are as compared with the actions of these same men in granting permission for various concerts on Sundays. The observance of Sunday as a holy day is surely a Christian principle. Did not our mayor, after installation, along with the city councillors, proceed to a local church to ask the Almighty to guide them in their efforts and to bless all their undertakings? And within six months wc find these same men granting peninsion for the desecration ol the Christian Holy Day. Wc also remember the’ letters which have, appeared during the past few years over
the name of one of our Labour candidates, in which he upholds Russia as an example to the world. AVe know that Russia is anti-God, therefore antiChristian, and during recent years has dealt out persecution to the Christians. We can only conclude that the action of the Labour candidates in making use of the name of Christianity on a political platform, is nothing but “ humbug and hypocrisy,” and what they actually know of the teachings of Christ is very meagre.—l am, etc., November 25. Covenantee.
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Evening Star, Issue 22195, 25 November 1935, Page 15
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