POLITICS AND CHURCH
A BISHOP’S CRITICISM.
1 ‘NO USE PRAYING. ’ ’ TIME FOR ACTION URGED. (United Prcao Aj>so-.-jjtuon—fiy Jiiccirio ici. 6 i» r Copyright.) iAuatraimn ricoo ~asoCu»tion., Received 10.35 a.m. to-day. SI DNEY, Aug. 19. in an address at St. John’s Church, Biiehgrove, Dr. Crotty, Besbop of Ba th hurst, made an attack upon “certain minorities avlio are keeping peoiphe apart and are destroying fellowship in order that political programmes might not be thwarted.” He described it as the AVork of tire devil. “It is no use praying,” he said, “it is time that protesaiaigT Christians get. out and did something.” The bishop accused the Avealthy Glasses of engaging in a pleasure chase and ignoring their responsibility (in social service. They must get snobbery and social bate out of the Church and out of the people, lie added,
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 19 August 1929, Page 5
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