A CHANGING SUNDAY.
“The question of an enforced day of vest is one that belongs to economical s in the wider -sense of the word. The State must decide how far it is wise to enforce it in the interests of all classes of workers. The question of worship is a voluntary one, for no one in the modern world dreams of worship that is compelled by law. The division of the question into these two aspects will prevent the Church from seeming always to lie asking for restrictive measures in our own interests. That has had an unfortunate effect in the past. It has given an impression of a dog-in-the-manger policy. The (Church's one concern is that of worship, not with the regulations governing all the habits of the day. That kind of thing may be left to the legalists. The whole conception of a day for worship has been degraded by being involved with discussion as to what one may do on Sunday, and what one may hot do, with the feeble attempt to draw boun-
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 January 1927, Page 1
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178A CHANGING SUNDAY. Hokitika Guardian, 25 January 1927, Page 1
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