CORRESPONDENCE

Nelson Evening Mail, 16 November 1916, Page 7

CORRESPONDENCE

AFTER, THE WArV-WHAT THEN ?

(To the Editor,)

,S-ir.—M'aaiv of v<>ij.r readers, no doubt, are aware that the R«v- Rotors, of All Saints'. j.& giving a. series of special sermons. The ii.r.4-. was .given cm Smiday mwn.'iiv"-. I was attracted by the snbjec-t (The Avar's Challenge to the Churches). a,!so becan.ee 1 believe in the man. 1 had better say right- out that 1 am. .not an Anglican, "as this will .show 1 am d. terest erl. Previous to hearing the-.gentle - iiian I had tome to the conclusion that he is a man, with a broad outlook. A thinker, and one -who knows something of the life of the worker, also that he is interested in the masses. The -sermon on Sunday showed that the preacher realises that .itn- the near future the Einpire will he rip asam-st seme difficult and fa-r----reachng '.ciroblems, both industrial and' social. The wage-earners are not ■.satisfied with their conditions of life. They are uniting and organising, and the tinrc is fast approaching when they will be , a oower snfficientiv stron-p- to .--way the Empire. Should they be led by extrennists then chaos will prevail, and a reign of terror will set in. .The challenge tothe. Churches is to get in and win the masses for C'fhri.st—in other words to engineer the movement so that -it shall be dominated by the Christian spirit. The preacher had something to say as- o how this could be- brought about. Such n sermon) shonld be -published and read by all who are interested in the welfare of our great Empire. There -were a few men who saw ithe 'T-iresent war coining, the majority, linclndinig some of th-> leading men of the Oldi -Country, ridiculed the .idea of war with Germany. The war cane, we wero unprepared, and we are now p;iyin,_>. the price with the best bleed of the Empire. The other evil- of winch T have'snoken. is coming, and, if to simnly allow things to drift or fail to realise the position, then, God help the Tirh-pire when the tim;e coines. I am. etc... \VORIvER.