"SUNDAY CHRISTIANS."

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14219, 16 November 1909, Page 6

"SUNDAY CHRISTIANS."

CLERGYMAN'S { STRIKING ADDREB& I 1 • v ;/ A remarkable address was delivered J® Sunday, November 7, on the duty ol the Churches, the ministers, ana the poVple "® social questions, by the Rev. Angu* at an „ Orange demonstration at No«rto*Bi Sydney. ' Mr. King said that many people liv*d tf no person should be compelled to UttejljjS poverty and misery surrounding..■ * housed in dwellings owned by the iieMW# ■ were not fit for any human being', to <«*•{ B in. ' Then there was the question of ifWj?3wii ■ and labour,' and the result of capital.jgPfe- ■ ing labour, and labour unjust to 1 ■ This state of things brought about «W*j* ■ and turmoil. Both sides were to I There were men and women in thi* C^W;|| I who could not get a . dccent livifK JR who were ground down by capitalists M there were a,lso men and women- B robbed their employers by not giving • , ■ day's work for a fair day's wage. * i J t ■ teration of foods »nd other tricks ot-tnwj ■ were rife. Had the Churches anyiiuol. B do . with-' .those things? Then there great land question—one re'in owiunjT _v ■ sands of acres, and thousands of jpfiflPSSfeg able" to get a single : acre 'to earn aJffls if upon. What was the relationshipi ofj jjg Church to these everyday ■ Church, it was claimed, was m 1 that the Gospel might be preached, ■ that was only one part of the wore. ■ vg. ■ Church had another duty-to see U carried out practical ■ Christians on Sunday and through the wok. It was sftld tw . Church was at all times , agaihtt »SBSSg& ing classes. He would not admit It ' * it right for the Christian camtalirt W< r press the workers, or the jk the employers and bring atout turmoil? Was it right of tho P to receive rent for miserable people should not be allowed ,to jgHJjg or sweat his employees i\i such a they could not live decently, . i V j n JMj* round with the plate, glove in • church on Sunday, or mve a +i,A hox)vi^^^ ; the hospital— drop it m the but carefully hand it over t ou j,]jtbidl j* taking care to have tho nam® $3Kj| every newspaper in Sydney. ]|* duty of the ministers to Uy ac* » to such a class of capitalist, an <JM»i « vour to get them to • ac Vf^; tianity. It- was often said tha X possible to carry on a businessi . B| lines. Rubbish! I' waa notOTa&fc Jfe carry your head on, your shm*^^gf| tian lines at one time. « siblc to conduct business on Cjrf aU I then it was the devil B busin Christ's. -It was tho duty,o«g|^^M ileal with all the social P ro P'* ■ day, and to deal with them ift ' ■ aud Christian-like manner^ .jrf'H I