BISHOP JULIUS ON TRADES UNIONS AND SOCIALISM.
(per press association.) Christchurch, May 3.
This afternoon Bishop Jul.'us delivered an address to Trades Unionists in the Cathedral, which was crowded. He said the tendency of the present ago wa< to abandon individualism in favour of Socialism, Ho was a Socialist, because he was a Christian, and Socialism was taught in the New Testament. Ho did not think that Unions were sufficient to sure the evils of the present social system, though they had done good in the past. Despite the good methods, they bad sometimes been faulty. What lay at the root of aU the evils of the present system was sin, and no system of Socialism, however complete, would bring happiness unless It was accompanied by righteousness. He feared that the working classes did not bestow sufficient car© on their children's training.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 9285, 4 May 1891, Page 2
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