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RELIGION IN SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LIFE. AN AUSTRALIAN FELLOWSHIP. 'res* Association —By T-ilograph—-Copyright SYDNEY. October 25. An Australian Industrial Christian fellowship, constituted on lines similar to the Industrial Fellowship already established in England, was inaugurated yesterday, with Mr Willis (president of the Australian Labour Party’s executive) as the first president of the new movement. The objective of the new body is stated to be the application of the precepts and practice of Jesus to politics, industry, and social life, with the same ethics cor the home, the workshop, the party, the congregation, the nation, and the community of nations. Its purpose is stated to be to unite all Christians, believing that justice and love should be the controlling motives In all social changes. It is proposed to organise the Christian Socialists, Labour supporters, and Church people in mutual fellowship. The officers , elected comprise representatives of the Legislative Assembly and all religious denominations.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19002, 26 October 1923, Page 7
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154APPLIED CHRISTIANITY Otago Daily Times, Issue 19002, 26 October 1923, Page 7
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