RUSSIAN SYSTEM
SPIRIT OF THE GOSPEL COMMUNITY ABOVE INDIVIDUAL (PA.) CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 13. " It is a thousand pities that the extravangances and excesses of the Russian experiment have obscured from us their ideal of work as a contribution to.lhe life of the community rather than" as a means to the profit of the individual," said Archbishop West-Watson, speaking of the church's relation to social planning and programmes in his address to-night to the Anglican Synod service. ' " Many of us must have felt that this Russian doctrine was uncomfortably reminiscent of the spirit of the Gospel and vet perhaps regarded it as suspect because the idea seemed to be inseparable from the system," he said. "We need the courage tp cut ourselves loose from slavery to systems and to ask ourselves frankly, not 'ls this Communism?' or 'ls this Capitalism? ' but' Is this Christian? ' Otherwise what is the Church here for? "The whole question of privilege, whether of birth or wealth, is one of the crucial points at issue in view of the hopes of a new order," the archbishop added. "Some of the privileged have regarded their privileges as implying responsibility and an opportunity for service to the community, but a far greater number have regarded them as personal property to he used for their own advantage or pleasure." . ""
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24737, 14 October 1941, Page 6
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