CHURCHMEN OUTSPOKEN

Taranaki Daily News, 21 August 1930, Page 11

CHURCHMEN OUTSPOKEN

CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECTS . BLESSING ALWAYS TOO LATE CHANGES OF VIEWPOINTS By Telegraph—Press r Assn.—Copyright. . ..-London, Aug. 19. Outspokenness was the keynote of the Modern Churchman’s, conference at Oxford. , : “The church to/jay :admits that playing games on -Sunday is mot necessarily displeasing to God,” said Dr. C. F. Russell. “It should have eaid that 25 years ago. In 30 years the church will be readyto demonstrate that birth control is a desirable Christian practice, but who will listen-to it? The tragic thing about the Church of England is that it gives no blessing on any change of outlook until too late to be of any value. The Rev. 0. J. Hardwick asked: “What part will the churfihfpiay in the creative epoch ahead? The, .Bishops have been talking, but what have.’.they said? They had said more ’than many, expected, but, alas, leadership and initiative has passed from them, -u They are fighting a rearguard action.”