The Archive · 1925

What the Church Is for?

Now what doos the Church stand for? There may be as many opinions on this point as there are writers, but I think we can all agree in saying that the Church stands for justice, fairness and good will, seeking to'replace the spirit of greed and hatred with the spirit of friendliness and ce-operation. Its gospel is a gospel of univer: ove. Although it is in sympathy with the labour movement of bet tering their labouring conditions not to the detriment of other classes, yet it abhors the idea of class struggle. The business of the Church is not to fight the battles of the Lord. It must speak its conviction and bring its will upon the legislator and statesman, Its views must-be heard upon all great problems.

There are not a few then like Br. A. Kok who would quiet the voice of the Church if they could on all great national world prob-Jems for they do not desire the Lord of the Church to rule over them. Let those who will then ery out against the voice of the Church, which secks to be the voice of the Christian conscience, nevertheless Christ is the Lord of all life. He is there and must be reckoned with, Tam, et

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