Yes, He would. He would have said just what He said to this man and his inheritance, "Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness; for a man's life _consisteth not. in the abundance of things which he In a word, Jesug rist has a social programme. It is a great mistake to assert that He is without one. He haq one, but it is entirely different in nature from the scheme and schedules men draw up. Christianity proposes a radical change in the heart of man. Lid proposes to give an entirely new assessment. of values. He says you men will never gep lutd right relations with one another unless you pt My new way of love and consideration for one another, unless you come to Mex and enthroning Me in your hearts, you get rid of cove ness and all things like it, it] ruin all social schemes, that ard ever hatched. Christianity works within. It works from within outwards, not from outwards in+ wards, as we try to do and neces sarily fail. Take heed of covet-onsness."" You can have that in a Labour state as much as in ai monarchy or industrial state. saw in a Home paper lately a very telling acknowledgment by a Trades Union leader that Christ's way is the only way. Principal Townsend, preaching on a similar topic to this, said, "I was preaching at Southport recently and a friend was telling me of a statement made one of the Trade Union leaders. The latter said in the recent engineering crisis there were 47 Trades Unions involved, and they were all looking at the one problem from 47 different points of view, and every point of view selfish." No wonder Principal Townsend says, "When I hear of a Labour leader speaking like that, even the labour movement will crack unless the power of Jesus Christ saves it." Yes. There is no other way. "Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind;" "A new commandment I give unto you: that ye love one another; aa I have loved you that ye also love one another."
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