PRESENT DAY MORALS.
-__ _ , OPINIONS OF CtERGT. \ J s|l 1 • m ' i|; i'dptox on® owk coitaKsroirtwcr.) ' ' " • LONDON, 15. | ' "Several plays running in -London to-day ought not to.be tolerajfed for one instant/* said the Bey. E. Martin^'-at the Islington Clerical' Con-* ferepcc. "One play, 'Qa- the Spot,', tliat makes crime heroic, isar. offenr and Edgar Wallace „ ought to knotfj better. He is prolific * enough to give us a thriller withont giving as offence.", The Rev. A. St". Jolrn Thorpe, discussing the effects, of uneroploymentj on the moral and religious well-being of the masses, said -that the' spirit of'try-, ing to get something for nothing was not confuted to out-of-woiks, and the policy of raising money for hospitals by sweepstakes was increasing this un-;» worthy motive. The;' "prostitution' *of Sundays by'amusement'was one of the perils of the. future, and a matter which must be tackled by the', Church of to- 2 morrow. ' Various opinions .were. expressed on,, the' .position,, of/the ' Church . to-day.; While : Prebendary IL' Deqn of Islington,, < and- president •'> of •the Conference,-said that the outlook for .the' Evangelical: r faith Tyas j tright,! the Be v., A. ,W. Habershon _ (principal; of Oak Hili College, East fiarnet) jsaid" that the Church of England; wasi yearly * 1 losing gfound.** It was'weaker because , the fire of Protestantism ' had "fedetf | allowed to become dimmer, , dimmer because the : Chuijch had ;drif t-; - ed from tho Bible. ,The remedy wjia.a return to thfe Bible." , " The Archdeacon' or Bradford, othef Ven. C. W. Wilson, towever,, said that there were many reasons' for cheqrfoi' ness and hope to-dayi He had. beeiu told by. the .British /Broadcasting ';Cor-j poration that its biggest audience of listeners was when it a church service. ■- * " ' 1 * : .' A novel! view, p'utA forward ::]by?';the'' Kev. J. A.". G. - Ainley, o£; Bfc? Paul's/ Cambridge, was t that excessive clergy was a hindrance! to religion. -, -
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20172, 26 February 1931, Page 2
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306PRESENT DAY MORALS. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20172, 26 February 1931, Page 2
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