Whither Does It Lead?
"NOT-SO-SIMPLE, SIMON."
,1 To4ho, ^ditorl, * „ ,,,, , ,f •j ' Sir, — One miayi i^ell jaife whitliez^ idoes the Church lead? Throughout prny life I have always understood .|ha,t., Hxe Church" was,, the leader in. ;b,irmatters' of ^OhriStian- beha^our; i| was .taught to observe and obey '4ts tedchihg. Imagine, then, my •isurprise last Sunday while on a ;.visit to Shannon to see workmen engaged in painting the roof of a' local church, surely a strange commentary on the interpretation of the observance of the. ,Holy Day. What a picture of the proposed Church union, to see on one side of the street a congregation assembled for worship and on the. other the painting of the church. Many questions arise concerning this aetion. If carried out. by a contractor, where are the labour laws? If done by voluntary service, was' it supporte'd by the hackneyed excuse, "Better the day, better .the deed"? WilLthis Churclf stiji "t^ch the Commandments, or will it " convenlently forget the Fourtli ? Every where • we.. hear , that the Clturch has lost its hold- om the people1* ' -If so, is it any wonder when it preaches one thing and practises the opposite,? Yours. etc..
Levin, March 17.
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 March 1949, Page 3
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