THE CHURCH AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 26, 25 October 1907, Page 9

THE CHURCH AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS.

"Thrico is ho armed that hath his • quarrel just." —Shakespearo. ;Sir',—l. can conceivo nothing more direct and.practical than Mr. Bon Tillet's speech on Church . and social ; probloms, (published in Saturday's issuo' of The Dominion. And the arguments ho used show by their nature how profound and universal his objccts aro;

Turning -from' tho contemplation of what Jesus did (who was our example for all time) to the "poor horizon, cabined and conhned methods of present day professing Christians, ;ono falls into disappointment at'its apparent one-sidedness. Ben Tillett has descended to 'the vory root of that nature of- which some of our clergy aro but fractional developments, and. thus.his sympathies are so full and sincere. It is impossible for an intellect so masculine to get entangled with' unmanageable theories concerning tho naturo of Glnirch and Socialism, and his. theory, " necessitaslloll habot legem," without one tittle of modification, is as applicable now to the poor and needy as in long-gone heathen times. I'or there can he no cortain definite law laid down for. tho starving portion of- humanity. I have expectations that Mr; Ben Tillott will also labour to bring men'to recognise 6ne grand source of evil—drink. , NfcaLU... l'icton, Oct. 21. . ' ... ... .