CHURCH CIRCLES

Hokitika Guardian, 30 May 1929, Page 5

CHURCH CIRCLES

“NASTIEST SET OF PEOPLE,” AUCKLAND, May 27. “Wo have not yet begun to grasp the social side of our religion,” declared Bishop Clierrington, speaking at tho dedication of Forest Lake Church Hall last evening. “Wo have not started to make our Church such a place of worth and affection that people outside will long to come into it.” The term “church circles,” he said, usually meant the nastiest sot of people possible to imagine Of course, it lmd to he admitted that an awful lot of “back-chat” was encountered in the course of so-called church social work. Some of tho nastiest and funniest things were said about persons, and not infrequently thought about them in these circles. If these nasty people despised Jesus Christ, could they, as church people, expect anything better from them? asked the Bishop. They should strive to make their community bright and happy. “What a lot of quarrelsome folk we Anglicans are,” exclaimed the Bishop. “When you see petty differences iw the Church of England all over the world it makes you despair of progress. One person wants one thing, another wants another, and somewhere else someone wants something different from both.” Bishop Clierrington urged all to refrain from unpleasantness and dedicate their lives to God.