CHURCH BAZAARS.
Raffles at church fairs were condemned by Bishop Long, of Bathurst, NewSouth, Wales, last week. "I think it is my duty as Bishop," he «aid, in opening a bazaar, "to .say that whatever we do should be done in the best way. Therefore, 1 ask that there shall be no raffling in connection with this bazaar. I do not want t give an exposition upon the morality or immorality of raffles. Wo can do that at some other time; but I do want, as your Bishop, to get an example to other parishes in the diocese. Wo do not want to ask for money in a way that people may question, or do harm to the tender conscience of anybody. We want to say that the money we received is free from that sort of thing. This mode of raising money is questionable, and has been condemned by tho Synod and diocese, which passed a resolution asking us not to adopt these-methods. On this question feeling is sometimes strong, and people have said that it was a foolish principle for the Church to adopt. It is not a foolish principle, and we do not want to make a compromise of anr kind in regard to the matter."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 19 November 1912, Page 4
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209CHURCH BAZAARS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 19 November 1912, Page 4
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