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CHRISTIANITY
And Social Service
SDUTY OF THE CHURCHES
A fervent appeal to the Cihurch
to. take a more. active, part in
social service, work, particularly.
irn view of the widespread dis
tress.prevailing, marked a speech
by,, Rev. Canon. McKeown during
a:discussion at the.Anglican Synod.
last rnight.
iCanon- McKeown submitted the fol
lowing motion:
"That this. Synod of. the .diocese, of
Goulhurn. expresses deepest1 concern
at theo continued unenmgploynent and
distress in. the' nlrl duo te the faiure·
to extend, h~i prlnclples of Cfllstian;
ilto, dal:lif?e.andser~vice. It is of
opin!on'that aUrgent cooperatiou or
Christian forces? should be soutght to
adjfust existing: conditlons -with. as
little delay as :possihle, and that we
forward ?a cppy of! the motion to. the
Bishop-elect to act: upon." -
iCanon rMcKeown: said he kinew the
Oiostlon, s:as one dossr to the..heart
of thoe Bishoptele t he Rev . ,.:H
Burgmann but quite apart from 'that
iti was the Christian: dity of every
member of the Church to l1ook to his
neighlbour's wiellheilng.
]ie considered that it swould he d.e
jplorable if they. s a-'synobd -'ent, to
ihe!r homes withoui trying to grapple
withi this- great problem, In Alus
traiia there wero- the ma'terials' and
,venues for. work ht' iinotwithstand-.
ing, a ·vas? multitude wass inalie- to
find. employment, the problem of- ns
employed :youth being p a.artulalrly
dfistiresing. one.
"NOT DOIN'G ENOUGH':
The Chliircl was: not doing enough
to- get oiut amongsit: the people andi
fill them wtith Suiritial and n:ltorial
hope, declared Canornk MeKeown; who.
added tht .thore were too .nmayi, eases
of. people remainingby t?.ho way with
Christi'an-.mnded peoplo passing l)uoyi
the othoiside, s -. -
lie nclino, ledged, that the Church
was. dolng an, imnpense. amount, for
the. peop:e in s'various 'wais, .but he
desired .to uige the Chitrches: to stir
themmeives .and show,,amviongst othlel
things, tlhat tlei -falh;Wias. morelthan
a professlon.
lie iurged :l.halt ', star .t ibe made
witlhil the ,Chiiuch luy settligw things
right th?ro:. Tlhey; often heard slate
menlots concerning the .spread"iof Com.
munisn, and -it was hlis bielief that if
the .Irend of worild affirs avts peri
mittedi to' continnue uncheclieoi :a
mighty upheaval wqu!d. b witnessod.
Goulburn's B'shop-eeect couldj'
.move.- about the coalflelds with
:. respect, for tile. reason; that .he.
"wan a man who put his Christian
riniciples: into lractical ,use
The 'moltion as seconded hby Rev.
Canon IHilrst, ' oii desdlcrihed it as h;e
most impoltant to cmome befoieo
Synsod. le reciallel .that a :'Sydney
publlcaHllon ihad, ritle?d, a" seijs ofl
arittdes headed Christ on t.he ,Read,
whchi:c lesel ed a 'good dlal oa f crt!li-:
clami ati the Ohurch and Eclergy, hut
so far as hled was, aware no s~tlep had
been itaken t~o refuto the sugge?tlonse
thliat apathy .hild bo ?een shown by l ihem
duHring the crisi:l thliough wictl thci
world was, piasing;
As an example of 'what thoe Clhurchi
had done, hlid:hitmelf .had seen a wood
dump supplylng the needs of lGis
trosseid, families-at t Oniliurn; at Yass
he had seen a soup kitchen lirovid
ing i80 families with food; at Coota
maindrao liahad seeni, hoinployed men
sitting, down. to ta three-coursoi.monl;
and had, seen nmany stiillr instances
of.. where relief i'ws beingl afforded
people tih:oigh, the a'ctilvties of tlhe
clergy.
GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY.
'ItC was his opinion tihat a Covern
mont that nceiite'd 'lofflce must ic:
cept responsliHltles- for masltlers. 'of,
this kind, In the Police iCoiirts, day
by day tlhere was tile spectac:o of
hatches of youtl!hs, who tiiirough le
ing shlfteit f.om pllao r io post, had
resot;ted to. what .was known, as
I"jumping the rattler," and, cotild, thiy
he blamed for; doing it? Yet they
Iwere frequently- sent to gaol: as. a
enalty and were foiceld to bear.n
ermaneont stain on 'thlr characters.
Every priest IR the) llocese had 'hadl
exieriences of the ;slalbily. clotheli
fgure. waiting on ihlis doorslop.a nd
nowe the tragic stories of the boy,.
who coiluil not. find:work. ; .
'hie Churli rch bl a:b:accept- thlese
faco rs (oulltru:f :nuld 'elsewherte
iralay; tiorlrkes lcilad hbeen,' comilpelled
to recently accept anotlher wage. eut.
". . say that it is not fair or Just
and we must do something to
righit these .wrongs,' sald Canon
-Hirst, who pointed out that he
.?ild.not want synod to think that
Fe was Indulging In a political
speech. .
• hr.I; J; Bate, .MIL.A., said that
lhe hadelfot, iuncomforitalle 'durling the
d'iscusstoni b :';bli tti Eof: his positon
as, 5 iimembor of tie Statie Parlainent.
iH?e Iad attended Syn:dd- as 'a church
man and hod· had the. Iirivilege of lie
ing a Synodsmani foir: ninny years.
'Dic syniod aboei to conclude, hail
been larg6ely ai clrcgilan's' confeor
once and abolpt tihe onl y, reference
t?intluhadiheen -made. to the laity was
ari atta~ik :'on themn that they wereo
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CHRISTIANITY . . 'i
not : .generous. : enough In thleir
financial support. of the *Cilur:il.
Turning to the anotion, Mr.: Bate
said hie would like it .to be remem
befed that all tlie dair'y fairmes lit
ili's distrlct: iSouth Coast), after pay
ing wages, were not as well off 'as
were neni on the do e. WhVilie lhe
agreed that tile Churchl had. played
it wonderfil f pa rt in tlh oresent
cil isis;, e le flt tliat tlid speeches of
tieit itolieavius speloakers hiad bor
deied ;very closely on econoinics.
iRefei ence had been made to the
wa.iske cuts suffeired by railway work-,
rs. but when tirit point' was ra.ised
it :ishould be riemembered that the
silia..ys. had lost £1,0000,000 'a year.
VoIce: o And liore shame!'
continuing, Mi flai.b: said that re
grettable as It was :.the lsolicy of all
vi;orernmicns in years gone by had
t an to ta Ithe thrity to provide ainl
r. the thiftless.'
S0nmethling had 'been ciid: aot?tL
nunishinog youtlis for'i "jilping thi'
rattler" and though lhe was so'ry to
see';the necessity for this ,'ie-,-i lli'
f::ct must not. be -'-rlooked tihat the
:overnment had bi'lt liomne.' at trE
mendous cost fo? pi?0ole ip i distressed
circumstances :and in addition . l:ad
sarted farms with .th .iintention of'
relheving thi u ineminploymeni problem.
'I here were i hindred and o, ,s -hcr
-,iys in: whi-hi tl-e 0 Goverlmn-r- v:
oinot its utlc, t 1s??t fori tihe uuos nts'. .i..
The great oroblem of the day, of
corsais, was to creat"e iolk for
youth. lbuit' i appealed to themn t3
exercise citre wllen speaking tabout
the 'Governniint's aduninistratlon in.
this direction.
Perisonallly,he bellevd thiat a ste.
Inwards the solution of th-e whole
problem would be to br:ng about a
clinhge in tile outicldok- of tihobse wlo
emplored labouri., tHe kne of
cases vlloei m~en weroe keehping their
businesscs going with 'thei sole ..olject
oat preservilng emp'oyment. for ..lbo
"eoil: withl whom' they canme in co!l
tact, .:(Applause.)

:Mr. Bate.said he moved about
lust as. much as did the clergy
and Ihe;was just as interested in
this great problem. He reminided
Synod that if. he were in a posi
t'on ' to give them figures, the
cost of the Government's wel;
fare.:work would stagger them
it was tremendous.

.lio believed thiat, thile object In
liakiing the rocClnt, reduction ijn rail
way wages-was soW thlat :ollOr. 1men
would be kept in emiploynentu than
.therwise would have been .possible.
'i mnust be realised tilat YoU cunit
trkl oi?1:0 out of. qu1rt: tlot tlhinl
goes inuto it," reiiai.ked Mr.11: ate.
Canion MciKeown:s Du:lu-the:tilaU
-sa5" Commissioner took lils out of it.
Mi. Bate said :hq regretted that .tle.
salary of ti?he ;Chliet .Com?ulissioner ibad
bieen 'iaised at about tilhe same time
as tlhe cuts were made. llowever
iit tus a question of it s?rvant p.rov
in p more thaln: worthy of ihis hire.
Hl.e iecognilsed- :that tIhe' .Cturch
could do a wsondel:ful work andl
achiee useiu n criseting a brcther
sood of nli; but his mIessage to thl
Eatherilng, was:, For henven's saks
iool ou t.lio p~iactical side of thuilge
first in oorder .that t Che.Churchl miight
be sue?esftilu in what it had, set out
to do.
Speaklig again onl tile question o"
what lthe ,overlnment was doing, Mr.
.Bate saidh be liow o families tila
-were receiving up to. £3/10/ a wee:
in- enldowmielit. ind other forms it
Goverlnnent aid.
1He Ihd spokeil as a ellurlchllilan an.l
wanted to plead againi for a practlcal
view, so that the Governm01lent Iliglht
Iho assisted hii its endeavoui's. "t hal
been said durilig .",1h evening th?t
.heere was golllg to lie aglgreat uPlietv
al, but he dtd not'believe that o0 Aus
tralia, becausesof thle race to whichll
we bloniged. (Appilause.)
Replying, Canon McKeown: said he
agreeil. ,!tli Mr. B?ite tliat we Iiad too
mucl seuse to have aniythlhn in the
natuir'of an uplioaitil. Wlien he haL
spoks .on this.point. eo !ad intended
his .enmaiks to apply to a'world crlsts.
tIe assured Synod tihat hIe lhad .nt
sthairged thie laIty with ileieng unliti'lst
ialnitke, but iratheir siated titlitir ili
lie asled theill to tuil afroi aii th
SouthU Colsi:t ita id coalfild.ls, n?nd
they .woUlde:: see"minay casesl of dire
distrasotlil?? urged thein to give lielp.
"'I wait 111 00coperatanrt of meu
iike Mlr. Bate i th?le effol'ts wce sio:d
ni-i'k to achlove :a ,Chrsistian end,"'
addel ,Caio~l McKeoiun'vilose mo
tioniasi earried by a :unaniilmous vote.

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