THE CHURCH AND PROBLEMS OP THE DAY. [To THE EDITOR
OF THE " SPECTATOR.") these times of unrest it is a common accusation against the Church of England that she stands aloof from the most pressing industrial and social problems of the day. Some of us can sympathize more than a little with what may scent to be the detachment of the Church; we can appreciate how unjustly accusations may be made because, as we think, if the Church committed herself to a programme which would be in some sense political, she would be charged with partisanship and would diminish her influence. Surely the principles which should guide action, rather than the particular action itself, are the proper business of the Church. But although the Church as a body might do more harm than good by officially taking a line on subjects about which more than one honest opinion is possible, nothing but good can come out of the dis- cussion by members of the Church of any and every problem of the day, and by the presentation of very various opinions. It is for this reason that I ask to be allowed to tell your readers that an excellent series of addresses is being given at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, organized by the Rev. H. R. L. Sheppard. Addresses have already been given by the Archbishop of Canter- bury on the Lambeth Conference; the Bishop of Ely on the Position of Women, and the Bishop of London on Problems of Marriage. But the following addresses have still to be given :- November 15th, the Archbishop of York on Reunion; November 16th, the Bishop of Lichfield on The Church and Industrial Problems; November 18th, the Bishop of Oxford on Spiri- tualism, Christian Science, and Theosophy; November 22nd, the Archbishop of Brisbane on Christianity and International Relations; November 290h, speaker to be anounced later, on Missionary Problems; December 8th, Canon W. Temple on The Task Before am, Sir, Rm., A.
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