[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Sra,—I have read the letter in your issue of December 27th headed The Ultimate Issue and an Appeal." With that portion of the letter referring to the ultimate issue probably all Christians would be in agreement. When we come to the " way out " and the object of the appeal there will be considerable difference of opinion, not because of any objection to the aim and object of the Industrial Christian Fellowshipi, but rather to the means to the end.
I formerly attended meetings of the I.C.F., but more and more I realized that the majority of the speakers advo- cated the same policy and used the same arguments as the Labour Socialist Party. The right or the wrong of this policy is not now under discussion, but that the I.C.F. is, in fact, a political movement of which a large number of Christians and the majority of thinking people in this country disapprove, is a statement which is beyond dispute.
The object of this letter is not to raise a political argument, but simply to ask your readers before helping to finance this movement to make a careful study of the principles advocated by the majority of its speakers specially before workers' audiences, and then judge for themselves.
I think, Mr. Editor, it was in an article in the Spectator I read the statement that the greatest danger of the present day is the false interpretation of righteousness by righteous people. I think that is a warning which all would do well to keep in mind in these days when credulity and super- stition are rife.—I .am, Sir, &c., NOT A 'SOCIALIST.
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