THE CHURCHES AND THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC. [To THE EDITOR OF
THE " SPECTATOE."] Sia,—The large and growing number of earnest workers in the cause of Temperance reform who have for sonic time resented the claim of a certain section of the Temperance Party to represent the conscience and mind of the Christian Churches on this issue will surely be delighted at the pro- nouncement of the Executive of the Temperance Council of the Christian Churches in Liverpool. At last a representative body of influential Church leaders of all denominations have faced the hard facts of the problem of Temperance reform, and are of one mind. This is most refreshing and encouraging. No proposals for the solution of our legislative problems in England have the slightest chance of acceptance unless the question of compensation is fairly dealt with. There must also be a further option of complete public control before the will of the people on this vital question can be known and made effective. The Liverpool resolution represents some honest and earnest thinking, and the sooner the Churches frankly accept the Liverpool position the better for the CAW° of national sobriety.—I am, Sir, &c., W. A. PRUNELL. Wesley Manse, Watford, Herts.
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