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mentioned TO him. he is doing a re-
markabie work among the labor men
all over the nation in the interest not
only of temperance, but of total alb
stinence.
One of the rather violent partici-
pants in the debate in the House of
Commons, following a great strike,
was Lansbury, who gives one the i'm
preston of an extremely devotional
pietist rather than the strong, prac-
teal leader. He belongs to what is
known as the house of laymen in the
Church of England.
Arthur Henderson, also a member
of the Labor party in Parliament
who was the representative of the
men in recent royal commission
was prevented by this duty from
attending a Methodist ecumepical
conference, being one of the foremost
leaders in the mems brotherhoods. a
Wesleyan local preacher and man
who profoundly believes that back
of all social uplift there must be a
spirit of religion and a strong loyalty
to its institutions.
j might go on with many other il
Illustrations, including the distinctive
ly political leaders, such as j. Ram
say Macdonald, the leader of the
Labor party in the House of Com
mons, a deeply religious man, a stu
dent of theology, with a large depart
ment of theological literature in his
library, and a warm friend of many
of the non-conformist leaders, as we'll
as churchmen. 1t was interesting to
find that Kerr Hardie is member
of f. Herbert Stead's Fellowship of
Followers at Browning Settlement,
whose members are enrolled on sign
ing the following confession: Jesus
said, IF any man would come after
Me, let him deny himself and take up
his cross and follow Me- Meaning so
to follow Him, l wish to be enrolled
in the Fellowship of Followers. !"
Other Industrial leaders belonging to
Arthur Henderson, George Lansbury,
George II. Roberts, M. p, leader of
the Typographical Union: j. o. Sed-
don, Philip Snowden and many other
leading Socialists.
So far as | can see, the churches
of Great Britain, as such, have really
fewer points OF attachment to labor
movements than in our own country.
and their leaders have not been so
closely identified with industrial
movements as in America At the
certainly find on the part of the labor
leaders of England a far stronger
loyalty to the church and a larger
participation in its work and inter-
ests than we do in our own country.
It would seem as though the Chris
tan Church in England, with all these
strong men who are leaders both In
the church and in industrial better
ment, had wonderful chance.
Another contrast which is very
striking is that concerning the atti-
tude of Socialists. While in America
as on the continent their tendency
is either to assail religion or to treat
it as negligible factor, in Great
Britain host of it's leaders are evan
gelical churchmen. And while here
trade unionism UP to now has stead
lastly refused to make the alliance,
in England the labor leaders are also
Socialists, though of grave and con-
structive type. Though, at the pres
ont time, the churches of England
are not, as such, of great moral In
fauence with labor and It's movements,
the fact that the leaders Of labor and
the leaders in religion are so largely
identical will surely mean a natural
and effective relationship between the
church and labor.