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BY DR. SAMUEL H. SUTHERLAND
PRESIDENT, THE BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES, INC.
Parliamentary Leaders Tell Preachers
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The 19th annual International Christian Leadership Conference was recently held in Washington, D .C . According to news reports, this conference featured two members o f the British Parliament, Sir Cyril W. Black, K. T ., and the Honorable John Cordle. It is particularly noteworthy that the secular press commented upon the fact that these gentlemen from England, "stressed that material and social betterment do not solve spiritual problems.” Sir Cyril Black had this to say, rtWe once generally accepted the proposition that ( 1 ) if we abolish poverty, we abolish crime, and (2 ) if we raise educational standards and opportunities, we shall raise moral and spiritual standards. But these have been disproved by experi ence for, in Great Britain, crime has increased six-fold since 1900, and moral and spiritual standards have declined despite the spread o f education and the abolition o f poverty.” Previewing the develop ment o f the welfare state in England, Mr. Cordle said, "Most o f the social benefits are directly traceable to the work o f Christian leaders and to the influence of the Christian church as a whole. But the conditions we have produced by the application o f Christian prin ciples to our society seem to make it harder to win a hearing for the Gospel o f Jesus Christ. Social betterment seems to have produced a materialistic outlook with a sense of wealth and comfort unknown to earlier generations.” He added, "The Christian church in our country has done really a magificent social job without producing a corresponding spiritual result. The social gospel of the last half century has proved inadequate to meet the human needs which go deeper than housing and pensions and education and health. Man’s deepest need is for God’s forgiveness, for God’s power in his life and for the realization o f the abiding presence o f the living Saviour.” It is refreshing, indeed, to read statements such as these from men high in the political life o f England. These men evidently know what it means to be born again. They know what is the real empha sis o f the Gospel o f the Lord Jesus Christ. They acknowledge that
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