Labour Day, 1937 : Thoughts for the Church's Message on the Sunday Next Before Labour Day
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- Author
- Fotheringham, James Booth, d. 1955
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Bulletin [Council for Social Service]
- Date
- 1937 August 2
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Date
- 1937 August 2
- Issue
- 93
- Page
- 1-8 p.
- Notes
- "Editor's Note: This Bulletin is largely to Clergy. We trust that, as such, it will not appear too presumptuous. It has been a growing custom for the Church, through her intercessions and messages on 'Labour Sunday' to intercede with God on behalf of the troubled groups of society and to direct the minds of our peoples to economic difficulties of the day and the Christian solution for them. This custom we believe to be wise. We give appropriate prayers from our booklet, 'Our Common Task Before the Throne' and we suggest other Collects from the Prayer Book for use that day under proper authority at altar and prayer desk. We pay a tribute to Archdeacon Fotheringham for his very pointed, suggestive sermon which issues a high challenge and at the same time sets it forth in a fine Christian spirit". -- p. [1].
- "Today in Canada we must still preach the right of every willing man to work, even if it can be attained only by staggering employment, shortening hours, increasing the rolls of workmen, and still giving a decent living wage. There is still need, too, for Christian agitation for contributory Unemployment Insurance. The political barrier (as between Federal and Provincial Governments) which has been suddenly found in the way thereto must be broken through". -- p. 3.
- Contents: Editor's Note / W.W.J. [i.e. W.W. Judd] -- Why the Church is Concerned -- The Burden of the Message for Labour Day / General Secretary -- The Spirit In The Wheels / J.B. Fotheringham -- Prayers and Litanies -- Canadians on Relief, Unemployed, Unemployable : Totals For All Canada : January, 1936.
- "Prayers and Litanies" section includes prayers: For the Workers -- For Industry -- For the Unemployed -- For Social Justice -- Social Justice [Litany].
- Subjects
- Labour Day
- Church and labor - Anglican Church of Canada
- Church and industry - Anglican Church of Canada
- Economic justice - Canada
- Economic justice - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Canada - Economic conditions - 1918-1945
- Work - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Strikes and lockouts - Canada
- Strikes and lockouts - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Unemployment - Canada
- Unemployment - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Location
- General Synod Archives