Letters By Margaret Lawson
(1960's - 1990's)

The Fellowship of Life
Autumn 1973

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My Holy Mountain
Isaiah 11.9

"Not all vegans are Christians" - so begins the editorial of the summer "Vegan", a statement which has caused me, a vegan Christian, much thought and concern. I myself feel that, had the Church been holding up the ideal of veganism I would have been vegan from my youth - so what of others?

Therefore over the past four years I have been campaigning within the Church of Scotland to have "Reverence for all Life" recognised as a true Christian virtue and now I am forming the "Fellowship of Life" to awaken Christians to their responsibility to God's animal creation. I would be glad to hear from anyone who would like to support me in this work.

Mrs Margaret E Lawson
The Vegan
(Autumn 1973)

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