MEMORIAL TABLET UNVEILED.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1282, 4 May 1921, Page 2

MEMORIAL TABLET UNVEILED.

A large congregation which filled every part of the building, was present at the special service held in St. Enoch's Presbyterian Church last Sunday afternoon, to witness the unveiling of the memorial tablet .erected to the memory of the local fallen soldiers connected with the congregations in the parish. The Rev. J. Standring officiated and preached an appropriate and eloquent discourse based on the text from St. Marks, XII chapter 27th verse, "God is not the God of the dead but of the living." The material body which died and passed into the grave, God had nothing to do with. He was not the God of the dead but of the living—the Living Spirit which passed from this mortal body to be with Him for evermore. This was a cheering and comfortable thought to all who mourned the loss of sons, brothers or comrades, fallen in the service of their King and Country. Their, might be in foreign graves, bu'rtheir Living Spirits had returned Home to live for evermore with God their Creator. Following the sermon, the Rev. Mr Standring announced that the memorial tablet which was now about to be unveiled was the gift of the ladies of the, Sewing Guild from part of the proceeds of a sale of work, gifted to the church as a tribute to the faithful services of those local men attached to the congregations in thrs: Presbyterian parish who had fallen Jjn the Great War. The office-bearers of the church had great pleasure in accepting this memorial tablet, and he now called upon Mr.P. M'Kellar, the oldest elder, to unveil the tablet. The congregation standing, and having saluted the flag which covered the tablet, Mr M'Kellar gently pulled the cord which drew the flag lo one side, revealing a while marble slab, mounted on a wooden frame, erected on the wall immediately behind the pulpit. "The Last Post" was sounded by Bandmaster Bringans amid a solemn and impressive hush. The; tablet has the following inscription and names :

" 1914-1918," "To the Glory of God and in honoured memory of the men of the Presbyterian Church in this parish who laid down their lives in the Great war." Then follow the names, H. Barr, R.A.M.C., W. J. Campbell, W. Hawley, J. H. H. Jackson, J. Jeffrey, J. Kinnaird, VV. T. Mars- -. lin, L. Martin, D, I. M'Kellar, W. A. Schaumann, L, V. Symons, S. Tregilgus. P Weaver, D.C.M., M.S.M. "They died that we might live." " Their names liveth for evermore." The Alexandra orchestra assisted the choir in the musical part of the service, which closed with the singing of a verse of the National Anthem.