SABBATH OBSERVANCE.
APPEAL TO SPORTSMEN. <By TeleeraDb.—Pres» Association.} CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. At the Church of England Men's Society Conference, a remit from the Waiapu Diocesan Conference urging the preservation of Sunday primarily as a day of worship and of rest, and appealing to sportsmen in the highest interests of the nation to refrain from all kinds of organised sport on tha* day, was moved by the Rev. O. Gibson. An amendment was moved by the Rev. S. Parr to delete from the remit the words "and of rest," on the grounds that the words might be misinterpreted to mean inaction. Canon Wilford seconded the amendment. The Rev. Mr. Bullock said they could only discuss the matter of Sunday observance from the Christian standpoint. They had no right to foist restrictions uoon non-Christian people. The chairman said that the justification for the fcppeal to non-Christians was given in the words "in the highest interests of the nation." The amendment ivas carried.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 307, 28 December 1922, Page 5
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