SPIRIT OF ANZAC.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 95, 23 April 1928, Page 8

SPIRIT OF ANZAC.

PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES.

GAXHERDIG AT

GOVERNOR-GENERAL PRESEST,

To commemorate those who fen . the Great War, to thank God CZ peace attained in 1918 and preserved lor ten years, and to pray that tl» people might never again" know tk. horrors ot war, was the purpose of «! impressive service which w£ held » Knox Cuurch, Parnell, yesterday m «T ing. In other Presbyterian cliurcLs services were held in celebration of events connected with Anzac Day J he . f r u' ice , at Church* , u attended by the Governor-General. £ Charles Fergusson, and Lady Alio* pvT gU ,!f°u , His Exce »sncy, wearing E gold badge as a life member of ««» Keturned Soldiers* Association, read tin lesson from the 46th Psalm. ThTcmu gregation included several officers *»£ men who had seen active service. ' Have We Done With War:* was ft. title of the address, which was mVPby the Rev. A. Macdonald Aspland. & !f ,d . hero worsbi P was a trait of British character, and by mg those who feU in the Greats* they were performing an act which m keeping with the best natioiuj traditions. They had gathered «»»t da* to express their thanks to God for tk pe , ac t i«Uowed war, 3 which had been preserved for the ten years. They had also come to. gether to pray that they might aevaagain know the horrors of war. The speaker said that some mi«to regard a s too good to be true thei* phecy of Isaiah, "They shaU beat tW swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks, neither shall they know war any more." It waaca. tainly true that the spirit in many parts of the world to-day**, not that implied in the words of tk prophet, but they should remember tw God was not confined in time, as nm were, and it might be that not m»+a the distant future would fulnlmeit come. He believed it was for Britain, as one of the most advanced to give a lead to other nations in mou mg towards the fulfilment of tliM glorious prophecy. ~ Referring to the economic aspect of war, the speaker said that vast wealth which was squandered on providnw means of destruction might betterl* used for the advancement and good of mankind. He added that one was driven to the conclusion that osi standing armies and navies gave the St to our boasted civilisation. UndoubU edly they were contrary to the spirit of Christianity.

Not only by war, said the minist* were the graces of courage, heroism mm j ?elf-sacrifice called forth. Ample soon for them was found in life normally lived. The speaker referred to tic work of the League of Nations, and to the proposals which emanated from the United States for the outlawrv of m; The task of Christianity, he said, vu to transform things which were put to evil uses, and make them vessels for the honouring of God's greatest pin*

The choir sang as an anthem. 'T««| of Hope and Glory," and at the -l~t of the service the organist. Mr. G H. Harder, played the '"Dead Marci* Trumpeters from the Technical Colies cadets sounded the -Last Post." The special service conducted by tH Re\. W. D. Morrison-Sutherland at Mount Albert were attended by tfe Mayor and councillors of the borough.