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ver/momont they «* taing *°Sf^ lt tJ £' people'wiit not wilnagly* oilene ttoem. «£ » tuuii »Swo ii he had thought .he wotold nave scandauWAuatwuiisja. Jtlte acboa. therefore, %*££•%&> "B&rt»> i*V HexftW". describe local preceding on the Sabbath fohowng the picnic, Uβ tf&tm& W»*f contingent oa route to meet -Ow Dolce *t Botoxuft, tavnsg terdey doming, "one of the member of tho oorp, conducting. Ja *X. afta 'S? B ? l w * {S*! number rf' Wudmg the Hastings town "band, visited the pth, andthe coauj*ay gas* »n eathibitioa of iniannyanii, which proved the memhers* efficieapy. EUtas were also deaeed for the entertainment of the visitors. A number 6i the Hawkee Bay MowaJ*d JBiflee Were present, end Lieutenant Cftnjusg. on behalf of hie coins, .thanked Captain Eewini few the iuteieetißg «hibiUon ot diil." . .j »i " This s*bbalh-brc?kins contagion w evidenuy Th* Preas' telegrams record that an Auditland lMt L6nT? D»y *c street wero filled '-with workmen' in pteparaUoa for the Koy»l ainvile." Then the tjovernmenfc hae called jot. ft review of troops »t Chmtohuroh. Xhie will inTolvo tlut school cadtta and voJinteera wilt wawire t« tw.vel on ihe Lord s Way from Dun*Un t P CSmMchurch- And what is the reason nf this a*crileg»? Herely iha,. we nwv' be able to show off car rojUtafV Jo as not to be snuffed out by the Aurtwhaw. f i'b<S craze of militarism is bad cnon?h vi Usplf, but when it re.qiiires to t* fed by calling but our school children, and our volunteers, for no possible eed save vanity, it is time to uroteat -warmly agaicst *uph wanton sucnlfge. "Wβ are Tftjy aorry io hare io .wntP m this «ir*iu on euoh na occasion, but aecetsity 18 UJd on us- "HeVl up. O Lord, and je shall be healed; save ua And we j&hall be caved, for Thau {irt pur pi3ftiee." A w TROOPS ON SUI^AY. A PRESBYTERIAN PROTEST TO THE PREMIES. The Rev. J. Kennedy Blliott, Moderator «f -the Presbyterian General Assembly, to-day addressed tbe lollowing protest to tup *re-™-Ei"tJ» Right Hpa. R. J. Seddon, Prenner 3«g opiiioni Tvith repard to the Sabof 1..t gunday cannot Oe ft,ettflsi P « comin* within the rJWB^ ceptions of necßMity or of mercy. *»»*£" tive that neither the prceesi Bntisb. Pnme Victorian reign youjd have so insulted Cbristiw SSimefit "id shocked «nd grieved tho uubUrconecience-oertainly not Mr GlafctoM. whose name commands your respect, and vrho was always the fearleee and eloquent defender of the day of reet. Aβ » mia««r of Sim wjio is Lord of the Sabbath, and whose clcums on this occasion you have digrewdcd, I-an.-uounce-and history attest? it—that no nation .■an continue to enjoy prosDenty that deliberately affronts God, and the individual who j.?Bumes that attitnde will h»ve the •if' hi? renown diminished. Let mc urge op vousleo the refleotidn that the programme you "arried out deprived mony of that weekly rest >o which they-were justly entitled, and which onnerience proves to be conducive to the wellbsing of man. "You have the reputation of being ge.neroii3 io those who differ from you, and I know you will pardon the plainnegf of my speech. I i-sauro you I have not written in any caption* ■>Hri't, bat as impelled by a strong sense of 'luty. A« th« subject of Sabbath observance IB one of public importance I intend wnchng • copy of this letter to the local newspapers. H will raiee you in my esteem, and that of many, if you hasten to acknowledge fraakly That you "havq erred-—Respectfully yours. J. Kennedy Elliott, The Manse, Pirfo street, "Wellington." 162*