RALLY OF YOUTH

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 31, 31 October 1932, Page 5

RALLY OF YOUTH

Gathering in Masterton PROCESSION OF WITNESS Dominion Special Service. Masterton, Oct. 30. Youth in its numbers assembled at the Mastertou Municipal Hall this afternoon at a special rally organised by the Masterton Ministers’ Association. In addition to the young people there was a large attendance of older folk present. The gathering was preceded by a Procession of Witness headed by the vation Army Band, which left Knox Church at 2.30 p.m. and proceeded through the streets. On the platform i were the Rev. E. J. Rich, president of the Ministers’ Association, Rev. E. (.), Blamires, Rev, Thompson Macky, and Captain Risley, of the Salvation Army. A combined choir consisting of members of the various church choirs was also on the platform. The rally opened with the Doxology, followed by the Lord’s Prayer. The speaker of the afternoon was the Rev. Thompson Mackay, of Dannevirke, who delivered an address on the “Challenge to Youth.” The speaker made a strong appeal to young people to rally more around the church, and spoke of the tendency of the present dny for the younger generation to be drawn away by their own pleasures and ' selfishness, instead of thinking of others. Special services were held iu the various local churches to-day in connection with the rally. At St. Matthew’s Church the vicar, Rev. E. J. Rich, preached both morning and evening. In the morning he spoke on “Youth and Courage,” and in the evening “The Call Present-day Problems and Conditions Makes to Youth.” A special Youth Day address was delivered by the Rev. E. M. McLevie at the Church of the Epiphany at 7 p.m., and-the vicar conducted a service at Upper Plain at 9 a.m. At the Masterton Methodist Church the Rev. E. O. Blamires preached in the morning, and in the evening the service was conducted by the Hon. L. M. Isitt, of Christchurch. PURCHASE DECLINED Valuable New Zealand Books Masterton, Oct. 28. The proposal to purchase a collection of valuable New Zealand books for Masterton was further referred to at last evening’s meeting of the Wairarapa Secondary Education Board, when letters were read from the Masterton Borough Council and the Trust Lands Trust relative to requests for contributions toward the purchase price of £l5O, at which figure they were offered to the board by Mr. A. Clemas, of Masterton. The Trust Lands Trust advised that it had agreed to make a grant of £5O, but the Borough Council stated that it was unable to make a contribution at present. It was decided to thank the trustees for their offer and to advise Mr. Clemas that there was no prospect of the books being purchased, as suggested.