ARCHBISHOP’S PLEA Dedication Of Nation And Church To God

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 178, 24 April 1942, Page 7

ARCHBISHOP’S PLEA Dedication Of Nation And Church To God

(Received April 23, 7 p.m.) LONDON, April 22. The Archbishop of Canterbury will be enthroned in Canterbury Cathedral tomorrow. In a letter to “The limes, the Archbishop recalls that tomorrow is St. George’s Day, and asks the British people to “join in an act of ded l " cation of ourselves, the nation, and the Church, to God,” and also to renew the dedication in churches on Sunday. The Church of England council on foreign relations states that an admirable feature at the coming enthionement of Doctor Temple will lie the presence of all foreign clergy representing the various churches in Europe, so symbolizing the solidarity of true Christian nationalities even in wartime ami their opposition to the swastika. “Anionjx those invited,” the council says, "are not only Archbishop Germanos and representatives of the Russian, Greek, Rumanian, and other Orthodox Churches, and the Armenian Church, but representatives also of the Dutch, Swiss, French, Bolish, Czech, and Calvinistie Churches and the Norwegian, Danish, German, Finnish, and Lutheran Churches. “It will be noted that among the Lutherans invited i.s Pastor Hilderbrandt, who was Pastor Niemoller’s assistant at Dahlein and who. since his escape from Germany, lias never ceased to protest against the violence done to liberty, conscience and human rights by the Nazi regime.”