A PRISONER'S COMPLAINT.
OBJECTS TO ARMY’S SELECTIONS OF HYMNS.
Speaking at the annual meeting at Christchurch of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children, Mi G. Laurenson, M.P., stated that some time ago one of the prisoners in the Lyttetlon gaol complained bitterly against the Salvation Army being allowed to play hymns around the gaol. The prisoner was asked the nature of his objection and said that he had no animus against hymns as hymns, nor against the Salvation Army as a religious organisation. What he objected to was the hymns chosen. He asked indignantly if it was a fair thing that the prisoners watched by warders with carbines in their hands should be serenaded with the strains of “While Gentle Angels Guard Thy Bed.” - He further complained that the Army sang a hymn to the tune of “Home Sweet Home.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 March 1911, Page 3
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143A PRISONER'S COMPLAINT. Greymouth Evening Star, 23 March 1911, Page 3
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