DAY OF PRAYER
CALL TO PRESBYTERIANS. INVERCARGILL, September 20. Very Rev. W. H. Howes, actingModerator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, last evening, made a call to all ministers and congregations of the church to observe, in common with other Christian communities in tho Dominion, a day of National Prayer on Sunday, October 1. Mr. Howes said he wishes the Presbyterian Church to accede to the request of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Cosmo Lang, and the Primate of New Zealand. Archbishop Averill, for united prayer. The order of service for the day is being prepared by Rev. H. H. Barton. Oama.ru, convener of the Presbyterian Church Worship Committee. METHODIST ENDORSEMENT. ASHBURTON. September 20. The President, of the. Methodist Church. Rev. Angus Mcßean. telegraphed to Archbishop Averill his cordial endorsement of the Archbishop's proposal that all ■ churches should observe October 1 as a national dav of Prayer for peace. He is inviting tup Methodist Church to fall into line- with the proposal.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 September 1939, Page 5
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