CALL TO PRAYER

Hokitika Guardian, 22 May 1940, Page 2

CALL TO PRAYER

BY ANGLICAN PRIMATE. (Per British Official Wireless.) ; , RUGBY, May 20. The Archbishop of Canterbury, In a diodesan message, says: “The hour has struck. 'The time of the testing of the nation has come. Each one of us, in his own spirit, must strengthen the spirit of the whole nation, on which the issue of this tremendous struggle must finally depend. We shall need, each one of us, calmness, Courage, and self-control, not the feast if danger threatens us at home. We, shall need, in all the, varying fortunes of war, resolute faith and unswerving determination. So I bid you, all keep calm arid resolute in the .midst of the struggle. Be not distressed by disappointments, and put little trust in rumours. In spite of provocation, which will be great, restrain the passions of war—righteous indignation is one thing, but mere clamorous, anger is another. Keep clear before your minds the hope of peace, which, because it will be. just will be lasting, and in the final framing of which all nations shall have their part.” A JOINT APPEAL. (Per Press Association—Copyright). CHRISTCHURCH, May 21. A joint appeal to Anglican and Presbyterian congregations to make next Sunday a day of special intercession for .the Allied forces and leaders is made by the. Primate of New Zealand (Archbishop West-Watson) and the Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, Rev. J. Lawson Robinson. In a statement, the Church leaders say that the Gover-nor-General has expressed his desire that; the King’s wish for a day of prayer should be observed. It was hoped that those connected with the two , churches would follow this re-

quest. Methodist congregations will also observe a day of prayer.