Presbytery Opposes Sunday H.G. Parades
(P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH. This Day. Compulsory attendance at Home Guard parades on Sundays was deplored by members of the Christchurch Presbytery meeting yesterday. Members complained that church workers were unable to carry out their Christian duties because of parades, and that parades were seriously interfering with Christian work in the community. Rev. L. M. Rogers said Sunday parades in other services, such as the Air Training Corps, iwere als£> likely to become compulsory and such a step would smash Bible Class work and undermine Christian work as a whole. The Presbytery decided to refer the matter to the Public Questions Committee.
Mr. A. J. McEldowney opposed the resolution, saying' that there was no more evil in attending Sunday parades than in taking part in operatipns overseas on Sundays.
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Northern Advocate, 13 August 1942, Page 2
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