ALL MUST SERVE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24491, 27 December 1940, Page 3

ALL MUST SERVE

ARCHBISHOP GILROY'S ADDRESS

Archbishop Gilroy. at speech day at Riverview College. New South Wales, said the war was more terrible than any other war in the history of the world. The outcome was still uncertain, he declared, but of one thing we might be sure: Those who offered their services would be called upon to suffer much. _ " They are prepared to suffer everything," Archbishop Gilroy continued, "to bring victory to the cause they love so dearly. There is no one, surely, who has a love for his country who is not willing to do all he can to bring victory. ,„, , . . "We who prize the faith handed down to us have means of helping the fighting forces. We can do more than ever before to obtain for them the grace of God. In the final analysis, victory can only come from God. "We admire very greatly our soldiers, sailors, and airmen. We follow with pride their various achievements and glory in their successes. But will not our admiration be inane if we are satisfied with admiring what they are doing? The obligation is unon us to do what we can for them. "All should take up arms. Not all, perhaps, can bear physical arms. But all can take up spiritual arms, and in these days of stress and difficulty, when the grace of God is needed for our fighting forces, the students of Riverview should be outstanding among those who seek to obtain this. We implore Almighty God that peace may come to the world and may come soon"