MR ISITT HONOURED

Southland Times, Issue 21002, 7 February 1930, Page 7

MR ISITT HONOURED

CELEBRATION OF 75T11 BIRTHDAY. (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, Fegruary 6. The gathering held here to celebrate the seventy-fifth birthday of the Hon. L. AL Isitt was largely attended by friends from.’ all parts of the Dominion. The Rev. E. D. Patchett presided and spoke of Mr Isitt as one of the foremost moral reformers of the day. He extolled his strength of char-* acter, courage, and eloquence. Sometimes their heroes on closer inspection had feet of clay, but he hail found an increasingly intimate acquaintance with Mr Isitt had led to evergrowing esteem. Suitable presentations were made io Mr Isitt and to Mrs Lsitt, who had shared his - burdens so loyally. Mr Isitt, in the course of his reply, said: “It is the realization that thousands of boys and girls in New Zealand are growing up with no thought of God and no knowledge of Christ that has made me so keen to end the secular system of education which has done untold harm to this country." He thanked the gathering for its fine tribute, but most of all for their remembrance of his wife who, an invalid at home, had yet been his inspiration and helper for many long years.