THE LATE LORD KITCHENER.

Timaru Herald, Volume CV, Issue 15986, 12 June 1916, Page 5

THE LATE LORD KITCHENER.

■ •*■— THIIIITKS TO JUS .AliaiOliV. LOCAL MLOLOiMAI, SERVICKS. As ,n <>ili---r parts 01 tin- Dominion, servkv., m memory t>[ I In- Jato. Lord i\ir.-li«.-ri.T uoiv Jiel I in Tiinarii \Tstvr<n.y ami uca> aii.-n.ivd iy ve;\" embrocations. 'l'Jiv- Uiiwdliiroits uluciany su.rlta for the .sen-ices not.r w;«i-y->, tin, Calli.rde, and Hi., iiaiili Mivet -Methodist, i-liuivh, all 01 uli;-|i "ere uiied l.» ovt-i-llowinjj aa.l mule many l,a,t a, l. L , eoiUcnt unit siai'duer.,o.l, jn .St. .Marys, man- others wore ixial.fo u, jr.v-11 aunmta.ner to the build- '"-. Hie V on. .Welnk-aeon Jacob otiic.aied a i M. Mary's, and the JJev. T A. .lonian at Liio Method.st. church. ~, Ju :l1 "- tile various iniiiiarv bodies 101 l in at tin, Drill sli-d and then paradod in Alexandra .Square, where thev \voro .nspecu-d In Lieutenant-Colonel lv. -McKtnz.o, T.D., Olli.or Commaiidm;j; the -'ml Suiuii Canterbury meut and in oi the pantile. Associated u iih him ivor-j Captain A. X Oakoy, Stall Oi'mvr. and Lieutenant P.. S. r. Hopkins. Adjutant. At 10.3;.' a.m. the inspection beuitc i ) Jcn over, the parade p: ooeedod in column oi route to King George's i'l.ico.'v a Stafford and Gt who Streets, "the military bodies wore service dress and medals, ant! ti;e oilicors liad al:;o a crepe arm band in accordance with the Kind's command. The parade state wa.s as iollows.— 12nd South Canterbury Refi'itientaT Band ('24), under liandmaster A. Sehnack. Veterans (12) Returned suldki's (20), under Sergl.Alajor A. \Y. Gfraeic. A. Company 2nd South Canterbury Regiment- (30 i. under h eutenant L. G. Wood.

Ambulance Corps (12). under Major J. P. Loughnan. Army Service Corps (16). Ex-Contingenters (30). New Zealand Railway Engineer- (30\. under Lieutenant Lennon. Senior Cadets (Xus. S, 43. -1-J. 4o and 10-j Companies) (120), under Lieutenant J. P. C. Waldio. .Ifigh_ School Cadets (120"), under Captain "\V. Thomas. Defence Prflc Club (30), under President M. Miggins. Ren. Territorials (40), under SectionCommander W. J. Taylor. ilajors Dryden and Foden, Captain J. K. S. Jackson. Lieutenants W. T. iß.itc.hie., 11. Elworthy, 'J. L. Orboll and M. Jameson were also on parade. A very large number of people turned out- and witnessed the parade, and much admiration was expressed by reason of the fine appearance of the men in khaki. At the churches th.-> hymns suns and the prayers said were appropriate to the occasion.

AT ST. MAPYS. "When the.-e things come to pass, look tip, for your redemption dvawoth nigh." These were: the words wliich I the Archdeacon tisid as a ha-is for a hope-inspiring sermon at Si. Alary's. Ho said that in. the Utile circle 'in which ho moved ho met many people who were, deeply depressed because of the death of" Lord Kitchener, as though it. spelt- disaster to the nation. Much a.s they all deplored his removal from their midst the pros*, nt was not a time for .-.on-owing as those without hope: rarher should the death of the great- soldier add impetus to their | work in winning thp war, and makethem .more deteriniuctl than over. I'nder the good providence of God Lord Kitchener had boon permitted to accomplish his great work in raising Britain's magnificent new army, and having done this he could help ' them better now from his place in God's home. His was a life which had b.on devoted to duty; how hard he had worked, physically as well as mentally, none of them rcallv knew, but thev did know that he had left- behind hiil'i an example in his devotion to duty and hard work that they should all seek wnli all the power at their command to emulate. New Zealand had not vet learned to take the war nearly "so Kcriuu/ly as it- should do: a stranger pawing through the Dominion and seeing their pleasures and their luxuries going on much as usual, would find ithard tt. believe that they realised that the war was on. There were stern duties at hand for everyone of them, ami if Kitchener's life, taught them anything it- was to take up and prosecute those duties with ail the force, energy, and enthusiasm at their coml mand. Having completed his own work, he bad in his death pointed them to this ail-important- lesson, and it should be theirs to ohev a s promptly aud as efficiently as possible. As 'a nation there was need. too. for a nirn-u\-z to God. such a [.urning as there had been m France. When such a ■hange in the national life came there would no longer be dopr s.sion at temporary reverses and trials, hut a. quiet eon ft! euro in the. Great Commander on whom they could lelv to resist them in sHllriiig the triumph o*' ri-.-h:. 'I he.v dep'ored 'he loss of. Lord Kit'-hcuer and the brave men who had -one down with him in 71 .M.S. Hampshire. bur they should rejoice that God had given them such a man as Kitch. inland had permitted him to complete h, : > v.-or!: on earth It was ncenliarly t'tiiicthat they should do honour "in" his memory or. that day. Whitsuntide, the festival of the church in commemoration of the descent- of the I lolv Spirit on the day of Pentecost. 'iiaving thanked God for such a soldier as Kitchener it was now theirs to folbe.v the example he had set them to keep I a. good heart—there v.- : ; s no cause for for depression—and hear in mind that the,- should do their best, trust in God and look up. The ' Ar:iide;i--o ; i pictured Lord Kitchener receiving the "well done"'" of his Master, amf said that he was one whose influence would long -urvive, and who would help them better now from his place in Paradise than he could have done by remaining amongst them.

At riie clo-o of the service the IVdnuntal JSand p!:iyod '-The Garland of Flowers." arid ••'J'ho Last Post" played liy Hurler Xapier, closed an impressive service. AT WKSI/KY (HrRCII. There was a ciood ronrcsoiiiaiion of iiu.se in khaki at WVslev Chinch, ihe hod;.- <<i_ The <Cm-cli lioi'njr liliod liv thc-lil. They were officered liv Captain \\ . Thomas and Captain Marriott. Tile -■heir rendered rile anthem ••( Vossinu; the Har" with intoUi-em emphasis and |. «l:n-. and .Miss l-'cn-ii'i- pinved the Dead March :.i. the close e, : " the. service, the congregation m.-Hiding; as a iie.uk of res|)ect to those v.ho hist, their lives in ih,- disaster of the past week, and of sympathy with tho-e bereaved The 11,.,-. T. A. .Touuhin v.as the pi.-:\<-iic-r. lie hns"d hi* address o il -Matthew XXV. L'l, --Well done, unod and faithful servant." J-)o .said the words were an appropriate enloLrv of the distinguished .-ohher who had'lest Ins hie while in the path of dutv. The- preacher then cave n suiiile.ar-.- of the principal events in L'jrd Kitchener's (arc or remnrkinp that the keyno'.es of his masterly life v.-cro eiiieioiK-y. c-.adness and fai'ihi'ulWhen K.iehenei- received his he took as Lis iiott-o the won! ••The.i.v.iidi." \.;.i.-. ~-„!),| !,. lVl> ],,,..„, more ai-.i-rip.-i:.;... It ..'is hi 3 men,, all ih' ; i I'";"'-. .Wha-, ],- ai;,.iai >;,! .>,'

did woM. lie believed in efficiency and tn an almost ine:edhlo extent, he ■-■(.•- etired liiieeiicy uheivvor lie went, whether in E;;ypi. South Africa. India, or a.s Secretary for War. WlrrL lie did was well done. In respect, to ;.>;<>.n 1 ness. thai of course vas not so obvious as his efficiency : yet tin- evidence of these who came into elosesl- Touch w;;h him 1011, h'.; moral character unsullied. lb- was Thought to bo hard and unleeliiiji. yet such a, critic as It. W. Stevens said that, at the e'ose of the Memorial service alter the fall of Khartoum, the Sirdar was so dei-.:>!y moved Iliac lie could hardlv speak or see. They thought today of his advice tn the soldiers on leaving for F'raneo as shuw.iifi iiis regard for mora! values ''ln this new experience you may find temptations both in wine and wotiicn. You must entirely tesist both temptations, and while treating a'l women v.'th perfect courtesy, you should avoid any intimacy. Do your duty bravely. Fear C'od. .Honour the King. M Jf Kitchener's ath ice had been taken, the drink evil would not bo the menace to the efficiency of our soldiers which it undoubtedly was to-day. Then they thought of his faithfulness in all the onerous duties which he undertook. To occupy the foremost positions in the Kmp:rc. to forego the happiness of family life in lus devotion to the '.imio of the .Empire, to Vicar tho hcavieso responsibilities without incurring a breath of scandal, was snrolv to supplv one of the finest examples of fidelity in his generation. Appropriately might they apply to such a man the words "Well, done good and faithful servant." Kitchener had gone- 'and the whole Nation mourned bis death. Tho memory of bis deeds would be a perpetual inspiration.

"He is gone iviio seemed so great. Cone, hut iiutu.ng cati bereavo iiun Of tiie lorco he made liii own. Being here, and we believe hi in Something jar advanced in slate. And that He wears a. truer crown 'illiii.il any wreath th-nt man may weave iiim. But. speak no more of his renown, Lay \otir earthly runeios down. Cod accept, him, Christ receive him. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. Twenty men, under .Major J. I\. Loughnan, attended at the Catholic Church. The U«v. Father Herbert officiated and in his sermon mad? pointed and appropriate reference to the death oi' Lord Kitchener.

FORESTERS" HALL. Pastor J. M. In lies, preaching last night, in the Foresters' Jin 11. referred to the lass the Empire had sustained in the death of Lord Kitchener. He did not think there was a. man or woman in the Empire who did not regret the loss of so groat a, man. The deceased Field Marshal had performed the stupendous task of winging together and training an army of live million men. which would ■ultimately win the war. It was much to. he regretted that Lord Kitchener did not live io see the great triumph for whvh he had so stronueusly laboured. Wc were mourning his less, but we gloried in the work he

bad done. A l the conclusion oi' his address the preacher said he thought it was fitting that- they should pass a resolution oxpre<si:t,'; their heart-felt sorrow .-a flic loss susta-hied by the Einj)in>. liy i.lic lamcntalilo ami sucmlo.ii death of Lord Kitchener, and that, thoy pledge themselves to do :dl in their power to frustrate for all time the designs of an unscrupulous enemy, v."ho is trying to destroy the Lrlorinus privilege oi' freedom and liberty enjoyed by tho British people l . The mot-ion was adopted by tho r-onpro'-ratioit risitip.

SETI VICES IN SOUTH AFRICA. Press Association—By Tel.—Copyright. ilb-oeived 8.5 p.m., .Tunc Tilth. CAPETOWN, June 10. Twenty-five thousand people attended a Kitchener memorial service outside Johannesburg Town Hall. General Botha and other members of the Cabinet attended a service in Capetown Cathedral.