SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19812, 2 December 1919, Page 10

SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS.

F.n-i. Sunday :ii Si. Lnko's Church, .'» now departure ii: Sunday M-hool work wijs iii;.ii'vi:nit.c:|. The ' iiHcniiodi.iir ! .-C11.1.,1 (fin,.;. ~],;,;..„ |„ |, ,„,., ~,,„ , ■ lif-Hl .III ||,f. ..:)||cj,tif ( |, :1 | pnnci|>l<». of iln- i;,,v St- .11 ( liiuvfTiU'iii. I'.v.ry fhi],l who j n j n .. ,]„, ;J o l,]i f , ns ~f the ( ri.» (;is it is no „ ,-all. d) must pas* tli.' n.iviro Icm holme hj,. Van ho on- ' n.llod ;md receive (ho novice hadtro. Ho thou joins ;i patrol (|i.i! n .l.i-l, named a tier n -iiint. with ii< pairo] leader ami j patrol standard (ho.-iriiip. the. • emblem j of rlio saint). Fiirtii.-r badges will he j evolved with nppnjpriiHe test-. Thirtv .-i.\ novices woiv enrolled on Siindnv. illlll II short play wa- ;u .,,,d j„ [|' )( , <;hur..-h. Tin- i'rsl. part showed .some Crusaders on thoir way to Palestine: in the second a inodorn" "Soldier of the Cross" was shown-enlisting j n thearmv. ivatohini;- his armour boiorc iho altar.' j Liking I lie oath, and l.clnp. armed w.itn the Gospel armour iiy '•Grace." "Chris-i-iiui'' was well acted by Patrol Loader Harry Gnpr<. of the St. Lawrence Pnt'■|'l- ami Uiw" by Patrol Lender <.la..ly>j Stewart, of the St. Nicholas l.'itrol. Subsequently the thirtv-six children and teachers took the promise to tight u •'-,/'"'•! t0 ' )ft '°- val Ul Christ, and His. Church, and to obey God's law. Io pass the tost i.hey had to know this oath, and God's W ("Thou slialt love 'ho Lord thy God with nil thv heart and thy neighbour a-s thyselfY, undo.r-st;-<nd the meaning of certain Christian devices, know the lives of four saints, jinci hiu-B come to church four Sundays! 'l'lie interest among teachers and pupils has been very great, and much is hoped iroin this new experiment.