A SERMON ON "WOWSERS."
The. definition of a "wowser," recently given in. the columns, of the Age, has been ft'eeiy discussed by the Press of New Zealand .and elsewhere. At Auckland on Sunday last, the Rev. H. Steel Craik, a Congregational minister, preached a sermon on "Wowsers." Mr Craig said he (understood it was a Chinese term, meaning a, man of probity of character, whilst he had also 'seen it was a .(corruption of "rouser." Neither definition ■worried him a gireat deal. It • wa* the (Sheer implied in the term that "'was has concern. According to the "anti-wowser," .those -who believe in God are "wowsers," those who believe in,a holy life are "wowsers," those who would seek to aboiy ish' ttte liquor traffic, the bookmakers and (tlhe totalisaftor are accused of "wowßerisan," those who: would attempt to make sport clean are also accused of -"wowserisini." The word is used to intimidatd men and women who would fight ifor these things. Concluding, Ma- Groik urged those who fought for the right not to be discouraged by being called "wowsers." "The he said, "are doing their best to damn life; the wowsers) aire saving it."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10436, 29 September 1911, Page 4
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193A SERMON ON "WOWSERS." Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10436, 29 September 1911, Page 4
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