ROYAL ADDRESS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 44, 22 February 1940, Page 7

ROYAL ADDRESS

PRESBYTERIANS MEET GOVERNOR-GENERAL CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE [ Per Press Association.! WELLINGTON, Fob. 21. Assurances of loyalty to the King I and allegiance to the Throne were . conveyed by the Presbyterian General Assembly to the Governor-General, Viscount Galway, when he visited the j assembly at St. Andrew’s Church and I received at the hands of the Modera-! tor an address embracing these sentiments. The moderator reminded Lord Galway that he was following a great tradition observed in Scotland where it was the custom of the King to appoint a Lord High Commissioner to attend the Church of Edinburgh each year. Lord Galway’s reply to the address was: "It is most pleasing to me as representative of this Dominion, ! to accept for him a loyal address Irom the Presbyterian people of New i Zealand. It will be my pleasure to | arrange for its transmission to the I King at an early date. As the King’s representative I greatly appreciate the sentiments expressed in the address and the attachment to the King and allegiance to the Throne. That loyalty is typical of this great Dominion anci its people and in its maintenance lies the finest safeguard of that great Empire to which we are proud to belong. It will be most gratifying to the King, I am sure, to have this assurance of allegiance and also promises of prayers for an honourable and lasting peace.” Achievements of Church Lord Galway added a word of congratulation to the assembly upon the achievements of the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand and expressed the hope that it would pass from strength to strength, adding to the admirable work of the past. There was a wish among some people to harp upon the differences which separated the beliefs of various religious denominations, but he thought they should look with gratitude upon the ties which bound people together and look with pride upon the spread of religious faith in the Dominion. This work had been done so well in the past and it was pleasing to see that even in these days of war it was possible to move forward, fortified by the faith that right and justice would prevail. “We pray that peace may come,” , said Lord Galway. "Whether it comes early or be delayed we feel sure that this peace should be just and lasting and founded upon the principles which all civilised people will respect. These are dark days, but our faith will be made strong by the trials to which we have to submit. We pray for the blessings of heaven on the work we are doing and the struggles ue are making to ensure peace and freedom.”