CHURCH AND SPORT.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19945, 23 July 1936, Page 7

CHURCH AND SPORT.

_.___._.‘.__ BISHOP HILLIARD'S COMMENT. 1 _~ i TRIBUTE 'l‘U BOWLI-jlts. (By Tclcg‘i'aph.-—Prnss .\>5(ll‘l3ll<ill.) .\‘LILSUX, \\'L'dncsduy. “Several contacts have luv-on made during the your with organisations no! uillciully assuriulcd \\'ilh iltu Liliurvh and 1 was glad \\'llL'll lllCllliJCl'S or ”it! ilugliy Union included in the CL‘l‘Cinunics which marked their jubilee, at service in the cullicurul," suid Uislioli iiilliui'd, of Nelson, in an midru-ss tu synod. "This \\ns u symbolic act which I could wish would burn iis way into the mind and imuglnulion 'it' vvury sportsman. “ There is no real coniliul IJCIVYUL‘iI religion and sport and it is a pity when men allow the appeal of the lutlcr to iuiei-i‘ei'e \\'“ll the claims of [he former. it' \\‘o learn to play the game on [he lipid or sport \\‘u siiould do our lJEn'i. to play the gnino iiy nod. 11' \\'o learn in criviloi or in l'oullttlll tintt lilo [cum musL not be iL-L down “‘0 sitouitl re—nmmher not to lot. down tin,- (:hm'uh in which \\’i‘ fit-long. if \\'v striw 1o pin) according: in liu- lilFllt‘sl li'utlitions of ”111' :.‘Lunv \\v slmuiti ltuu‘n In “Yo :u‘t’lJl‘iliiiK tn iliu nuinlvsi ii'ndilions oi‘ om‘ tliilh.” ‘l‘ltv llisimp t'vt’t‘i‘i't-il to [ho i't-sponsr‘ in his umwui lu lmwil‘l's in suspuutl play on li-nul Friday. 'l‘ltvi‘i‘ limi lwvn lln play on iln- .m'w‘ns :ii ilu' liltsici' lulu'liuim'ni lwi\\t-t*n 1.1“) and liiih p. 21). This action llltll iwi'n lmlilticd in some, quut'tvns ztmi llt' limi been lilzuntui of [wing .uuiiiy nt‘ romm'otnist‘. it may not have inwn all that could intw [\l‘i'” tlvsii'wl lnii it \\';ls :lmutrt‘niiy iln- tii'sl i'vruunitiun ..r nny t‘ltihi iv-milit- >lmi'l‘ in: inuly 11l Iltu lh-mmmu. And I!" :iv {whit-ti ii \\iHl :t'ttlliudu. it may loud in si'uotcr ihmas.