Ormondville.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XI, Issue 3, 1 September 1920, Page 311

Ormondville.

Vicar: Rev. F. W. Whibley. As a number of soldiers attended service on Anzac Day, it was decided to have like special services once a quarter alternately at the two churches m the .parish. : Archdeacon. H. Williams, while on his way to Auckland, kindly- consent-' ed to stop for the special service' at Makotukuj on August Bth., A large congregation had assembled, and after prayers the VicaSr statecl the object of these special 1 services' was to draw pu£ bur thanks" afresh to Almighty; God for r all } His memes,) and especially for those that were prominent m our minds at this sper cial service., , t^ste; iaddress of. Archdeacon- HerbertO^li^ ed.tq with^evWen^^nteresi; and!attention. Perhaps 1 the more 'so, as he said : ■ I am not herje ;to preach to you, butvitb 1 haVe a friendly' talk, {it this special service, on what should be the: -result 1 of the War on dur individual lives,- and to try rtp show simply;that (Joel rules m the world and oyer-rules all, thifigs. f or gopd to theni that loye Him. In this case; the mios£ caiSefrilly laid plains forVthe destruction of . bur Empir^ backed by a strong jnatibn( and iijs Allies^) trained to 'afms arid aided by an uflserupulbus use^jbf tHe devices of >science, and wHich th6y were confident miast: sjicceed against our unprepared nation

(and' our Allies, France arid Belgium) were all over-ruled by the God before Whom humiliation and repentance was made for national sin, and who heard and answered our prayers for safe' guidance through the national peril. The Archdeacon said the historians of the day were unlike the historians of the Old Testament, m one respect, for they all ascribed the triumph of right over' might to the ,Lord. The Anzac .Band' contributed greatly to the of the services, and tie hymns were "sung with zest to fheir music. The canticles were played by our organist, Miss May Schaare, arid' assisted by the band. The Archdeacon, from the altar steps,' then read the names 'of the Makotuku soldiers inscribed on the memorial window, and the Vicar the name of twenty-nine that had returned, from the prayer desk. A bouquet of flowers was presented at the Holy Table by the Archdeacon, this tribute of affectionate' memory being made by the only mother now residing m Makotuku, whose son is named on the window. ■ • From July 21st to.August 20th the Church Army secretary at Ormondville has sent to London £288 3s for the Save the Children Fund m Europe. A late report sayg that there is so little food that it has been decided that children under 3' years of age must be abandoned to starvation, or there would not be enough to go round for those that are more likely to live. New' Zealand is trying to save some lives by her donations.