Everyman’s Hut

Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 97, 7 November 1941, Page 8

Everyman’s Hut

Somewhere, dear hands shall clasp our own once more,

And, hearts that touched our hearts long years before

Shall come to meet us in the morning land;

And there, at last, our souls shall understand

How, though He hid His meaning from our sight,

Yet God was always true and always right.

And how, though smiles were often changed for tears

Along this tangled pathway of the

Yet only so these lives of yours and mine

Lyall BayLambton (Rly. Stn.) 3 Seatoun—Lambton (Rly. Stn.) 3 WadestownGovt. Bldgs. 1 Wallace StreetLambton (Rly. Stn.) 6 ROUTE NUMBERS. 1— Via Courtenay Place, Lambton . Quay; also via Tinakori Rd. to and from Karori and Northland. 2— Via Hataitai Tunnel, Courtenay Pl., Lambton Quay; also via Bowen St. to and from Karori and Northland. < 3— Via Constable Street, Courtenay Place, Lambton Quay. Via Cuba Street, Lambton Quay. Via Courtenay Pl., Jervois Quay. 6— Via Cuba Street, Wallace Street. 7— Via Upper Willis Street. 8— Via Lambton Quay and Stout St. 9.—Via Customhouse Quay, Courtenay Place. 10—Via Wakefield Street. ' NIGHT SIGNALS. Via Kilbirnie Tunnel. Miramar: 2 White Lights. Hataitai: 1 White Light. Kilbirnie Post Office: 1 White, 1 Green Miramar Junction :1 White, 1 Green, 1 ' White. Via Adelaide Road. Island Bay: 3 Blue Lights. Lyall Bay (via Constable St.), 1 Blue, 1 White, 1 Blue. Kilbirnie Post Office (via Constable St.), 2 Blue Lights. Berhampore: 1 Blue, 1 Green, 1 Blue. Newtown (via Cuba St.): 1 Blue, 1 Red, 1 Blue. Newtown to Railway Station (via x Courtenay Place): 1 Red. Newtown to Railway Station (via Cuba St.): 1 Red, 1 Blue. Seatoun: 3 White Lights. v Miramar Junction (via Constable St.): 1 White, 1 Blue. Other Routes. Karori Park: 1 Red, 1 Green, 1 Red. Karori Post Office: 3 Reds. Cemetery: 1 Red, 1 White, 1 Red. Northland: 1 Red, 1 White. Gardens: 2 Red. Wadestown: 1 Green, 1 Red, 1 Green. Oriental Bay: 1 Blue. Wallace Street—Post Office: 3 Greens. Aro Street —Post Office: 2 Greens. Brooklyn Post Office: 1 Green.

Have caught the likeness of the life divine.

Died of Sickness —Previously reported Prisoner of War.

WOLFENDEN, Samuel E., Pte. Mr. E. Wolfenden, 15 Ings Avenue, St. Clair, Dunedin (f).

Notices such as the above are becoming all too familiar, yet this one is of touching interest to those of us who were associated with Everyman’s Hut in the early days of its service at Trentham. Sad but treasured memories flood our minds as we think again of the unassuming staunch Christian boy—Sam Wolfenden, and we, who first made his acquaintance at the Hut count it a privilege to have met him. A member of the Hospital unit of the 2nd Echelon, he finally saw service in Greece and at the evacuation, volunteered, with others, to remain behind and attend to those too ill to be evacuated. And now this promising young life has been laid down in service of His Master and his fellow men.

To the bereaved family we offer our sincere sympathy, also to Gordon Blair, between whom and Sam there existed a deep bond of brotherly friendship, and to them we repeat the lines quoted above:

“Somewhere, dear hands shall clasp

our own once more,

And hearts that touched our hearts

long years before

Shall come to meet us in the morning

“Smiles have been changed for tears” in countless homes throughout this weary, warstricken world during the last two years, and many, no doubt, are chafing under the sorrow and questioning the love of God for permitting these things to happen, but when we think of the flood of wickedness that has swept over the world, growing in intensity as the years pass by, should we not marvel the more at the grace of God in so long patiently bearing with those who have crucified and persistently rejected His Son, through whom He still offer pardon and salvation.

“Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”