PEACE AND GOODWILL.
| KIR JAMES ALLEN’S MESSAGE. | I PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.] WELLINGTON, This Day. Sir James Allen has forwarded the following message to the heads of the various churches throughout the Dominion : “I forward for your information the following copy of a Christmas message I have sent to members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and Army Nursing Service and shall be glad of the co-operation of your church in 1 making it public as on previous occasions : j “With heartfelt thankfulness to Al- | mighty God we send to you a message or peace and good will this Christmas tide. It has been a long long wait for the coining of the dawn, but of its ultimate coming we were never In doubt. We look to all who have taken part in this struggle, to ensure that the coming day he marred by no bitterness of spirit, so that the reconstruction of the world may be carried out in a manner worthy 1 of the sacrifices that have been made..’ I hope your congregation will rejoice in the coming of the long awaited peace and that they will with thankful hearts again pray for a continuation of Divine protection for our men, and i their ultimate safe return to their 'j homes. Will you please let your loca’ churches know.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 December 1918, Page 3
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