SUNDAY OBSERVANCE

Hokitika Guardian, 15 November 1924, Page 3

SUNDAY OBSERVANCE

A CI.KIIdV.MAN’S STItICTL'HIiS. PALM KIiSTOX X., Nov. I I. Wilt'll :i Siililinlli observance resolution was 111-fore llic (ieneral Assembly of || K . Presli.vieriiin ( Imri-li thisaftorUDiiii here, ilie ‘I leal la*a Most Coastei came in for a tongue-banging by tbe |>cv T. X. Cuttle, of (ireyinoutli, who said that very few present hail any cnneeptinn of what desecration nl the Sabbath meant at drey, lie said that the moving pictures were run on a Sunday, tinder the guise of a benefit entertainment, football anil cricket were also played. Most of the big oames were played on Sunday, as there were representative matches at Keeiion. between the drey and I naiiguhua. A League team went to the Most Coast and '-’tHIII people were present on Similar to see them play the dny Marists with the object, it was said, of raising money for a Convent I'ltml, and Id IS was taken. '1 hen the same evening he fltev Cuttle) had found bovs selling racecards. lie declared Christian consciences were being trampled on, anil asserted there was no such thing as six o’cljeU closing. Though the hotel doors were dosed, the people could get as t..uch ilrii.U as they liked. t One of his (the speaker’s) rti'imuest supnorters had withdrawn from the Howling Club, because Sunday f lay was permitU'i'f. (Applause). ! Mess they arose and did something, the french Sunday would be upon them before they knew where they vere. It had almost arrived on the West Coast. It might become a matter tor 1-gida-tion. and the Assembly should imnediatelv engage in propaganda 0:1 the subject. Something must be done to awaken the consciences of the peop.e, and bring home the terrible consef,uences of a continuous breach of the Lord’s Pay. (Applause).-Special to “ Argus.”