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Hokitika Guardian, 13 December 1927, Page 1

CHURCHGOERS’ EVIL. LONDON. Dec. 2. Glamorgan clergyman are perturbed at the laxity of young people attending chapel. They declare that when walking piouslv to church, young Welshmen lay odds as to whether or not certain hviiins will be sung. tme instance of a young man who bet on certainties is quoted. He became verv friendly with the clergyman and showed a most praiseworthy interest in the hymns selected for coming .services. It came as a rude shock to the clergvman when he found that this bright youth was making a hook and g. ne irresistible odds about all hut a few hymns. The few always included those which later were sung at the chapel. Another tiling that lias upset the clergyman is the frequency with which voting women use their powder pull's during prayers. Mocking sketches „f the parson and prominent worshippers which young men draw in the hymn hooks, have also caused complaint. The position bns become so serious that the clergy have convened a special conference to devise means of combating the evils.