CHURCH OPPOSES
.' * HIRING ' ON/'SUNDAYS. : . ■*•, •: • - :• • . • •• '?:/<}* \'.l, >;• ‘ \ • V.\. . AGBL; i UD , E/.September 26. A resplulfioiv denouncing Sunday hiking and cPn^dtejalieed' ; sport was carried unanimously without discus-' sion ,at • the Christ Conference. Wlieißpr Ijfemnised or otherwise, it- was .said, ppjpay sport would demoralise youth; .' The resolution waS;;;“Tliat this conference deplores the growing desecratfpMpf the Lord’s. only byLpeople. privately, but iajwfiby the and administrative bodies. It looks >with’ positive disfavouy upon the action of the .Railways Commissioner and' the efforts of the daily Press to • promote , Sunday hikes. “It believes that the opening up of the park, linds for sport, .organised or otherwise, on -the Lord’s,' Day, oan he attendedtonly by the demoralisation of youth and the irritation and sorrow of the better part of the community, who seek the ennoblement and prosperity of the land 1 . “It accordingly chlls upon its own church membership, the public generally and all public and administrative bodies,- especially the Adelaide City Council, to do .their utmost to preservo to our* land and .to posterity this - valuable heritage—the Lord’s Day.” , :.. / /. ...
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 October 1932, Page 2
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172CHURCH OPPOSES Hokitika Guardian, 5 October 1932, Page 2
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