Dedication Service.
A most impressive service ion*; place in the llonum laiiaiuChurch, Levin, on Sunday, 'iiu occasion was the unvciJin.;- ana dedication of the two rcceaiiy installed stained glass uiiu!o.\s, yain memory oi Inc laic iainc: Cognet, who was pa; ish pric.it .ac . for some time. J iie taiicc is in comniemoraiion of the soldier.--, who have fallen in battle durusg the present war. Jiigh Mass was celebrated bj" the Rev. iau'nci Mallard, who gave a short address on the late Father Cognet s life and his work amongst the natives and Europeans .since he came to New Zealand. lie also spoke feelingly of the boys who had given up their young lives lor their country and reminded the congregation that every time the\ looked at the window (hey should breathe a short prayer for theni. The Otaki choir assisted wiln the music and singing'. -das Fisher very ably presided at the organ. Both Mrs l/Atii and Miss Kilsby sang as solos the Avo Maria and "O Salutaris ILostia, respectively, and rendered them excellently. Ihe cea-aiony w:a concluded with the Sohluy.Hy 11111 in War." by the wtioi'. choir, which was assisted by aa Sisters of St. Joseph, who jo-.r neyed from Otaki to be present the unveiling.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 12 March 1918, Page 3
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