MORNING SERVICE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 125, 26 April 1940, Page 9

MORNING SERVICE.

PIPERS AND FRONTIERSAIEN. I Homage to the spirit of Anzac and honour io those who took part in the Gallipoli exploit was paid b,y a fair attendance of citizens at the morning service at the war memorial. The Alanawatu Scottish Society’s Highland Pipe Band and “N” (Alanawatu) Squadron of the Legion of Frontiersmen were the principal participants in the ceremony, for which the speaker was Rev. J. Hubbard. Air Hubbard was accompanied by Air J. S. Jenkinson, chief of the Scottish Society, and wreaths were laid by Lieutenant J. L. C. Alerton, on behalf of the Legion of Frontiersmen, and by Drum-Alujor o. L’eteraua, on behalf of the Scottish Society and the Pipe Band. Formed as a guard of honour, the Highland Band played a lament as the wreaths were deposited on the memorial and remained in that position for the short service which followed. The gathering was first led in prayer bv j the .minister, and then followed the I address, and the pronouncing of- the Benediction closed the simple ceremony. , , Saying "that it was fitting that New Zealanders should gather on that sacred national day to remember the sacrifices and conquests of those who had given themselves i.h the great struggle of 191-1-18, Air Hubbard commented that wc then remembered not only ■ the brilliant exploits of Anzac, but I also those in France and Palestine. The spirit of Anzac was an inspiration to a new generation of men who had felt the call to action to meet thecliallenge to the peace of the nations by a regime even more vainglorious than that which was opposed in the Great AYar. At such a time and at such a crisis the spirit of Anzac was reborn, but if we were to succeed in tliits struggle, as vve would, all had to play their part in this spirit of Anzac. AY.e were lighting for right against wrong, truth against error, justice against oppression, and for the things that belonged to Christianity against the dire and strong forces of evil. If Nazism were triumphant Christianity, honour and democratic Government would disappear from the earth and tlie choicest tilings of democracy would be trampled underfoot by the hobnailed boots of brutality. AVe were fighting for the very things which were the basis of any decent and wise civilisation. AYitli a strong belief in truth and right we would triumph over this malignant thing.