Radio Assists Work of Church
MINISTER ENTHUSIASTIC OFFERINGS EVEN SENT IN The important part that radio i. playing n Church life ,n Austral,! was emphasised to-day by th. Rev. W. Torrance, Presbyterian Minister of Campsie, a Sydney suburb, who arrived by the Maum ganui on a visit to his parents in Auckland. rpili: ministry' "as more difficult i» Australia than in Near Zealand Mr. Torrance said. The climates srer - ' so different. There was every induct! ment for parishioners to spend theSundays on the beaches and not r! near the church at all. 5 The time-payment system also of fered such inducements to many work" ers that the majority of them now possessed motor-cars. “Under such conditions It Is more difficult to get the people to go to church. But now we have the rad;, we are able to preach to people at long distances, and I know this is Sreatly appreciated by many of our people." Mr. Torrance said he knew of in. stances where the listeners had Benin their offerings- Others had even followed the services with hymn books in their hands. Services by wireless were appreciated, particularly by the old folks.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 302, 13 March 1928, Page 10
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