NEED FOR SYMPATHY
CHAPLAINS FOR MILITARY CAMPS BAPTIST UNION CONFERENCE Press Association CHRISTCHURCH. Wednesday. Special reference was made at tto Baptist Union Conference, which opened in Christchurch to-day, to the appointment of military chaplains. It was pointed out by the Rev. C. W. Duncumb that it was possible to have men going into camps who were totally opposed to the spirit of the camps. “There is,” he said, “a delicate situation operating in camps.” He praised the supervision in training camps, where tho commanding officer were doing their best to stamp out anything undesirable, and stressed the need to have officers who are sympathetic rather than to have men who might bo excellent in other directions but not in sympathy with the military work. Mr. Samuel Barry', of Auckland, vice-president of the union, who presided. welcomed the 160 delegates from all parts of the Dominion. He mentioned specially a distinguished visitor, the Rev. W. T. Whitley, a noted Baptist scholar, author and leader. The new churches at New Lynn and Pwkekohe wero received into the union.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 482, 11 October 1928, Page 13
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176NEED FOR SYMPATHY Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 482, 11 October 1928, Page 13
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