TOC H SERVICE

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 969, 12 May 1930, Page 10

TOC H SERVICE

LIGHTING THE LAMP AT DEVONPORT MR. MARSH ON UNEMPLOYMENT “We have learnt today that there & no radical cure for u nem ploy men; - said the Rev. W. Lawson Man* speaking at a special service held St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church. unport. lasi evening to conimemomu the founding of the Auckland grou of tile Toe li movement. “In fact.” Mr. Marsh continued. certain amount is the inevitable r*. suit of modern industrial All the more need then that q* Christian churches and organisations such as Toe H should join together m awakening the public conscience v, what is one of our most serious socfei reproaches.” Unemployment was noduo to lack of personal character <r to inefficiency, but it was often unavowj. able. “As regards the Toe H, n said X Marsh, “this band of professional aiw business men meets weekly and report* on cases of distress among returmii men. giving them the means of relfe Many cases, some of them of a heartbreaking character, have been smd.observation for months, and some lor years.” The Rev. H. K. Vickery, Anglic** missioner in charge of the Flriru Angel Missions to Seamen, combined with Mr. Marsh in conducting the service. Major-General Sir Geo. Richar:. son read the lesson. About -0 meirl bers of the Auckland group attended and the church was crowded. The impressive ceremony of lighting thr Lamp of Remembrance was observed. Mr. Vickery emphasised the Christian duty of fellowship and personal service and spoke of the aims of To H. tracing a history of the movemcc It had been founded at Poi>eringtH, Flanders, as a memorial to the son o' the late Bishop Talbot of Winchest?:.