WORSHIP IN MENTAL HOSPITALS
Sir,-We have in our midst, adjacent to the four main centres, communities of some one thousand people who have neither church nor chapel in which to worship. I refer to the inmates of our Mental Hospitals, fully 75 per cent, of whom are capable of attending Divine Worship all or part of the time. At present dining halls and the like are used by the Chaplains and visiting Clergy. Even so the attendances are often larger than are to be found in spacious buildings outside. Religion plays a big part in the healing of the mentally afflicted, and the Gospels record that Our Lord did much of His work among them, I feel, therefore, that if Christians realised the comfort and joy a church "of their own," in the grounds, would bring to these people some effort would be made to meet the need. This is not a matter for the State-the State is doing a noble work with its medical service and care-but rather one for the Church. Surely the churches have a responsibility to discharge to the sick in mind, a growing number in these sad davs.
MATT
4.24
(Christchurch).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 406, 3 April 1947, Page 5
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196WORSHIP IN MENTAL HOSPITALS New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 406, 3 April 1947, Page 5
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