"A BROTHER DECEASED"

White Ribbon, Volume 20, Issue 2, 1 March 1948, Page 3

"A BROTHER DECEASED"

LOUIS EARL FALKNER

"X .w t! r labourer's task i- « er, m the battle dl -t ; N'«,w itpOU the farther si, Lands the- at l;i>t " It irai Sfitfa a :' shock that the news -udden cleat' Mi. L 1 Falknt r was Iby the many people with whom he i in a more personal by the large ctrcb mal frw by whom h< was and loved That the ranks of Temperance had lost a \try strong and influential raernbei with a deep feeling snd sli dismay, for snch si be an few and iar between. The itor) work in New Zealand dtsril would be long in tiie i! all Mr Fslkner'l contribution were included. probably his love for, and intern work in, the Band oi Hope Union will be remembered lon| His musical ability and organizing faculties came into action for many yearat a great Hand i i How Festival, held annually in the Auckland Town Hall, when lari't - attended t.» and see what the children could His book, recommended some months in our columns, on Band of Hope •torh is an excellent Manual for tl seeking to carry on this work. Met: are detailed, recitation-, dialogues, and sketches df varictv are included. and no Band of Hope worker can afford to be without this urcat help

organiser of the N2» Alliano did hue work for many years, and the Auckland Council has depended »n Ihn energy and initiative almost entirely, \ life-long foe <'f the tumor trade, he was fearless m his denunciation ol it and increasing in his efforts to secure its abolition.

Whilst the- VV.GT.V. plj that they have lost a true friend and sympathiser, the? also realise thai other fields of Christian WOfk are' similarly affected. It is in Sunda\ School w<»rk that he will be BSOTC -adl\ missed probably than in anv ether \- a pioneer of modern method- in Sunday Schools he- did much to re-vitalise this most important part of Christian activity. He strove effectively to make it a fine ami reliable foundation for the building of Christian character in the community.

As a member <-i the Church oi Christ tor 55 rears, of the- choir foi 25 years, as choir-master tor 15 years, as Sunday School superintendent for 35 vears. and a> a Church Elder for JS years, his record is unique I lis place will not b BUS) to fib And, ft! we think ~/ the loiS his L-,.'im* baa been

to these public organizations, our hearts are very full of sympath) with i whom he meant mch, and who >nlfered such sudden bereavement. We ki. a their is soothed by ki f his ranee into fuller life, '"when I sbundance of joy for evermore."