On Sunday again the weather rather spoiled the church parade, but there was a fairly good muster when the men fell in on the Bund at 10 o'clock, and shortly afterwards marched to Holy Trinity Cathedral. A shortened form of service was conducted by the Dean (the Rev. C. J. F. Symons), Chaplain to the Corps, and the Rev. W. Robbins. A feature of the ser vice was the anthem: "If wi believe" (Goss) which was beautifully rendered by the choir.
Taking Romans 14,7, "No man live th unto himself" as his text, the Chaplain traced the analogy between national and Christian service. He pointed out that one of the chief lessons of the great war was the importance of national service. The conditions of life hitherto existing had relegated national service to a selected few who were regarded as the _custodians of the Empire and its interests. The splendid services of their army and navy had proved quite adequate to protect them in times of war, and in times of peace both were being regarded as or dinary professions. All that the nation at largo requested was to be taxed as lightly as possible to provide for its soldiers and sailors, and to be left alone to work out its activities in trade and profes: sional life.
The outbreak of the war (and the alarming proportions which it quickly assumed) startled men out, of their dreams of easy-going vy. To the now awakened the issue at stake appeared righteous, and the appeal for national service was quickly responded to.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.