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SMAD. An Organ of Student Opinion. 1932. Volume 3. Number 1

The Student Christian Movement

The Student Christian Movement.

"They said unto him: 'Master, where dwellest Thou?' He said unto them: 'Come and see!'"

That is our invitation to you. We want your enthusiasm, your co-operation and friendship, your ideas and criticism—but before you criticise, come and see. Come to the opening address. It is on March, 9th, and will be given at 'Varsity by the Rev. Gordon McKenzie, ex-chairman of the New Zealand Student Christian Movement, whose subject will be : "The Bible in Modern Life." Early in April there will be an address on the Sino-Japanese question. Both these will be followed by open forum, when questions and opinions are welcomed. These are problems that matter, and it is our job to come along and think about them.

After the first address names will be collected of those wishing to join study groups. The Student Christian Movement provides an opportunity for study and discussion in small groups on subjects vital to student youth—international problems, the relations between men and women, the life of Jesus and His place in the world to-day. In these groups we face facts, exchange findings, and seek to solve some of the practical problems of daily life. Religion is not one department of life or a social anesthetic for its pain. It is an ever-springing power and presence within a man that can be felt equally in lecture-rom, dance-hall, and cathedral.

God is not like an aspirin, to be taken to relieve a headache. He is the daily bread by which men live.

come, but even the hoary will enjoy themselves.

On Easter Sunday all Victoria Students and the Tournament representatives are invited to attend a special Communion Service at St. Paul's ProCathedral. at 9.30 a.m. After the motor-drive in the afternoon, there will be a tea, at 'Varsity if possible, followed by a short Student Service at The Terrace Congregational Church, where the Minister will be the Rev. H. W. Newell, M.A., President of the New Zealand Student Christian Movement. Immediately after the service a mystery play, "Eager Heart." will be performed in the Church by members of the Student Christian Movement. A church full of students will make this evening the best part of the tournament.

The Rev. James R. Young. M.A., "sometime Travelling Secretary, Chairman, Treasurer, etc., and still Debtor of the New Zealand Student Christian Movement" (to use his own words), will be giving a series of five addresses during the week, April 11th-17th. The week-end immediately following there will be a camp (not at Hutt Park), where in camp-fire, study groups, fun and fellowship we gain the new vision, the exhilaration and the power that enable us when we go back to the routine

"To know the sorrow of the world.
To face the tyranny of wrong,
And yet to feel God everywhere,
And still to hear the Angels' song."