"Truly this is a day of memories, sad yet proud. Yes, we are proud of those relations and friends who are no longer with us," said the Rev. H. H. Kettle.

Mr. Kettle said this in his Remembrance Day service at the Horsham Methodist Church on Sunday, when his theme was How Shall We Remember?

He added that a worthy remembrance was more than a silent prayer, a quiet tear, a Flanders poppy, or a church service at a time specially designated once a year.

While these had a real significance they were but momentary and "real" remembrance must be a continuing art.

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To clearly establish the truth of this statement, be told of an incident in the life of King David, once King of Israel.

Mr Kettle said that the devotion, gallantry and sacrifice of the men and women of two world wars had made the peoples lives and their freedom so sacred that it should never be used selfishly.

How often did the people stop to consider that so many of the privileges they enjoyed had been made sacred by the sacrifices which secured them.

"Our material existence and our freedom has been won for us by the sacrifices of two world wars. Marching before us is the silent tread of one feat of 100,000 men of our land."

At the head of these men were the men of Gallipoli, followed by those of Flanders, Greece and Crete, El Alamein, Kokoda Trail and men of death marches and prison camps.

These men belonged to the silent army so that the people could have the freedom they enjoyed. They had freedom to worship, to speak, and to live in the way they chose.

True remembrance demanded an offering of the people to the Christian ideal of life, which meant being on a plane above self interest, smallness and meanness, and which acknowledged that the peoples privileges and joys had been clearly won.

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"Behind all the memories of today I see the shadow of a cross on a lonely hill, reminding me of the sacrifice of our Saviour Jesus Christ. This links us with the great fact of life that we have been purchased for high living, noble enterprise, and selfless service by the Cross of the Son of God," added Mr Kettle.

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church was packed for the Remembrance Day service on Sunday, and the Horsham and District Pipe Band paraded in the morning.

After two minutes' silence had been observed, Piper M. Robertson played the lament, The Flowers of the Forest.

There were special prayers for Remembrance Day at St John's Church of England.

Captain Sapwell gave an address on Remembrance Day at the Salvation Army service.

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