PAN-ANGLICAN CONGRESS.
GREAT ATTENDANCE OF CLERGY
TO BE ENTERTAINED BY
ROYALTY
United Press Association—Copyright (Received June 12, 10.55 p.m.) ,< LONDON, June 12.. * Sixteen Australian bishops will attend the service at Westminster' Abbey on tho 15th inst at the inaugurating of the first Pan-Anglican Congress, including archbishops, 275 bishops, 1000 delegates from abroad and 300 from the Motherland. Moreover, 7000 lay folk from various dioceses will attend the fathering of membors to-morrow, which is “Hospitality Day,” and will be welcomed by London friends. The Pilgrims will entertain the prelates at tho Savoy Hotel on the 15tli, Lord Roberts presiding. The Prince and Princess of Wales will invito many members to a garden party at Marlborough House on the 25tli, when the King and Queen will lie present. - Seven sections of tlio Congress meet daily. A great feature will bo the discussion on the Imperial duty of the Church especially towards the pioneers of oversea dominions and the teeming native races. Men’s meetings will be another feature, and, apart from tho Congress, 120 gatherings will be held in the large halls, including a. mass meeting nightly in the Albert Hall.'
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2216, 13 June 1908, Page 3
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188PAN-ANGLICAN CONGRESS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2216, 13 June 1908, Page 3
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