Won’t Have Pennies in the Plate
Bishop’s Denunciation
“For nearly 13 years wc worked quietly, and now 5,000.0- 1 people know that there is a :>anctd ary,” said Bishop James, speaking t 0 his congregation at the Sanctuary Basil Street, Sloane Street, S.W., L° n don. He referred to some of 1-he l et ters he had received from his congre gation. asking him “to be carefu “I shall gibe and mock in this pulpA I shall laugh at you and insult JOU he said, “but I will not have any Altering or giggling.” Ten well-dressy women had, he said, put a ,! e the collection at a mid-week lej : . and this was regarded as an * n ‘ to the Church, to himself, and tw p turer. In future he would not rec. pennies. They were a nuisance; were dirty, and it took many OI to be of any use. Any person o. ing a penny would have it na back to him or her. The bishop his statement of protest and '' a docU . in angry tones from a typed - ment. After his address the n preached a short sermon. At tn of the service he shook hands all those present.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 68, 11 June 1927, Page 14
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199Won’t Have Pennies in the Plate Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 68, 11 June 1927, Page 14
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