CONVERTS TAKE PLUNGE
ALBERT HALL CEREMONY NEW “FOUR-SQUARE” SECT Bp Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright. LONDON, Saturday. Strange scenes occurred at the Albert Hall when 1,000 converts —men and women—were publicly baptised in a large tank by Pastor Jeffreys, the founder of the “Four-Square” Gospel Alliance of the British Isles. There were 10,000 spectators. Many “hallelujahs” were uttered as the women converts, attired in white robes and some wearing bathing caps and the men In shorts and white shirts, were completely Immersed. Afterwards they returned to speciallyheated dressing-rooms.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 324, 9 April 1928, Page 9
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87CONVERTS TAKE PLUNGE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 324, 9 April 1928, Page 9
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