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New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 444, 26 December 1947, Page 14

PLAIN Christianity for Every. Man is the; title of a recorded talk by the Rev. Eric Loveday, of St Martin-in- the-Fields, London, which will be broad- cast from 2YA at 10.0 p.m. on Sunday, December 28. It was originally part of a series entitled Plain Christianity a Word to the Wayfarer , broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Commission in Melbourne, and it brought a remark- able response from listeners. When he was asked to make the broadcast (in July last) , Mr. Loveday was given the choice of recording his talk Or making it direct from the studio. He said he would pre- fer to record, as "that will leave me 9) free to do something else: Thirty-six hours later he died from a heart attack H } was then 42 Early in the war, he had come as Vicar to St: Martin-in-the- Fields, a church which his two prede- cessors, Dick Sheppard and Pat McCor- mick; had already made famous for a warm-hearted and unconventional Chris- tianity, and which had become known to radio listeners as "The Parish Church of the Empire. 5) His visit to Australia was part of a goodwill mission spona sored by his own parish to the peoples of Australia, Canada and New Zealand, His death occurred shortly before his projected departure for this country.