LAMBETH CONFERENCE.
THE OPENING SERVICES. " NEVER SUCH A GATHERING." By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. | London, July 6. The Lambeth Conference was open- i ;ed with ah impressive service in: the < Canterbury Cathedral, at 'which i 4000 were present. _■. ■ The Archbishop of Canterbury : (Dr. Davidson), in welcoming the 252 : ' delegates to the Conference, said ' that never in the thirteen centuries' ■ history of the -English Church was ' there' a gathering fraught with ! mightier issues. : .' ■ : A special Communion Service was ,' celebrated in Westminster Abbey on Sunday the Episcopal delegates. ■ 1 The Very Rev. J, A. Robinson (Dean of Westminster) preached the sermon, i (Received July 8, 120 a.m.) , London, July 7. !,'.'. The Lambeth Conference is meet-, 1 > ing in private at Lambeth Palace. The subjects discussed will be re- .' ferred to committees, and the re- ' ports of the conference will be considered later- Finally, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in an encyclical letter, will notify the decisions. ■' After the Archbishop of Canterbury's presidential address, the first subject considered % was ! "Christian . Faith in Relation to Modern Thought" - ; , ' ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13796, 8 July 1908, Page 7
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LAMBETH CONFERENCE.
New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13796, 8 July 1908, Page 7
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