CHURCHES AND MONEY.
MINISTER OPPOSES BEGGING, "NEVER HELD ONE BAZAAR." As the welcome given to the new Methodist minister, the Rev.. E.. W„ Hvdu,. at Katoorj.ba,„ New South Wales, recently, the Rev. T- J- Hefiernan, Rural Dean, of Penrith and the Blue Mountains., said that he was opposed to Pegging. During his 33, veers' service at Mount Victoria he bad never once mentioned money from, the pulpit., In all those years, he bad held on.lv one concert:,, which was to liquidate the debt, on the rectory,, but never held one. bazaar or sale of work,. as bis churchwardens did not believe in them.. The Rev. Vardoe James, the arrived Presbyterian minister at i\atooniba, declared that there was- a great coining back in the church life. There waH niore need of the Church to-day than ever and the people were thinking of conitUc back. When be landed in; Australia, t-ive years ago. he added, be thought that if it \vere not for the women there would be ik> churches, but be was. glad to hud now that the men were, coming back,.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20252, 11 May 1929, Page 12
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181CHURCHES AND MONEY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20252, 11 May 1929, Page 12
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