The Wesleyan, connexions^ paper,-) the Advocate," has' "received, retunuh from 76 churches of the length of time ooonpiefl bj the setmoti on"* partfcmlafSuudty recently. The average length of sermons by ministers was found to-be 27 initiates and a few leconds. The two shorteßt4erjnonß— Sumner 14 minutes and Takapun* 15- muautes.r-w.cre, -both by Anglican ministerf. In South Australia a length of sermon inquiry showed that out' of 50 oasos reported, four reached or noeeded 40 minutes. The Advocate's 76 cases only flhoU one snob, and that was at a church opealflfi.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2209, 2 July 1896, Page 11
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90Page 11 Advertisements Column 2 Otago Witness, Issue 2209, 2 July 1896, Page 11
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