TRAGEDY IN CHURCH
MINISTER’S SUDDEN DEATH HEART FAILURE THE CAUSE AUCKLAND, March 15. Just, after finishing his sermon at the morning service, Rev. W. Beattie, minister in charge of the Catholic Apostolic Church at Grafton Road, collapsed and died from heart failure. He closed his sermon with the words, "Even so come Ldrd Jesus. Come quickly" and was moving from the pulpit toward the altar to commence the creed when he collapsed. Rev. Beattie had been suffering from heart troubles for some years. He was aged 67 years.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 82, 16 March 1931, Page 5
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