LONDON’S CHURCHES
FUTILE EFFORT TO ATTRACT CONGREGATIONS. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, November 5. Although there are forty-seven churches inside the boundaries of the City of London, its weekend population is so small that most churches are superfluous. A movement is afoot to close the majority of City churches on Sunday to allow the clergy to assist to the busier centres, but as a last effort to attract a congregation, the Rev. Martyn Sanders, Vicar of All Hallows in-the-Wall, announced that he would invite questions and answer them from the pulpit. To-day, the congregation consisted of four adults, eleven Girl Guides and three small children, besides the customary assembly, comprising the organist, choristers and the woman caretaker. The latter, who has held the job . for thirty-five years, scarcely remembers when a christening, marriage or burial ceremony was held a All Hallows.
The Vicar cast one glance at to-day’s congregation and Immediately dropped his plan. He said afterwards “The truth Is that we are not needed in the city.” Nevertheless, church law insists that services must be held, irrespective of the attendance.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19640, 7 November 1933, Page 7
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182LONDON’S CHURCHES Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19640, 7 November 1933, Page 7
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