A missionary to the Arctic regions recently found the world’s queerest church I’his stands on Blacklead Island, Cumberland Sound, and is constructed entirely of sealskins. Wood and other building material not being available, the misionary responsible for its erection sewed the skins together and stretohed them over whalebone girders. Another missionary once built a church of snow, with seats altar and pulpit complete. He stated that his snow-built edifice was warmer than most churches he had visited in England. Among cathedrals, probably the most curious is to be found in Uganda. Viewed from a distance, ;t looks like a giant haystack, blit at close quarters it is seen to be built of grass and mud. This strange building soars four thousand persons.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16681, 13 March 1922, Page 6
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