“FATHER DIVINE”
BRANCHES OF MOVEMENT. IN BYDNEY AND MELBOURNE. N.Z. WOMAN’S STATEMENT. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received May 3, 11.35 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 3. “Peace missions” connected with the movement of the American negro evangelist ‘‘Father Divine” exist in Sydney and Melbourne. According to one Sydney newspaper a New Zealand woman started a local centre in 1924. She says his followers recognise his presence as God, Instead of thinking of God in Heaven.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20184, 3 May 1937, Page 7
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