LAUGHTER IN CHURCH
LIKED BY MINISTER SERVICES MUST BE BRIGHT Gusts of laughter from the congregation during a sermon do not disturb the minister of tlie Congrega-te-nal Church, Dulwich Ilill, the Rev. L. W. Farr, says a Sydney paper. He likes his audience to laugh and "With so many counter-attractions, the church must he bright,” lie said. "In my youth 1 can recall listening to tedious sermons an hour in length. I limit my sermons to 20 or 25 minutes.’’ As far as possible gloomy hymns have been banished from the service. Bright hymns, set to different tunes and sometimes with new words, ap|"*al to the churchgoers. Mr Farr doesn’t- mind if women remove their li.ils in church.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20783, 18 April 1939, Page 9
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