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[Church Army work amongst convicts] (lantern lecture, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, 17 March 1902)

Type of event
lantern lecture
Full title
Church Army work amongst convicts
Date
17 March 1902
People linked to event

DAVEY, Captain William R.  (1867-1941) – lecturer

Reference
‘To The Rescue’ in Church Army gazette

“'About Eggs and Penny Meters': March 17th, Capt. Davey paid us a visit, he gave us a limelight lecture on C.A. Work amongst convicts. As we gazed upon the pictures, the thought came into one' mind that even more people were prisoners of the devil. After paying expenses we were able to hand over to Capt. Davey ₤1 for prison work. Good Friday evening our mission room was packed to the door, we had a Lantern Service bearing upon the death of our dear Lord (...)”

Lucerna ID 7000965

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 22 May 2017

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