The Rev. J. G. Wood: His Life and Work (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from The Rev. J. G. Wood: His Life and Work

Unfortunately for the labours of a biographer, the diaries which he left behind him - and which are by no means continuous - are extremely scanty, and often for many weeks together there is nothing but the barest entry of work done and letters written, with.

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Excerpt from The Rev. J. G. Wood: His Life and Work
Parish Work - The Boatman's Floating Chapel - Ordination as Priest Resignation of Gummy - Chaplaincy to St. Bartholomew's Hospital Marriage - Removal' to Belvedere and Resignation of Chaplaincy Honorary Curacy at Erith - Old-fashioned Services - An Explosion and its Results - Organising a Choir Aggrieved Parishioners - A Burn ing in Effigy - Presentment to the Archbishop - Cessation of Opposition - Sole Charge - Death of the Vicar of Erith - Subsequent Clerical Work - Style of Preaching - Sermon Notes - Maps and Blackboards in the Pulpit - Flower Sermons - Complaints of N ervousness - Stammering Cured - Last Sermon - The Funeral Reform Association - Hatred of Mourning - Work for the Cause 240 ON ten ts.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.