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71HOWARD, Henry (1859-1933) — preacher was born at Melbourne, on 21 January 1859, the son of Henry Howard and his wife Mary. His people were in comparatively poor circumstances, and Howard at first received only a primary education. When a youth he tried to speak at a church… …
72SHORT, Augustus (1802-1883) — first Anglican bishop of Adelaide was born near Exeter, England, on 11 June 1802. His father, Charles Short, a London barrister, came of an old English county family. Short was educated at Westminster school and Christ Church, Oxford, where he… …
73BROUGHTON, William Grant (1788-1853) — first Anglican bishop in Australia son of Grant Broughton and his wife Phoebe Ann, daughter of John Rumball, was born at Bridge street, Westminster, on 22 May 1788. He was educated at the Barnet Grammar School and King s School, Canterbury, where …
74POLDING, John Bede (1794-1877) — first Roman Catholic archbishop of Sydney was born on 18 October 1794 at Liverpool, England. His mother was a sister of the Very Rev. Father Bede Brewer, president general of the English Benedictine congregation. Polding s father died when he was …
75GOOLD, James Alipius (1812-1886) — first Roman Catholic archbishop of Melbourne was born at Cork, Ireland, on 4 November 1812. On leaving school he entered the order of St Augustine to study for the priesthood, and spent his college life largely in Italy. He was ordained priest at …
76MURPHY, Francis (1795-1858) — first Roman Catholic bishop of Adelaide was born at Navan, Meath, Ireland, on 20 May 1795. Educated at the diocesan seminary and Maynooth college, he was ordained deacon in 1824 and priest in 1825, and worked for four years at Bradford and for… …
77RILEY, Charles Owen Leaver (1854-1929) — first anglican archbishop of Perth the son of Rev. Lawrence William Riley, vicar of St Cross, Knutsford, England, was born at Birmingham on 26 May 1854. Educated at Owen s College, Manchester, and Caius College, Cambridge, he graduated B.A. in… …
78Apollos — (first century) Missionary. According to the Acts of the Apostles, Apollos was a Jew, a native of Alexandria. He came as a preacher to Ephesus, but he knew only the baptism of John the baptist, not that of Jesus. His theology was corrected… …
79STRONG, Charles (1844-1942) — preacher and founder of the Australian church son of the Rev. David Strong, was born at Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland, on 26 September 1844. He was educated at the Ayr Academy, Glasgow academy, and Glasgow university. After some experience as a… …
80PREACHING — In the Talmudic Period NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THE SERMON The sermon, delivered in the synagogue or in the house of study, mainly on Sabbaths and festivals, is a very ancient institution. Nothing is known of its beginnings. It may have originated… …
