100 years ago: October 1899 Canadian Churchman reported that the aim and object of every religious paper should be to place before its readers the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, with regard to the...
Category: October 1999, The way it was ... as seen by the Churchman
100 years ago: September 1899 Canadian Churchman asked, "Whose fault is it that in so many parishes there is no co-operation between the clergy and the laity?" Probably there are faults on both sides; clergy are...
Category: September 1999, The way it was ... as seen by the Churchman
100 years ago: June 1899
Canadian Churchman reported that in some quarters the lavish expenditure on flowers as decorations in our churches at festival seasons has been deprecated, and it is added that the cost of the...
Category: June 1999, The way it was ... as seen by the Churchman
100 years ago: May 1899
Canadian Churchman quoted Rev. Dr. Rainsford with the comment: "I do advocate with all my heart and soul the providing for our people places where they can amuse themselves without vice,...
Category: May 1999, The way it was ... as seen by the Churchman
100 years ago: April 1899
Canadian Churchman reported that when we are told that public opinion tends in a certain direction, we naturally pause and ask what is the exact meaning of such a statement. Very often it...
Category: April 1999, The way it was ... as seen by the Churchman
100 years ago: March 1899 Canadian Churchman printed a letter from D.V. Warner: "It seems to me that the work of our church in this country has been hindered long enough by that absurd misnomer `The Church of England in...
Category: March 1999, The way it was ... as seen by the Churchman
100 years ago: December 1898
Canadian Churchman reported that the explanation of the considerable vote for Prohibition in this country is given in a very amusing manner by the Spectator. We don't need to drink, says the...
Category: December 1998, The way it was ... as seen by the Churchman
100 years ago: September 1898 Canadian Churchman reported that it must surely be reckoned among the blessings accorded to the Canadian Church that there has been, of late years, at least, hardly any friction between the...
Category: September 1998, The way it was ... as seen by the Churchman
100 years ago: May 1898
Canadian Churchman reported that the cry for short sermons has become so common, almost universal, that it becomes necessary to ask exactly what it means. All thinking persons will allow that there...
Category: July 1998, The way it was ... as seen by the Churchman
100 years ago: May 1898 Canadian Churchman reported that however divided Christendom may have become, the actual fact at the root of it all still is that the Church of Christ is still a united church. Every soul that is...
Category: May 1998, The way it was ... as seen by the Churchman