A Trip Abroad: An Account of a Journey to the Earthly Canaan and the Land of the Ancient Pharaohs; To Which Are Appended a Brief Consideration of the Geography and History of Palestine, and a Chapter on Churches of Christ in Great BritainJanes, Don Carlos
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A Trip Abroad: An Account of a Journey to the Earthly Canaan and the Land of the Ancient Pharaohs; To Which Are Appended a Brief Consideration of the Geography and History of Palestine, and a Chapter on Churches of Christ in Great Britain
Janes, Don Carlos
Churches of Christ -- Great Britain; Palestine -- Description and travel; Voyages and travels
I saw more of the workings of the church at Twynholm than any other
congregation visited, as I stayed at Twynholm House while in London both
on the outward trip and as I returned home. Of the seven congregations
in this city, Twynholm is the largest, and is the largest in the British
brotherhood, having a membership of above five hundred. This church was
established in 1894 with twenty-five members, and has had a good growth.
They open the baptistery every Lord's day night, and very frequently
have occasion to use it. There were fifty-three baptisms last year, and
twenty-one others were added to the membership of the church. At the
close of a recent church year the Band of Hope numbered five hundred and
fifteen, and the Lord's day school had twelve hundred and fifty pupils
and one hundred and two teachers. I think it was one hundred and sixty
little tots I saw in one room, and down in this basement there were
about fifty more. I was told that there were more children attending
than they had accommodation for, but they disliked to turn any of them
away. The Woman's Meeting had one hundred and sixteen members; the Total
Abstinence Society, one hundred and fifty; and the membership of the
Youths' Institute and Bible Students' Class were not given. Five
thousand copies of _Joyful Tidings_, an eight-page paper, are given away
each month. The following announcement from the first page of this paper
will indicate something of the activities of this congregation:
CHURCH OF CHRIST,
Twynholm Assembly Hall,
Fulham Cross, S.W.
REGULAR SERVICES AND GATHERINGS.
_LORD'S DAY._
9:45 A.M.--Bible Students' Class.
11:00 A.M.--Divine Worship and "The Breaking of Bread".
(Acts 2:42, etc.)
2:45 P.M.--Lord's Day Schools.
3:00 P.M.--Young Men's Institute.
4:00 P.M.--Teachers' Prayer Meeting (first Lord's day in the
month).
6:30 P.M.--_Evangelistic Service_.
7:45 P.M.--Believers' Immersion (usually).
8:10 P.M.--"The Breaking of Bread" (Continued).
_MONDAY._
2:30 P.M.--Woman's Own Meeting.
7:00 P.M.--Band of Hope.
8:30 P.M.--Social Gathering for Young People (over fourteen).
8:30 P.M.--Total Abstinence Society (last Monday night in the
month).
_THURSDAY._
8:00 P.M.--Mid-week Service for Prayer, Praise, and Public
Exposition of the Word.
9:00 P.M.--Singing Practice.
_FRIDAY._
8:00 P.M.--Teachers' Preparation Class and Devotional Meeting.
(Open to all).
Seat all Free and Unappropriated.
No Public Collections.
Hymn-books provided for Visitors.
This Church of Christ earnestly pleads for the complete restoration of
the primitive Christianity of the New Testament, for the cultivation of
personal piety, and benevolence, and for loving service for Jesus the
Christ.
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