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...disgruntled vicar John Mowll is suggesting the heavenly bolt that apparently caused the fire in York Minster [WORLD, July 23] was a manifestation of God's displeasure over the installation of liberal Bishop David Jenkins. But why would God cause such destructive retribution on a temple of worship? Should not the heaven-sent brand have struck Jenkins' own house, thus leaving no doubt as to God's intent? Perhaps God was having...
After the York Minster blaze, Jenkins' detractors lost no time in claiming that their views had been vindicated. John Mowll, 51, a vicar who had been evicted from the minster for voicing protests in the midst of the new bishop's consecration ceremony, suggested that "divine intervention" might have caused the fire. Others took refuge in the Bible, citing the prophet Elijah, who brought down a fire from heaven, which destroyed an altar he had built in the presence of the prophets of Baal. A less apocalyptic note was sounded by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie...
...invitation had come 18 months ago from the "Open-Air Campaigners," an Australian revivalist group; at the time the Campaigners were not prosperous enough to advance travel expenses. Australia's Anglican Archbishop Howard W. K. Mowll at last raised the necessary funds, and Niemöller has laid out an extensive three-month speaking tour...
London received a report that eight British missionaries, including five women and Bishop H W K. Mowll, former dean of Wycliffe College, Toronto, had been taken by bandits in Szechwan and were being well treated...
...Liberal Club of Boston has the following executive committee: H. F. Day, M.D. '05, W. P. Everts '00, F. G. Goodale '06, H. M. Holmes '06, R. M. Hull '04, W. L. Mowll '99, P. E. Sargent '96. The club has been meeting at weekly luncheons, and will give a dinner tonight at the Harvard Club of Boston to greet 50 new members...