Word: rectorates
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...Henson is an Englishman of aristocratic birth. He was educated privately and at Oxford, then was elected Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, For several years he held various offices in connection with the religious side of the college and in 1900 was made Canon of Westminster Abbey and Rector of St. Margaret's Church. As Rector of St. Margaret's Church, Canon Henson is preacher to the House of Commons, and so occupies a distinguished but peculiar position in the church. He has been very prominent in the recent controversies in England over the "open church" question...
...Harvard who never fully outgrew his undergraduate days. During the years of preparation in the seminary and his early ministration in Philadelphia he constantly kept in touch with his friends in Cambridge and widened his acquaintance among the undergraduates who followed him. When he came to Boston as rector of Trinity Church his frequent visits to Appleton Chapel brought him in close touch with the students. The service tomorrow morning bears witness of the affection in which his memory is held...
...last meeting of the Freshman Bible class, conducted by Mr. A. P. Fitch, rector of Mt. Vernon Street Church, Boston, will be held in Peabody Hall, Phillips Brooks House, this evening at 7 o'clock. During the meeting the Hoffman slides on the life of Christ will be shown by means of a stereopticon. As this is the last meeting of the course all Freshmen who have attended previously or who are interested in the subject are urged to be present...
...Elwood Worcester, rector of Emmanuel Church, Boston, lectured in the Living Room of the Union last evening on "The Emmanuel Church Movement." The leaders in this work believe it to be the duty of religion to minister to the sick and the sorrowful with help and suggestion. The fundamental doctrine of the Emmanuel Church is the unity of body and soul. In order to cure one both must be treated. The Emmanuel movement has done a great work among consumptives, in recognition of which the Church has received an award from the International Tuberculosis Congress...
...After studying for several years at the University of Leipzig, he returned to America and became professor at Lehigh University. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Hobart College in 1897 and from the University of Pennsylvania in 1898. Since 1896, he has been rector of Emmanuel Church in Boston. Dr. Worcester has written several books on the Emmanuel movement, the most recent of which is "Religion and Medicine...