Word: saviour
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...authentic clue to the exact date of John Harvard's birth was found until recently, when research students discovered the following record in the baptismal files of St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, England: "1607, November 29, John Harvye, S. of Robt., a Butcher." Since it was the custom in the churches at that time to require the baptism of a child three days after his birth, the Memorial Society, which each year holds commemoration services, decided in 1910 to fix November 26 in the year 1607 as the correct date of the birth of John Harvard...
...authentic clue to the exact date of John Harvard's birth was found until recently, when historians found the following entry of his birth in the baptismal files of St. Saviour's Church, Southwark--"1607, November 29, John Harvye, S. of "Robt., a Butcher." Since it was the custom in the churches at that time to require the baptism of every child three days after its birth historians were led on the occasion of the 300th annivesary of John Harvard's birth to fix November 26th in the year 1607 as the correct date of his birth...
...until recently that any authentic clue was found as to the exact date of John Harvard's birth. The entry--"1607, November 29, John Harvey, S. of Robt. a Butcher"--which appeared in the baptismal files of St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, led historians, upon the occasion of the 300th celebration of his birth to fix November 26 as his rightful birthday. This was done because the custom in vogue in churches at that time required the baptism of all children on the third day after birth. In lieu of holding the celebration on Friday morning when few men would...
...Paul's Society will hold the fifth of its series of open meetings in the Phillips Brooks House this evening at 7 o'clock. Mr. T. Takamatsu will be the guest of the society, and his subject will be "The Saviour of Mankind...
...following program will be presented: Franck, Chorale in A minor Dr. Davison. Gluck, "O Saviour, hear me." Miss Brown. Guilmant, Andante (Fourth Sonata) Tours, Gavotte Karg-Elert, Choral Prelude Dr. Davison. Corner, An Old Sacred Lullaby Miss Brown. Guilmant, Allegro Dr. Davison. Gounod, "O My Divine Redeemer." Miss Brown. Brahms, Choral Prelude Guilmant, Minuet (Fourth Sonata). Dr. Davison...