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But Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, today, and forever; and for all time his people need the witness of sacrifice, of selflessness, of penitence, and of joy which shone in Frank Weston of
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inveighing against proposals to hand territory to the post-war German Empire and the consequences in particular on those who had fought for the
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one whose vision is not of the earth earthy, one who habitually seeks the things that are above. Deep-souled earnestness vibrated in every word he spoke. He held that vast audience in the hollow of his hand.
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on 18 October the same year. Under his auspices, a Swahili edition of the Book of Common Prayer for use in Zanzibar was issued in 1919.
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The Christ and His Critics: An Open Pastoral Letter to the European Missionaries of his Diocese
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77:John Hine
68:1907–1924
65:In office
1132:Zanzibar
1053:Zanzibar
996:Zanzibar
716:, p. 39.
701:Exchange
618:(1920).
219:ordained
163:Anglican
60:Zanzibar
885:Smith,
712:Smith,
690:, 1937.
328:In the
243:Swahili
57:Diocese
1144:vacant
590:&
562:
378:Legacy
315:heresy
309:, the
286:Kikuyu
223:deacon
93:Orders
960:from
390:Works
368:said
313:, of
946:SPCK
688:SPCK
560:ISBN
213:and
147:Died
128:Born
118:1908
338:OBE
225:by
190:OBE
187:SSC
36:OBE
33:SSC
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293:,
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229:,
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1037:e
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