1906-1912
St. Luke’s, Ramsgate
This is another vicar’s letter from a Parish Magazine in 1906, which was reprinted in the 1936 Diamond Jubilee edition of the magazine.
The Rev. Hazledine is pictured sitting down in the picture with his two ordained sons standing behind him.
Another challenging message that is just as relevant today:
”I think a Service ought to be bright and above all, congregational, but what we do need is to lead penitent souls to the foot of the Cross for pardon, and unless the Church of England is doing this it is dismally failing to do God’s work. The mere attendance at Church, the mere observance of outward forms of worship will not avail for the soul’s eternal welfare. Nothing but change of hear, the new birth unto righteousness, in short, conversion, will stand the test of eternity…
Dear friends, let me ask you the solemn question, ‘On what is your hope for the future resting?'”
Read on: 5. At the start of the Twentieth Century,
1900
Period Pages
1. The Building Phase
Up to 1876
2. Vicar’s Letter – Rev. Whiting
1890
3. Schools are set up
1876-1905
4. Vicar’s Letter – Rev. Hazledine
1906-1912
5. At the start of the Twentieth Century
1900
6. The Early Twentieth Century
1906-1926
7. Vicar’s Letter – Rev. Collins
1916
8. The First World War
1914-1918
9. The Coming of World War II
1936-1941
10. Vicar’s Letter – Rev. Williamson
1939
11. Rebuilding after the War
1944-1956
12. A Time of Change
1956-1985
13. The Church must come down
1988
14. Into the Twenty-First Century
1990-2016
St. Luke's Church Ramsgate 