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TEACHERS EDITION HOLY BIBLE

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1934

Overview

A dark brown, worn cover ,with text along the spine. Inside the front cover, which is very fragile, there are the remains of a newspaper cutting entitled [Here is the Divine testimony], also some loose sheets of paper with text, and four tickets from, Fremantle Municipal Transport, numbered 505253/4/5 and 000033.The binding is broken, there is a loose page in the break. All the pages have a gilt edging.

Historical information

This bible was presented to the Reverend Gersham Morris on 25 June 1934 as a gift from his congregation to commemorate his three years working in the community/ Morris ministered to members of the Congregational Church in Armadale, Kelmscott, Roleystone and Bedfordale.
Sig. File:-Reverend Gersham Morris

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2018.86

Item type

Books

Themes

People
Religion
Social History

Width

135 mm

Height or length

185 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Spine [HOLY BIBLE / REFERENCES / HELPS ETC / PICTORIAL / SELF- PRONOUNCING / TEACHERS EDITION]

Keywords

Congregational Church, Armadale

MORRIS Gersham Reverend

Fremantle Municipal Transport

The Manse, Congregational Church

Church Avenue, Armadale

Year

1934

Statement of significance

The bible was presented to the Rev. Gersham Morris by the Armadale, Bedfordale, Kelmscott, and Roleystone,Congregational Churches, on the occasion of the closing of his three years as minister in Armadale, on the 25th. June 1934. Morris valued the book greatly and continued to use it throughout his career, in both rural and country W.A., then handed in down to the family. The bible also represents the size and extent of the Congregational Church in the local district.

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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