Monday, October 10, 2005

Our conversation is in Heaven


Today is the 122nd anniversary of the death of our proto-rector, Dr. Ferdinand Cartwright Ewer. In true High Church style, he collapsed while preaching a sermon at St. John the Evangelist in Montreal and died shortly thereafter. His text was Philippians 3:20: "For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ…”

Here's a link to a Project Canterbury document about Dr. Ewer:
http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/fcewer/memoir.html

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