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Rushden Argus, Friday Dec 27^th 1889, Transcribed by Kay Collins Notes of the Week CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES—The great festival of the year has been observed in the usual manner during the week. The two bands of the town went the usual rounds, afterwards soliciting the support of their patrons, and parties of vocalists also did the “waits". The bells of the Parish Church rang merry peals during Christmas Eve, and also on Christmas Day. The sacred edifice had been, very prettily decorated by the ladies and gentlemen connected with the congregation, and the usual services were held.

Rushden Echo, 1^st August 1924, transcribed by Kay Collins

Twenty Six Years ago – August 1898

The possibility of forming a Moravian Church at Rushden was discussed.

Rushden Echo, 6^th September 1901, transcribed by Greville Watson

The Tent Mission
During the present week good congregations have assembled in the mission tent erected in Mr Marriott’s field. The missioner, Mr Noakes, of the London Evangelization Society, is a speaker of considerable power, and his out-spoken addresses have been highly appreciated. Mr Noakes has proved himself to be one of the best missioners who ever laboured in this district. The mission is entirely unsectarian.

Rushden Echo, 11^th July 1924, transcribed by Kay Collins

Spiritualism—Mrs R W Jones, of Leamington Spa, was the speaker on Sunday at a well-attended meeting held in the Glassbrook-road Meeting House. Mrs Jones based her remarks on the text “My peace I leave with you.” The speaker on Sunday will be Mr Brodie, of Burton-on-Trent.
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The Rushden Echo and Argus, 20th May 1955, transcribed by Gill Hollis

500 go to hear Billy Graham
Among the 80,000 or so people who stood in rain-swept Wembley Stadium on Saturday evening to listen to Billy Graham, were five hundred from Rushden and Wellingborough.

They travelled to London by special train. The trip was arranged by the Rushden Ministers’ Fellowship, and among the party were: The Rev. Gordon Bellamy (Independent Wesleyan Church), the Rev. E. T. Hughes (Vicar, St. Peter’s), the Rev. H. B. Morley (curate, St. Peter’s), the Rev. A. S. Arnold (Park Road Baptist), the Rev. A. Braybrooks (Highfield Baptist), the Rev. Anthony Martin (curate, St. Mary’s) and Pastor Dorling (Full Gospel).

Mr. Hughes said that the Rushden people were “tremendously impressed by the sight of all those thousands of people gathered on a cold evening for this great service, impressed by the sincerity and especially by the unemotional quality of his address.”

Mr. Bellamy agreed, “The final hymn, ‘Just as I am, without one plea,’ has a certain emotional appeal of its own,” he said, “but there was a steady stream of people going down the stands past me, in answer to the appeal, before the hymn had begun. They had been listening to cold logical reasoning in Billy Graham’s address.

“The famous Wembley turf was two-thirds covered with councillors and enquirers – while two cine-cameras (in the centre of the football pitch) were completely engulfed with people.”

The Bishop of Barking, chairman of the committee organising the crusade, welcomed Dr. Graham.

On the journey home, the Rushden party sang choruses from the Billy Graham hymn books, and Mr. David Bayes, an accordionist from the Park Road Baptist Church, moved from coach to coach to accompany them.

The second Rushden party – a bus load of people who either could not go on Saturday or were anxious to visit Wembley again – went to the service last night.

In the picture: Some of the crowd wait for the train to London.