Congregation Collection

Spurgeon preaching at Crystal Palace
Mr Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the famous Baptist preacher, preaching at the Crystal Palace on Humiliation Day, October 7th 1857

Congregation Ahavath Israel, Sullivan County, NY State, USA
Congregation Ahavath Israel Synagogue, Liberty, Sullivan County, NY State, USA. On the back of the postcard are details of a Loyalty Dinner at Stiers Hotel, Ferndale, NY State. Date: circa 1950s

Sleeping Congregation
The Sleeping Congregation A preacher is reading his sermon to a sleeping congregation

Orthodox Priest
A Russian Orthodox priest, clutching the Bible in one hand, blesses the congregation with the other

Spurgeon at Crystal Pal
CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON delivers his Humiliation-Day sermon at the Crystal Palace

Homage to Queen Victoria at Her Coronation, Westminster Abbey, London Date: 1838

Beatification of Joan of Arc, St. Peter's
A ceremony for the beatification of Saint Joan of Arc in St. Peter's Cathedral, Rome. Beatification is the process of the Catholic Church posthumously recognising a person's entrance into

Diego Laynez (1512-1565). Spanish Jesuit priest and theologian. Second Superior General of the Society of Jesus. Portrait, detail. Illustration by Llanta. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana

EARTHQUAKE PANIC SICILY
Three churchgoers are trampled to death when the congregation of a Sicilian church panic at the false alarm of an earthquake. Date: 1907

ITALIAN PREACHER
An excited Italian preacher works up the congregation in a Holy Week imprecation, while hooded members of an order of Death stand behind him Date: circa 1840

Comic postcard, Bridegroom and little boy in church Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, bald-headed man in church Date: 20th century

Rev. W. Carlile found of the Church Army, lantern slide
William Carlile, founder of the Church Army, shown giving a lantern slide lecture

Lee Church
View of the medaeval church which has long since been demolished. This was replaced in 1814, then in the 1830s demolished to make way for the present St Margarets Church

Skeleton of Death holding a bone above a Preacher
Skeleton of Death holding a bone above the head of a Preacher as he preaches to his congregation in church. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by Hans

Christmas morning - choirboys singing in church
Christmas morning, choirboys singing in church. 19th century

St Pauls Cathedral celebration, London
St Pauls Cathedral, London, full of people for a celebration

Scottish rebel against English Prayer Book
The congregation rise up against the imposition of the Scottish Episcopal Book of Common Prayer as demanded by King Charles I and Archbishop Laud

Wedding Ceremony Date: 1933

OPEN AIR PREACHING
The reverend Robert Maguire preaches to an open-air congregation in front of the Clerkenwell Sessions House in north London Date: 1858

NUN OF THE CONGREGATION OF NOTRE-DAME founded in the 16th century by Pierre Fourier

CHARLES DARWIN CARTOON
CHARLES DARWIN The advent of mankind is celebrated by a congregation of apes, who hold a lamp to Darwins book The Descent of Man (1871). Date: 1809 - 1882

APES, MONKEYS & BABY APES, MONKEYS & BABY
The advent of the first human baby is celebrated by an admiring congregation of apes, who are holding a lamp to Darwins book The Descent of Man (1871)

Evolution - Baby - Monkeys
The advent of the first human baby is celebrated by an admiring congregation of apes, who are holding a lamp to Darwins book The Descent of Man (1871)

WINDESHEIMER
A regular canon of the CONGREGATION OF WINDESHEIM [Netherlands] Date: 1848

MONTE VERGINE
Hermit of the CONGREGATION OF MONTE VERGINE Date: 1848

Harvest Festival church service
Harvest Festival service, Church of England Date: circa 1918

Weigh-house chapel
In 1697 the Presbyterian congregation built a meeting house over the Kings Weigh House in Little Eastcheap and from this home the church took its name. Date: 19th century

Paris, France - Sacre Coeur. Date: 1899

Paris, France - Sacre Coeur being constructed. Date: 1894

Italy - Venice Lagoon - San Lazzaro degli Armeni
Italy, Estuario, San Lazzaro degli Armeni is a small island in the Venetian Lagoon which has been home to the monastery of the Mekhitarists, an Armenian Catholic congregation, since 1717

1937 Coronation - A Sea of Coronets
Henry, Duke of Gloucester, wearing the coronet of a Prince of the Blood Royalwhich is similar to that of an Heir-apparent but without the arch and orb

1937 Coronation - Peeresses don their coronets
A picturesque incident during the Coronation of King George VI. During the Queens crowning, the assembled peeresses in Westminster Abbey simultaneously donned their coronets. Date: 1937

The Gateway to the Chota Imambara, Lucknow, India
The Gateway to the Chota Imambara (Hussainabad Imambara) - an imposing monument located in the city of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Royal wedding 1981 - Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, together with her husband Denis, among the guests at the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer at St Pauls Cathedral on 29 July 1981. 1981

Christian Brothers School, Doneraile, County Cork, Ireland
Exterior view of the Christian Brothers School at Doneraile, County Cork, Ireland. The Congregation of Christian Brothers is a Roman Catholic community founded in the early 19th century

People outside a church on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Coronation of Queen Victoria
The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey on 28 June 1838. 1838

Church boat - Rattvik, Dalarna County, Sweden
Church boat (carrying congregation) at Rattvik, a locality and the seat of Rattvik Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden. Date: circa 1909

Torrey & Alexander Mission - Brixton Hall, London
A fantastic, rare view of the Torrey & Alexander Mission - Brixton Hall, Brixton, London. As Brixtons population increased rapidly during the 1870s

John Wesley / Preaching
JOHN WESLEY English religious leader, founder of Methodism : preaching at Gwennap Pit, Cornwall, to a huge congregation Date: 1703 - 1791

Index et catalogus librorum prohibitorum (Index and catalog of Prohibited Books). List of publications prohibited by the Catholic Church to protect the faith

The Disruption of 1843
The interior of St Andrews Church, Edinburgh, at the first meeting of the General Assembly, where the Free Church of Scotland was formed, after members withdrew from the Church of Scotland

Festival of Britain dedication service, St Pauls Cathedral
Festival of Britain service of dedication, St Pauls Cathedral, London. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Fisher, speaks from the pulpit

Royal wedding 1981 - Nancy Reagan
First Lady, Nancy Reagan seated among guests in St Pauls Cathedral for the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer on 29 July 1981

Chota Imambara, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Chota Imambara (Imambara Hussainabad Mubarak), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, built as a congregation hall for Shia Moslems in 1838. Date: circa 1920

Pulpit of John Knox in which he Preached Before the Lords of the Congregation (1841). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1841

Outdoor Altar at Le Port - Island of Reunion - Indian Ocean
An outdoor altar set up at Le Port, a commune in the French overseas department of Reunion, located at the extreme northwest corner of the island. 1909

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