10 October, 1928

from The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner, page 24:

Then to the Albert Hall to hear Aimee Semple Macpherson.It began with hymnsinging, very flat, but they roused up when they were given a Moody and Sankey, and waved their hymnsheets like a race-meeting - only a wet one with the bookies winning.

cite as

Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Claire Harman (ed.), The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner (:London, 1995), p. 24. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1440599634069 accessed: 7 May, 2024

Listening to

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hymns

Experience Information

Date/Time 10 October, 1928
Medium live

Notes

Aimee Semple Macpherson was an American revivalist.


Originally submitted by Jo Reardon on Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:33:54 +0100
Approved on Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:39:32 +0100