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Historical
Back To The Bible Hour Radio Documents
in PDF format.
(Large files necessary to preserve the original clarity of
the documents. Be patient for the download to take place.)
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The Five
Heard Most On Radio Show: (ca. 1931)
Lower Row ( l to r) Dr.
Imrie ( Pastor ) Dean Aberhart (Lecturer)
Ernest Manning (Insitute Teacher)
Standing Miss Muriel Preston, L.A.B. (our efficient pianist)
Mrs. M. McElroy, (well known Cornetist)
Note that Muriel Preston would become Ernest's Wife some
seven years later. (Closeup Below).
Click
to Hear Cyril Hutchison as he talks about
the early years of hearing Aberhart preaching in the Grand
Theatre
and plays a later recording of Aberhart's Preaching - MP3
Notice use of Oratorical Dramatic Voice and Emphatic use
of
the pulpit wood acoustics.
Radio
Notice of Aberhart's Death - Federal - pdf
Muriel Preston as Pianist - ca. 1931
Muriel Preston at the Piano
Lecturer and Staff Member
Calgary Prophetic Bible Inst and Radio Program
Calgary Prophetic
Bible
Institute Choir
Front Row (Sitting):
Catherine Gorrie, Mrs. Dodds, Mrs. Clarke,
Mrs. Greaves, Elsie Read, Mrs. Wormald, Mrs. Cooper and
Mrs. Gordon.
Second Row (Standing) : Miss Williams, Kathleen Bulmer,
Margaret Dyson, Alice Eby, Marion Bulmer, Mrs. Randall,
Mrs. Perkins,
Berry Harvey.
Top Row (Standing) : F. Funston, Charles Aked, Penard Hauge,
Mr. Cooper, Mr.George Walker, Mr. Randall, Mr.Charles Underwood,
Dr. Clarke, and Charles Pearce.
Back to the bible
hour musicians
from those who knew them
Back
To The Bible Hour Musicians
Gospel Road - March 11th, 2012 - mp3 - 1 hr.
As
We Remember Them
A Back to the Bible Audio Journey
of the Musicians and Music of the Broadcast - mp3 56mins.
and Introductions to Aberhart's preaching of September
12th, 1937 by Ernest Manning and Charles Peace
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WillIam
Aberhart Radio Preaching
Starting
in November of 1924 from the Palace Theatre in Calgary
the Back to the Bible Hour on CFCN was an outgrowth of the
lecture meetings of Aberhart Prophetic Bible Conference.
More details and documents are found lower down on this
page
MoneyChangers
In The Temple - 1 hr
Gospel Road, January 10th, 2010
William
Aberhart On Mixing Religion With Politics
& Bible Distinctions on Jew, Gentile, and the Church
- 1hr.
Gospel Road, September 12th, 2010
The
Monetary Cause of Wars and Their Remedy
featuring William Aberhart, John Blackmore,
1941 Federal Canadian Election
and Clifford Douglas 1935 - 1hr.
Gospel Road, May 22nd, 2011
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William
aberhart sermon notes - PDF's
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William
Aberhart's Massive Prophesy Wall Chart (Below)
which accompanied his lectures
to both live and radio audiences in both the Palace Theatre
and the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute. It measures 16.7
feet long by 4.5 feet tall. (Click Image to See Large Size)
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Download
Prophesy Chart in
11 x 17 inch format for Printing - pdf
( Includes Legend Notes from William Aberhart )
Aberhart's
Pioneer Use Of Radio
Effective in Power and Hours - pdf.
In 1937 - Aberhart Programs on CFCN totaled
four hours each Sunday!
Samples
Of Aberhart's Handwritten Radio
Programs from 1933. -pdf
(Given to Ian F. Smith
in 1982 by Mrs. Muriel Manning.)
Our
Glory Train Song
was Often the Closing Theme of the Broadcast
- pdf
Back to the Bible Club Souvenir Treasure
Chest
pdf.
Family Altar League Certificate for Listeners
Back to the Bible Hour
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The
Ernest Manning led
Years of the Broadcast
June 1943 - 1990 ?
The Program Was eventually
renamed to Canada's National Bible Hour
and remains as such on the half-hour
broadcasts today.
(In Calgary Area on AM1140 Radio High River
Alberta at 8:30 am each Sunday )
The first Sunday of Each Month stills has
a recorded Ernest Manning giving the message.
ernest Manning radio
pamplets
Why
Did He Come?
Captital
Punishment
economic
security
Ernest focuses
in on the story of
Joseph Administering the
famine of 7 years and compares it
to what happens to people when
all their security is dependent on the State. ( written during
the time
of Anwar Sadat in Eygpt when he made peace with Israel . 1979-81
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Middle
East Conflict
December 1973 - pdf
Manning
View of Second
coming - pdf
Ernest and Muriel
Speakers
at the Aug.
4th, 1951 Dinner
of the Christian Business Men's
Committee at the Vancouver Hotel.
-Pdf
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Muriel
Manning As Musical director
of Back to the Bible Hour
Muriel Manning's
Music Teacher was the renowned
Annie Glen Broder who also taught Bible Hour violinist
Mary Shortt. ( see below ) The quality of music
on the broadcasts was always of a high standard.
Annie Glen Broder was instrumental in bringing the
prestigious Associated Board of Royal Schools to establish
a musical examination branch in Calgary as a branch to Calgary.
Annie Glen Broder
See Jennifer Hamblin's Article on the
Associated Board
in the Summer 2009 edition of Alberta History.
( Vol. 57, No. 3 )
In the 1934 Annual Meeting Booklet of
the
Canadian Medical Associaton, which met in Calgary that year,
Annie Glen Broder wrote the article
Calgary
as a Centre of Musical Culture. - pdf.
Training from such British trained professionals was responsible
for the high quality of musical talent that the Bible Hour
had to draw upon in Calgary after the start in 1925.
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radio
Sunday School Mission
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These Original Aberhart
Lessons are still ministrying in updated form
by UB David
& I'll B Johnathan
mailing from Calgary
"God testifying of his gifts:
and by it he being dead yet speaketh." Hebrews 11:4 KJV
More Radio Sunday
School Lessons
The
Lost Sheep
The Finding of the Coin
The Ninety and Nine - pdf
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Radio
Sunday School
workers
Radio Sunday School Workers ca. 1930
Top Row (Standing) George Walker, Mrs. Walker,
Dean Aberhart,
Mrs. Randall, Charles Pearce (Superindendent)
Bottom Row (Sitting) Mrs. Capocci, Mrs. Hodgkinson, Miss Way,
Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Pearce
Award Poster for Radio Sunday School.
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Mass
Rallies of
Canada Nation-Wide
Back To the bible hour
In Winnipeg, Regina,
Calgary, Vancouver
from June to August 1951
Ernest Manning Speaks at Winnipeg Rally while Mary Shortt
Plays Violin in Background - June 10th, 1951
Winnepeg Municipal Auditorium
(Click
Here to See Larger Picture Size)
Rally
Souvenir Program & Winnipeg Poster - pdf
1952 Special Edition of Back To The Bible Hour Classics
on 78
Music of the Male Chorus of Canada's
National Back To The Bible Hour on 33-1/3 speed (45 size)
Selected
Radio Music Cover and Related Photos ( Large File) pdf
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Mary Lesingham Shortt
Violinist On Canada's
National Bible Hour
Jan. 22, 1918
- Oct. 23rd, 2009
mARY'S
Selected rADIO vIOLIN sOLOS
(Mp3)
The
Lord's Prayer
He
Always Say, I Forgive
Peace
In The Valley
Mary's
Promo for 1951 Back to the
Bible Hour Mass Radio Rallies - pdf
Mary Shortt performs
during one of her many
summers with the Jean Cotton string trio at the
Banff Springs Hotel
(Jean Cotton's
name is in the Westbourne baptist
youth group list in the Cheer Up in 1925, where
Muriel Preston and Ernest Manning attended.)
Mary
Shortt Funeral - Order of Service - pdf
Mary
Shortt - News Clippings of
Early Life, Training In England
Teaching, Students, & Performance
in Calgary - pdf
Mary Shortt began her musical education in piano at home
under her mother, Mrs. Lesingham Shortt, then under
Annie Glen Broder ( see above ) and also with
the guidance of Grigori Garbovitsky, Founder and first
Conductor of the Calgary Symphony Orchestra.
Her earliest appearance on the Back to the Bible Hour
is still being researched.
Grigori Garbovitsky
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Organist-Soprano
Madge Thomas ( Clarke )
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Madge Also Played the Aberhart Memorial
Organ at the Prophetic Bible Institute.
She married a quartet member named Earle
Carke. See
Her Family Bio
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William Aberhart began his citywide
ministry under the Prophetic Bible Conference organization, starting
in the small Westbourne Baptist Church in Calgary. (see
Church Histories below ) Increasing crowds, hungry for the
authoritative teaching of the Bible as the inerrant Word of God,
prompted him to move to ever larger facilities (Grand Theatre)until
the 2,000 seat Palace Theatre was being filled to capacity every
Sunday afternoon.
With the persuasion of
W.R. Grant, owner of the powerful CFCN Calgary radio station,
he began to broadcast his service in 1925,
and soon was reaching an audience of thousands of enthusiastic listerners.
Along with the broadcast of his sermons and the music going along
with them, he also started the Radio Sunday School Mission,
a mail-out version of Sunday School lessons which also reached thousand
of homes over the years.
Palace
Theatre History
Grand Theatre History
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