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Salient. The Newspaper of Victoria University College. Vol. 19, No. 8. July 1, 1955

At the Invitation of the Evangelical Union . . . — Dr Howard Guinness will Address the College

At the Invitation of the Evangelical Union . . .

Dr Howard Guinness will Address the College

Portrait of Dr Guinness

Dr Howard Guinness, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. who at the invitation of the Evangelical Union is coming to address the College, is widely experienced in student gatherings throughout the world.

In 1928 he graduated as a doctor from St. Bartholemew's Hospital, London, where he represented the Hospital at cricket and Rugby. After graduation he travelled for ten years for the Inter-Varsity Fellowship of Evangelical Unions. During this time he addressed meetings in every University of the British Empire, and also in the universities of Spain. Hungary. Norway, Sweden, Denmark. Finland Belgium, Holland and the United States.

Just prior to the war, Dr. Guinness was ordained in the Anglican Ministry and from 1942-46 was an R.A.F. chaplain in Canada. For three' years after the war ho was a chaplain in Oxford University. Since 1949. Dr. Guinness has been rector of St. Barnabas' Church Sydney, where he has been in close contact with student work. In 1951 he led a Mission to the Sydney University and in 1952 he was a missioner at Canterbury UC.

Dr. Guinness frequently broadcasts and is the author of several books. The best known of these are "The Sanity of Faith" and "Sacrifice" which was originally written for Christian students. This has been reprinted many times, and over a quarter of a million copies have been sold.