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 been granted a licence, other Churches could very well make the same claim, and rightly so. With that, and as far as speaking was concerned, it would only be the Tower of Babel over again.

Sunday, the 30th of July, 1922, marks the first step in what could very easily be one of the greatest moves of Gospel propagation.

The church in McDermott Road was fitted with a fully-equipped receiving apparatus, and the people heard everything fairly well. I put it "fairly well" advisedly; it was the very first time that our people had "listened in," and it was my first attempt at such speaking. Taking both of these things into consideration, I might well add that the experiment was a most gigantic success.

I have simply been deluged with letters from all over the land. One man writes from Watford, Herts: "Last night I happened, quite by chance, to be 'tuning in' on my one-valve wireless set, when I was amazed to hear the strains of 'O God, our help in ages past,' and later I received your address with remarkable clearness." Another writes from Godalming. Surrey: "I shall be glad to know if there will be another broadcast sermon next Sunday.—Yours in gratitude and congratulations." Berkswell, near Coventry: "You will be interested to learn that your sermon reached here