Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 10 a.m.

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The year was 1788. The Reverend Richard Johnson preached the first Christian sermon in Australia, under a tree in the Sydney cove. The reading is from John Newton, "Father Forgive Them."

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