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Arthur Ebenezer Illingworth (20 June 1868[1] – 16 October 1942) was an Australian Church of Christ minister.

The son of a lay preacher, land jobber and politician, he spent 20 years in Victoria, 17 in New South Wales, eight in Western Australia and five in South Australia, he was a powerful preacher and successful evangelist, and served as president of the Church of Christ Conference in each of those States, and the federal body.

History

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Pastor Illingworth

Illingworth was born at 289 Lygon Street, Carlton, Victoria, the only son of Frederick Illingworth (1844–1908) and Elizabeth Illingworth, née Tarry, who married on 5 September 1867.[2] His father was a lay preacher with the Church of Christ in Dorcas Street, South Melbourne, from around 1875, moving to Sandhurst in 1886.[3] The son studied evangelism at the Bible College in Melbourne.[4]

Both father and son moved to Western Australia around the end of 1895, and A. E. Illingworth began preaching at the Protestant Hall, Fremantle in March 1896.[5] His father, about whom there were stories of shady land deals with other people's money, was meanwhile settling into politics as Leader of the Opposition.[6] In 1897 he was registered as a marriage celebrant[7] In 1898 he was elected treasurer of the newly-established Association of Churches of Christ,[8] and secretary in 1900, with his father as president.[9] In 1902 he left Perth to become minister of the Cannon Street, Petersham, church and attend the seventeenth annual conference of the Churches of Christ at The Tabernacle, Metropolitan Road, Enmore.[10] In 1908 he left Petersham for Paddington.[11] In 1911 he was elected organising secretary of the NSW churches[12] and transferred to the Mosman church.[13] The following year he was elected president of the Conference of the Associated Churches of Christ in New South Wales,[14] and transferred back to the Enmore Tabernacle.[15] In 1915 he was elected federal president,[16] succeeded by W. C. Brooker.[17]

He resigned the Enmore pulpit in 1918[18] to take the church at Malvern, Victoria at the corner of Alma and Dandenong roads. His successor was Henry G. Harward.[19] In April 1924, while still president of the ecumenical Council of Churches in Victoria, he was elected president of the Victorian Conference of the Churches of Christ.[20] In September 1926 he transferred to the Church of Christ City Temple, on Campbell Street[21] but resigned in January 1928 and returned to Melbourne, taking the Northcote pulpit.[22] In 1931 he left Victoria for the Robert Street, Hindmarsh, South Australia, church[23] He was elected president of the South Australian Conference in 1934.[24] Mr and Mrs Illingworth returned to Melbourne briefly in 1934 to participate in the Centenary celebrations,[25] briefly then permanently in 1936 to take charge of the Buckley Street, Essendon, Church.[26] On 18 February 1942 the Illingworths celebrated their golden wedding anniversary.[27]

He died in 1942, and after a service at the Church of Christ, Parkdale, his remains were interred at the New Cheltenham Cemetery, Holloway Road, Cheltenham, Victoria.

Other interests

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Illingworth represented the Churches of Christ at the ecumenical Victorian Council of Churches, and was elected its president for the year 1923–24.[28]

Family

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Illingworth married Florence Newall Macgowan (1870 – 8 September 1955), at the Tabernacle, Johnston Street Fitzroy, Victoria on 18 February 1891.[29] She was a daughter of a pharmacist and member of the church.[30] Their children included

  • Dr Harold Thorburn Illingworth (19 February 1897 – 16 March 1967), of Western Australia. He stood (unsuccessfully) against Herbert Victor Johnson (ALP) in the 1954 House of Representatives election.
  • Frederick Augustus Illingworth (9 February 1900 – 13 September 1987) of Gordon & Gotch, Ltd
  • Arthur Garfield Illingworth (23 April 1904 – 7 December 1996) twin son
  • Clifford Newall Illingworth (23 April 1904 – 30 October 1947) married Margaret Winifred "Wynne" McKillen (1 December 1917 – 3 October 2022)[31] at the Knox. Presbyterian Church, Ascot Vale on 1 June 1940.[32]

In 1940 they had a home in Brewster Street, Essendon.

His last address was 22 McBean Street, Parkdale.

References

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  1. ^ "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 6, 876. Victoria, Australia. 23 June 1868. p. 4. Retrieved 25 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Family Notices". The Herald (Melbourne). Vol. LXXVIII, no. 6774. Victoria, Australia. 7 September 1867. p. 2. Retrieved 25 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "A Self-Denying Minister". Bendigo Advertiser. Vol. XXXIII, no. 9, 581. Victoria, Australia. 31 March 1886. p. 2. Retrieved 26 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Sydney's Churches". Sunday Times (Sydney). No. 1190. New South Wales, Australia. 8 November 1908. p. 7. Retrieved 26 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "News and Notes". The West Australian. Vol. 12, no. 3, 141. Western Australia. 14 March 1896. p. 5. Retrieved 26 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "The Age of Gilt". The Champion (Melbourne). Vol. 3, no. 59. Victoria, Australia. 1 August 1896. p. 5. Retrieved 26 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "News and Notes". The West Australian. Vol. 13, no. 3, 548. Western Australia. 10 July 1897. p. 5. Retrieved 26 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "General News". The Inquirer and Commercial News. Vol. LVIII, no. 3, 185. Western Australia. 15 April 1898. p. 6. Retrieved 26 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "General". The Western Mail (Perth). Vol. XV, no. 747. Western Australia. 21 April 1900. p. 41. Retrieved 26 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Church of Christ". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 19, 984. New South Wales, Australia. 29 March 1902. p. 7. Retrieved 26 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Religious". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). No. 9048. New South Wales, Australia. 30 May 1908. p. 15. Retrieved 26 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Religious". Clarence and Richmond Examiner. New South Wales, Australia. 23 May 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "News of the Churches". Australian Town and Country Journal. New South Wales, Australia. 20 September 1911. p. 57. Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "Churches of Christ". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 23, 162. New South Wales, Australia. 6 April 1912. p. 16. Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ "Enmore Tabernacle Jubilee". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 23, 888. New South Wales, Australia. 1 August 1914. p. 6. Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "Notes from the Churches". The Chronicle (Adelaide). Vol. LVII, no. 2, 958. South Australia. 1 May 1915. p. 50. Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ^ "Death at 72 of Pastor Brooker". The News (Adelaide). Vol. 48, no. 7, 375. South Australia. 24 March 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  18. ^ "Churches of Christ". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. No. 13, 673. New South Wales, Australia. 31 August 1918. p. 10. Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  19. ^ "District Deaths". The Propeller. Vol. XXXIV, no. 1728. New South Wales, Australia. 20 April 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  20. ^ "Yesterday's Proceedings". The Age. No. 21543. Victoria, Australia. 19 April 1924. p. 14. Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  21. ^ "The Churches". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 27, 689. New South Wales, Australia. 2 October 1926. p. 8. Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  22. ^ "The Pulpit". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 25, 508. Victoria, Australia. 14 May 1928. p. 15. Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  23. ^ "Farewell to Pastor". The News (Adelaide). Vol. XVI, no. 2, 442. South Australia. 16 May 1931. p. 6. Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  24. ^ "News and Notes". The Border Chronicle. Vol. 27, no. 1378. South Australia. 15 February 1935. p. 2. Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia. The reporter mistook Illingworth for an American.
  25. ^ "Personal Paragraphs". The Sun News-pictorial. No. 3775. Victoria, Australia. 24 October 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  26. ^ "Personal Paragraphs". The Sun News-Pictorial. No. 4379. Victoria, Australia. 1 October 1936. p. 5. Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  27. ^ "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 29, 483. Victoria, Australia. 19 February 1941. p. 7. Retrieved 25 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  28. ^ "Personal". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 24, 065. Victoria, Australia. 22 September 1923. p. 34. Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  29. ^ "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 13, 941. Victoria, Australia. 28 February 1891. p. 1. Retrieved 25 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  30. ^ "Death of Mr J. T. Macgowan". The Corowa Free Press. Vol. 39, no. 1127. New South Wales, Australia. 1 March 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 26 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  31. ^ "Family Notices". Herald Sun. 2022-10-10.
  32. ^ "Bridegroom's Father To Officiate". The Herald (Melbourne). No. 19, 672. Victoria, Australia. 1 June 1940. p. 26. Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
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