LEON ATKIN - LEAFLET SIGNED - HFSID 146502
Sale Price $198.00
Reg. $220.00
LEON ATKIN
The minister and proponent of the Social Gospel pens his name on this leaflet
encouraging the people of Swansea to vote
Leaflet Signed: “Leon Atkin” 6¾x4¾. Handout encouraging people to vote in the Victoria
Ward Municipal Election. Dated May 8, 1952. Leon Atkin (1902-1976) was a minister who
abided by the Social Gospel and campaigned for human rights. He began preaching at a young
age, and went on to complete an engineering apprenticeship before beginning formal training
to become a preacher at Methodist College in Handsworth, Birmingham. Adopting the Social
Gospel, Atkin devoted much of his outreach efforts to caring for the homeless and those
otherwise in need. He became known for holding open-air meetings and debating
communists and nonbelievers alike in front of rapt audiences of up to 900 people. Despite
the fact that he had at one point considered himself a pacifist, Atkin joined the Royal Artillery
in 1940. He went on to serve as an Army Chaplain upon the invitation of the United
Chaplains Board. When he returned to Swansea he was shut out of St. Paul (the congregation
he had left to serve in the military), but continued to conduct open-air meetings and carried on
with his unwavering devotion to care for those in need. Heavily toned. Pencil drawing on
verso in margin. Centralized vertical fold running the full length of the leaflet. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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