Mr. Ira Sankey (1840-1908), American gospel singer, hymn writer, and evangelist, speaking in September, 1900, to an overflowing crowd at the reopening of the new Metropolitan Tabernacle (after a devastating fire destroyed the previous building) in London, England, where Thomas Spurgeon (son of Charles Haddon Spurgeon) was currently pastoring.

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Location: New Metropolitan Tabernacle, Elephant and Castle, London, England, UK.
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