We Are Not Better Than Our Fathers
The piece argues that modern liberalism and enlightenment have not made society more virtuous. It claims both public morals and private manners have declined while wealth grows. Canon Gregory’s critique of present conditions is praised as a call to imitate past simple virtues and adapt lessons to current life.
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Epory
St Paul's
Gregory
St. Paul's
Edmund Burke
Cheapside
Lambeth Water Company
PC Gantick
el O Svery
Scbwtank
Catholic Church of Christ
Scotland
St. Tomas Aquinas
John M. Ashley
B.C.L
St. Peter's
Atreet
London
The
Church Printing Company
St. Thomas Aquinas
Tas New Cnizen
Henry Frowde
Frowde
Constitutional Reaction Against Radical Government in England
A moral and political critique argues that Conservative reaction grows as Liberals fear radical reforms. The piece blames a liberal leadership under Mr. Gladstone for steering toward republican ideas, warning that only a firm constitutional defense can avert social and political turmoil.
Expostulations on Eucharistic Worship and Church Articles
A review of Alfred Rowan Evans on Eucharistic duty and church practice, praising his expositions and advocating restoring the ancient Communion service. Also covers A P Forbes on the Thirty-Nine Articles and Bishop of Brechin's defense, plus Thomas Aquinas homilies, new church services, and church periodicals for 1872 with notes on lectionary improvements and children’s religious books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parestaoop
Larvacy
Alfred Rowan Evans
D.D
St. Mary-le-Strand
London
William Skeffington
Evans
Church of St. Mary-le-Strand
Soynd
Evang
Liberal Moderates and Conservative Power Question
The text debates moderate Liberal policy and party alignment. It asks whether moderate Liberals, by adopting Conservative stances, would become a Conservative faction. It argues Conservatives offer nothing to discredited liberal principles and posits a proposal to empower Conservatism beyond combined Radicals and Republicans, even with Mr. Gladstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radiosham
Mr. Gladstone
Almanacs for Clergy and Churches in the Season
A list of clerical and ecclesiastical almanacs published by Greenhill Macintosh and Washbourne. Highlights include Willis's Complete Clerical Almanac and An Almanac of the English Church. Also mentions The Vestry Almanac The Cottage Almanac and Catholic Calendar and Church Guide. A coloured print of Overbeck's Nativity and Christmas issues of The Sacred Melodiat and The Penny D Melodist are noted for subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis
Joseph Greenhill
Stationers’ Hall
Church Printing Company
Greenhill
Macintosh
Paternoster Row
Great Britain
Washbourne
Overbeck
Arthur
Holloway
Repudiation of the Athanasian Creed Urges Holy Orders Change
A letter to the Archbishops and Bishops of England and Wales requests permission to treat the Athanasian Creed as if the rubric requiring its use did not exist. Signatories from Norwich and Brighton seek relief to pursue Holy Orders, arguing the creed impedes others and noting clergy often omit it without consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England and
Wales
Lambeth
Church of England
G. Venables
Leicester
J. Cromptos
M.A. Norwich
J. H. Horroy
B.A
Brighton
Advent Sunday Reflections Frome Selwood on Mr Bennett
A reader profiles past sermons by Mr Bennett from 1838 to present and notes the Advent instruction in Frome Parish Church on the first Sunday in Advent 1871. The piece questions England’s treatment of Bennett while praising his lifelong zeal and detailing a 4 pm instruction focusing on faith and belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guardian
Rome
Bennett
Westend
Portland Chapel
London
St. Paul’s Church
Knightsbridge
Church of England
England
Frome
W. J. E. Bennett
Philippi
Remark on Catholic Revival in Island by Fronde’s Book
The Times reviews one of Mr Fronde’s works and judges his statement a remarkable profession of faith. It argues there is no likelihood of a Catholic revival in this island, dismissing the prospect as unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Mr. Fronde
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Liberal Party
Times
Pipne
Wees
Gladstone
Lamartine
Atill
E. B. Pusey
A. P. Forbes
D.C.L
Brechin
James Parker and Co
Forbes
Pusey
Bo Faih
High Church
Primitive Church
Avrillon
Hodges
Morleys
Redclyffe
Churchman’s
Houlston and Sons
Charles Mackeson
Churchman’s Companion
Masters
Colonial Church Chronicle
Frome-Selwood
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