22 Feb 1871
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Newspaper
Church Herald
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 22, 1871
Page
1
The Church Herald offers twelve penny stamps and a post free one month subscription from the Office at 198 High Holborn W C.
The Church Herald announces Tuesday and Friday afternoon issues in time for the Country Post. Subscribers can have copies forwarded from the Office, or arrange with a local bookseller and their London agent for regular supply. The paper remains available to trade on Tuesday and Friday afternoons.
The essay discusses Lent as a fixed season for preparation and penitence leading to Easter, drawn from early Church practice. It compares the English Prayer Book with the American, notes flexible fast rules, and urges personal conscience in fasting and almsgiving, while addressing the question of Lent marriage prohibitions and urging bishops to resist royal interference in religious observance.
The National Society has long supported Church schools, but debate grows about its future role as other bodies and public funding reshape education. It urges expanding training colleges, certifying teachers, and mobilizing clergy and laity to supply well instructed teachers to secular and denominational schools, warning against losing ground to school boards and secular teaching.
A long dispatch details the armistice debate led by Count Bismarck, French disarray, and the threat of renewed German offensives. It describes fleets sailing to Bordeaux to move Chanzy’s army, shortages of arms, and debates on war minister Le Flo. Reports cover Paris entry fears, museum damage, postal seizures, and diplomatic tensions with Britain over Luxembourg neutrality.
Count Bismarck asserts his power while Lord Granville accepts minimal interference as Luxembourg falls under German influence. The Grand Ducal government rescinds the exequatur for the French Consul amid tensions with Paris and Berlin, signaling a fragile balance of power in 19th century Europe.
A summary from American Church News criticizes English Church coverage for ritual debates and notes Catholic and Protestant tensions. It highlights six candles on altars, sanctuary lamps, and other ceremonial practices, and mentions the Princess Louise marriage in Lent and bishopial remonstrances. The piece also cites a Lord Rock’s Mission appeal to Bishop Gobat.
A list of clerical appointments including Rev. John Brack to Skerton Perpetual Curacy and Rev. Lightfoot to St. Pauls Canonry. Also notes several incumbencies and chaplaincies. Obituaries follow: multiple clergymen listed with dates and ages across Britain and India.
Oxford introduces dual Mus Bac exams with March 8 date at the Music School. Worcester College offers a £700 yearly exhibition for top Oxford local exam candidate in first division. Cambridge Trinity Hall opens Open Exhibitions on March 28. applicants under 20 to submit by March 21 for awards of £30, £270, and £50 per year in classics or mathematics.
An obituary style verse laments a death dated February 24 1871. It speaks of mourning, loss, and the deceased's peaceful afterlife, urging acceptance and faith while contrasting earthly trials with the hoped for clarity of the departed. The piece reflects a religious, contemplative tone.
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