Swynfen case, will disputes, and convicts in Victorian trials
The article reviews multiple legal skirmishes and trials. It notes Craufurd’s admission about unappropriated funds, Chandler’s bank borrowings, and the Swynfen v Swynfen case poised for Chancery court. It covers Mrs Cummins Santry soundness issues, the Great Shoe-Black Brigade clash with police, Mansell’s death sentence remitted to Newgate, and a fatal Inveraray murder verdict of culpable homicide with transport sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SwynfEn
Court of Chancery
Otter
Frederick Thesiger
Edwin James
Harvey
M‘gregor
MansEtu
Queen’s Bench
Thomas Mansell
Burney
49Th Regiment
Maidstone
Newgate
Inverary
Lord Handyside
Ardmillan
Hector M‘donald
Christina Seaton
Kirkapoll
M‘donald
Seaton
Hactor
Donald
Hector
Tauler Biography and Sermons Translated by Winkworth
The review discusses John Tauler a thirteenth to fourteenth century Strasbourg reformer and mystic. It notes his translation by Susannah Winkworth with additional life notices and a preface by Charles Kingsley highlighting Tauler as a forerunner of the Reformation and a source of deep spiritual thought.
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John Tauler
Strasburg
Tauler
Susannan Winxworts
CuarLus Kinestxy
London
Smith, Elder, and Co
John Taylor
Germany
Kingsley
Miss Winkworth
Taylor and Mystics Shape 14th Century Reform Influence
The discussion praises Theologia Germanica and Taylor alongside Vaughan and the mystics for shaping religious thought. Miss Winkworth's translations and Kingsley’s preface are highlighted for guiding readers through Taylor’s sermons and the Friends of God, emphasizing asceticism, devotion, and Christ’s redeeming role.
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Theologia Germanica
Taylor
Alfred Vaughan
British Quarterly
Tayler
Kingsley
Middleage
Winkworth
Schmidt
Christ
Taylor on Spiritual Truth and Christian Life
The reviewer praises Taylor for his deep spiritual insight into Christianity. It notes truth exceeds ordinary scriptural expectations and urges readers to study his pages despite busy religious duties. The piece emphasizes the book’s enduring value and offers brief passages as further recommendation.
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Taylor
Tayler
Noble seekers in God's vineyard find sole aim in Him
The text describes third-class spiritual seekers who love God alone, reject pleasure and self-interest, and offer back all gifts to God. They bear all things, resign all, and keep God as refuge, while acknowledging natural desires for presence and happiness without letting them rule devotion. They warn against relying on good works for personal satisfaction and urge surrender to God in all.
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God
Every Art of Work a Gift From the Spirit of God
The text urges lay Christians to see every daily craft as a divine office and gift from the Holy Spirit. It notes spinning, shoemaking, singing, and other common arts as ways God aids human welfare, stressing that no task is too small when done in service to God.
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