English Church funeral in Madrid reveals cross cultural rites
The Madrid English Cemetery funeral for Archibald Higginson, long employed on the Henares Canal project, featured a mixed English Catholic and Protestant congregation. English customs met Spanish rites as the coffin lay in the grave while Spaniards received prayer books in Castilian.
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France
England
Russia
Bia Jos
Sittin
New York
Blsir
Bourne
Gothwin Surrit
Cornell University
Ithaca
University
The
New York Tribune
Oxford
Pacific Railroad
United States
Fall Mall
Zomes
Madrid
iOarabanchal
Archibald Higginson
Henares Canal
Guadalajara
Spain
Mr. Higginson
Higginson
English Burial Service Moves Spanish Guests
The narrator recalls the somber burial, with the coffin lowered and last rites completed. At the cemetery gate Spanish friends comment on the English service’s simplicity and beauty and note Spanish prayers resemble their own Latin rites.
Attack on Protestant Missionaries in China Sparks Debate
The article reviews the Yang-chow incident where the Chinese Indian Mission house was burned and missionaries fled. It traces British responses from Consul General Medhurst through the Rinaldo gunboat, discusses calls for pacific missionary methods, and quotes Dr. Sanders defending the mission and listing twenty nine workers in China today.
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Yang-chow
Medhurst
Rinaldo
Daily News
Hnglishman
Lystra
Derbe
Saint Paul
the Times
Shanghai
Nankin
Marco Polo
Sanders
Regent's Park Chapel
J. H. Taylor
M.B.C.S
China
United Kingdom
Hang-chow
Siao-shan
Tai-thhou
Wan-chau
Su-chew
Ninghia
Mr. Taylor
Lairy
Rding
Yangchow
Taylor
Toto
Licensing Reform Talks Open at Langham Hotel
A Wednesday conference at the Langham Hotel brings together Anglican and temperance leaders to press for repeal of the Beershop Act of 1830 and to form a permanent committee to liaise with Parliament. Arch bishop Manning and numerous clergymen attend, outlining plans to curb alcohol sales and promote regulatory reforms.
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Langham Hotel
Church of England and Ireland Pompean Reformation Society
Manning
Church of England
Earl of Shaftesbury
Temperance Reformation Society
Payne
Archbishop Manning
Fry
Kensington
Wm. Alain
Notting-hill
Sandwith
Gardner
W. Stanyon
Thos. Rooke
Sandford
G. M. Murphy
E. Mathews
EB. White
Canterbury
Oxford
Lord
Lichfield
Graves
M.P
John Abel Smith
Martin
Warrington
H. J. Exitson
Windsor
Justices of the Peace
House of Lords
House of Commons
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