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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 27, 1871
Page
2
The text outlines daily intercessory prayers for families at home and abroad, students, professionals, and those in Christian duty. It asks prayers for rulers, nations, peace, righteousness, and resistance to immorality, plus church leadership, Scripture translation, and a larger outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
A letter from W Warburton Salford dated December 23 1871 urges readers to expand the Nonconformist paper’s reach. He proposes encouraging existing subscribers to gift extra copies to ministers and clubs, securing sales at railway stations, and leveraging local organisations to double circulation. The note emphasizes practical steps over wholesale methods.
A reader questions blame for an act affecting schooling in England and argues the larger share lies with Dissenters, criticizing the division among citizens over school boards. The letter engages with the notes on school boards and asks who bears responsibility for the contentious policy.
Dr. H. M. Dexter of Boston reports a likely Robinson autograph on a 1602 John Dove tract in the British Museum. The copy, signed Jo. Robin son, matches a Sandys Relation copy in Boston, suggesting Robinson read the work. Dexter’s discovery links the Puritan divine to early Sta te religious debates and may revise the belief that Robinson had no known writings by him.
In 1857 a tract was sold for one shilling to the Museum trustees and advertised as bearing the autograph of Jo. Robinson the Brownist. The Museum has since moved Dove’s work to the autograph collection, and the writer seeks authority for the original claim and any additional autentographs in Britain, noting Dr. Dexter’s remaining time in London.
In a Frome letter dated December 23 1871 E Matthews traveling secretary for the Central Association for Stopping the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday reports broad support at meetings across England for a Sunday prohibition bill. He notes clergy and diverse parties unite, petitions handed to Parliament, while workers argue the law reflects upper class interests. He cites Manchester MP Hugh Hirley to introduce the measure with traveller and lodger exceptions.
The Field Lane Ragged Schools committee reports 1300 children aided, 4170 adults placed in work, 176 young women in domestic service, 98 waifs educated at home, and 160 volunteers aiding moral improvement. They call for urgent funds via Barclay Bevan Co and Ransom and Co, with signatures George Moore and Samuel Tawell dated Dec 21 1871. The notice continues briefly with a second item on a new drain ventilation method sparked by Prince of Wales illness.
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