Portraits of Collingwood and a Bible for Young People
A literary review discusses William Davies’s Life of Lord Collingwood praising its readable blend of narrative and reflection while noting occasional overstatement. It also critiques The Bible for Young People Vol II From Moses to David by R. Oort, warning against too rationalistic a bent and against denying special revelation in places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Collingwood
William Davies
Sampson Low
Marston
Low
Searle
Thackeray
Collingwood
Davies
Moses
Davids
iBy
R. Oort
Williams and Norgate
God
London New Year Festival at Alexandra Palace Draws 2500 Choir
A New Year festival is planned at Alexandra Palace with nearly eighty London Sunday schools participating. A 2500-voice choir will perform under Luther Hinton, organ by Horncastle, trumpet obbligato by T Harper. The event features a showless program and prize awards from a Sunday scholars exhibition. Also noted is the death at St Michael's Azores of Mr. James Hinton at fifty five.
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London
Alexandra Palace
Luther Hinton
Horncastle
T. Harper
Draf
James Hinton
St. Michael’s
Azores
Hinton
John Howard Hinton
Notable figures and social reform as Liverpool hosts temperance rooms
The piece highlights Mr Hinton a renowned aurist and author, praises the Temperance Public-House Experiment in Liverpool with crowds and high daily sales, and reports on burial law issues and nonconformist practices. It also cites Christianity in India with census details across Madras Bombay Bengal and Burma.
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Coleridge
Hinton
England
Guy’s Hospital
Liverpool
Liverpool Mercury
Bridgewater-street
Queens’ Dock
Milford
Surrey
J Marshall
Godalming
Marshall
Illiambert
Pitt-street
St. Augustine
St. Augustine’s Street
Norwich Corporation
Norwich
St. Giles
Hopper
Norfolk News
India
Madras
Bombay
Church of England
Bengal
Calcutta
Mysore
Coorg
Berar
British Burmah
Rammohun Roy
Keshub Chunder Sen
Brahmo Samaj
Prathana Samaj
Bombay Presidency
Western India
Cochin
Travancore
Mallabar
Time marches on and jokes from Gleanings
A collage of humorous quips and anecdotes from Gleanings includes reflections on time, mind versus matter, a Christmas feast at Queen's College Oxford, attributions to Victor Hugo, and a wry English view of Christmas in France with chimney sweepers.
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Queen’s College, Oxford
Victor Hugo
Omaha
Betsy
Tom Moore
John Kemble
Kemble
Avenement
Paris
York
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