A New Year Spirit and the Call to Fidelity
The text reflects on English belief in a State Church, the uncertainty of collapse timing, and resolves to pursue spiritual goals with faithfulness. It urges steadfastness, duty, and prudent action, noting that being faithful outweighs mere success and that the New Year brings a lesson to endure in well doing.
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England
Pounder
Ecclesiastical notes on Evangelical defeatism and education debate
A critique of Evangelical spirits in the Established Church citing 1867 events and 1868 prospects. The piece reviews press bias toward Rationalism, Rite, and education policy, notes Archdeacon Denison's changed stance, and discusses a proposed Conscience Clause and schooling plans. It also comments on Church rates and Bunhill fields as a broader religious landscape note.
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Record
Church of England
Rome
the Times
Macmillan
Quarterly Review
Ultra Church Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge
Cornhill Magazine
Pill Mall
Robertson
Brighton
Dr. Macleod
Gladstone
Evangelical Party
Berridges
Venus
Wilsons
Newtons
Simeons
God
Christ
Lord Granville
Committee of Council On Education
Her Majesty
Wales
Morning Herald
Newdegate
Hubbard
Bunyan
Howe
Owen
Defoe
Thames
Robert Barclay and the Quaker Conversion In History
Historical sketch of Robert Barclay, raised in Paris education, who joined the Quakers after his aristocratic family shifted to the sect. His 1675 work An Apology for the True Christian Divinity defends Quaker doctrines with a bold dedication to Charles II, reflecting learned rhetoric and old scholastic influence.
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Society of Friends
Robert Barclay
Barclay
Augustine
Ignatius Loyola
Paris
Europe
Barclays
Uri
Scotland
David Barclay
David
Robert
Christendom
Bacon
James the
Charles
Dryden
Cromwell
Charles the Second
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Ecclesiastical Notes
Denison
the Guardian
London