Bibliophile journals and periodicals review for the New Year
A BBC style survey notes Bible Student and The Pulpit Analyst editions, praising sermons by Landers Thomson and Alford. It highlights Dr Parker’s critique of Binney, Morris's silent Bible sermon, and Good Words papers on Christianity, with Oceanic Life explaining oceanic plankton and whale feeding ecology.
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Bible Student
London
Hodder and Stoughton
Edwin Hopper
Landers
A. C. Thomson
J. Comper Gray
Dean Alford
J. Baldwin Brown
Morris
George Smith
Churches of England
The Sunshine Within Life’s Seasons
A reflection on cultivating personal sunshine despite darkness. The writer argues that mindset and habits shape happiness, warning against harboring grievances and clinging to sorrow. Adversity educates appreciation for light, joy, and the greener spots of existence.
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School of Affliction
Irish Land Question and Education Speech at Oxford
The speaker at the Ancient Order of Druids in Oxford discussed Ireland's Land question noting Ireland cannot copy English rules. He urged tenant rights to improvements and supported education free of sectarian barriers. He criticized Fenian disruption, endorsed Coleridge's University Tests repeal, and warned against exclusive Catholic university schemes. He urged agricultural laborer reforms and attention to enclosing waste lands with Bright cited on common land access.
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Ancient Order of Druids
Oxford
Ireland
England
Fenian Party
John Coleridge
Gladstone
Cambridge
Bright
High Road
Queen's Taxes Altered Collection Methods Explained
The government clarifies changes to tax collection for 1870. Income tax remains deducted at payment for dividends and salaries. a single January payment replaces multiple quarterly sums for houses lands and trades profits. Assessed taxes shift to new excise licences from January 1 1870 with declarations via Somerset House and local notices. No double taxation for the same year.
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Somerset House
Chelsea MPs Address Constituents on Irish Land and Education Bills
Sir Charles Dilke and Sir Henry Hoare, MPs for Chelsea, spoke to constituents in Vestry Hall on Irish Land and Education bills. Dilke warned of possible delays from Cabinet and Lords, urged focus on England, and discussed Bible reading in schools and rate exemptions. Hoare backed Education League principles, warned no single Ireland fix, and supported emigration limits. A vote of confidence in Chelsea MPs was passed.
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Charles Dilke
Henry Hoare
Chelsea
Vestry Hall
King’s Road
House of Lords
Ireland
England
Charles
Education League
London
League
H. Soare
Vernon Harcourt
M.P
Peabody Fund Buys Magdalen Hospital Site
The Peabody Fund Trustees have purchased the Magdalen Hospital on Blackfriary Road for a block of memorial houses.
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Peabody Fund
Magdalen Hospital
Blackfriary Road
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Churches of Christ
Mrs. Ellis
Arctic
M.p’s
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