Fragmentary tribute to statesmen and leadership
The passage extols the value of character and force in leaders, claiming such qualities elevate the statesman whether in office or not and position him as a national leader among men.
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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 24, 1876
Page
4
The passage extols the value of character and force in leaders, claiming such qualities elevate the statesman whether in office or not and position him as a national leader among men.
The letter to the Nonconformist records the death of Rev. E. A. Wallbridge at age sixty three, after forty years in the West Indies with the London Missionary Society. He died peacefully after long illness in England and was buried at Nunhead on May 3. His devoted service in Georgetown, Demerara, and his impact on the Demerara and Berbice churches are noted, with hopes for successors who continue his mission.
Advertisement notes that Mr Gladstone will publish a Contemporary Review piece defending Christianity against modern materialism and may spark debate across Christian denominations. It also promotes Dr de Jongh cod liver oil with claims of effectiveness in child debility and rapid weight gain, sold in imperial bottles from Ansar Harford and Co.
The annual gathering at Memorial Hall Farringdon Street chaired by Mr A McArthur MP discussed mission work in Ireland amid Catholic opposition. Speakers urged stronger prayer and financial support, urged native Celtic missionaries, and pressed for aggressive Protestant outreach to counter Ultramontanism and advocate Irish Home Rule.
The Christian Community celebrated its 104th anniversary at its new Memorial Hall London Street Bethnal Green with a substantial tea and the first annual meeting on the premises. The hall spans 127 feet with a clock tower gifted by Sir James Tyler. The secretary reported 9 647 services 10 507 addresses 334 778 listeners and 91 404 tracts distributed in the past year. The society runs free services for 148 members and operates in seven workhouses with about 140 halls and 5000 aided poor people and visits to forty lodging houses in Spitalfields.
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