London School Board election warns against sectarian votes
A column urges London voters to resist sectarian influence in the School Board race. It argues cumulative voting risks church aligned candidates and urges electors to support candidates who promise secular education, warning that the first London School Board must avoid becoming a sectarian coalition.
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First School Board of London
Sunday Evening In The Theatres Reverberates With War Mockery
The piece laments sermonizing to the masses amid two powerful nations clashing over civilised ideals. It condemns religious and social progress efforts as hypocritical during a period of merciless conflict.
Sunday religious services in theatres and halls
The war spurs religious and social work as crowds fill venues like Sadler's Wells and Britannia Theatre for Sunday services. Working-class attendees seek spiritual instruction amid fear of recreation Sunday temptations, with Oxford Street lectures led by Mr. B. H. Cowper defending Christian truth. The Earl of Shaftesbury presided at the first lecture, signaling ongoing outreach through theatres and music halls.
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Sadler’s Wells Theatre
Oxford Music Hall
Shoreditch Town Hall
Tom Paine
Arine
Bradlaugh
Finsbury Temple
France
Britannia Theatre
Hoxton
Victoria and Standard
Sadler’s Wells
Holborn Amphitheatre
Oxford Street
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Earl of Shaftesbury
Shoreditch
Cowper
Sunday Special Services Open Doors To Worship
The author argues these theatre and music hall services strengthen Christian labor and the faith of the artisan, drawing new attendees to regular worship. Such gatherings educate the unbaptized and unfamiliar, easing the barrier of unfamiliar language and customs, and gradually filling the House of God. The piece promotes wider use of Sunday Special Services.
Royal plans and social notes from Glasgow and London
The accident to Princess Louise delays Her Majesty's northward return to the 15th inst. The Marquis of Lorn heads Glasgow and Argyleshire Society dinner with Highland honours to the Princess. Cabinet talks on the Duke of Argyll’s son’s marriage plan, with settlements proposed for the Princess and bridegroom. A dukedom for the Marquis of Lorn, and precedence for Prince Christian. Arthur unveils Guildhall stained glass window. Debts of Lord Courtenay, a bankrupt at 34. Nature reports an eclipse expedition and Gladstone penning an Edinburgh Review article. Professor Cairnes lectures on political economy at University College. Swearing in Prince Christian as Windsor Steward follows a royal banquet amid public interest. Lady Burgoyne receives a gold locket from the Empress for the voyage on the Gazelle.
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Glasgow and Argyleshire Society
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Birmingham Post
Duke of Argyll
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Prince Arthur
Corporation of London
Guildhall
Cardwell
Mr. Bright
Lord Courtenay
Gladstone
Daily News
France
Germany
England
Edinburgh Review
Cairnes
University College
Gower Street
Child asks why man is black in old tale
A four or five year old boy, ignorant of Black people, wonders who painted the man black. His father answers that God did. The child then remarks he would not have thought the man would hold still.
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