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Leeds Temperance Debate Voiced by Clergy and Victuallers
A record of a Leeds temperance meeting where Canon Bullock and Mr Woodhouse defend trade ties, critics denounce liquor profits, and a Wesleyan superintendent Mr Rose argues for private church funds free of alcohol revenue. The piece critiques church complicity with the liquor trade and urges reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon Bullock
Leeds
Friends of
Hugh Price Hughes
Armstrong ‘Bennetts
Methodist Times
R.W. Rose
Sandwich
Kent
Methodist Sunday School Record
Band of Hope
Christ's Church
Rose
Mr. Rose