The Quarterly Review Volume . 187 (English, French, Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... excellent and eminent in other ways, were not, and are not, in any sense present-day representatives of Puritanism. For the same reason, they have found it necessary to give their propaganda, if not entirely, yet for the most part, a highly forensic forensic and worldly colour. At the 1874 Conference, already referred to, it was decided to raise a special fund of 100,000/. in five years, for the purpose of educating the electorate in the direction of the Disestablishment and Disendowment of the Church of England. Mr. Alfred Illingworth, who moved the resolution which was adopted on this subject, and enforced it bv promising 5000/. apiece from himself and two other Bradford families, dwelt with frankness on the necessity of putting forward the material side of the question. The ultimate fall of the ' Establishment' he intimated was certain, 'but it belonged to them (the Nonconformists) to say in what way it should fall. In other words, it belonged to them to take care that the mistakes. in regard to the financial settlement of the Irish Church were not repeated in the case of the English Church. He believed they could appeal with great success to the working classes on these questions, especially in pointing out to them that there were enormous revenues, national in their character, which were now used by a sect, and abused by a sect, but which funds the nation might reclaim and use with great advantage for national purposes. One of the great hindrances to the spread of education and the adoption of daily (? elementary) schools was expense; and what more natural than to suggest that the surplus funds of the Establishment should be used for erecting in every district Board Schools.' A beautifully ingenious suggestion, no doubt. 'He...