The Church and the Census, by James Skinner 64877 [Subtitle: A Tract for the Times] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/8/7/64877 ] [Files: 64877-0.txt; 64877-h.htm] For those wishing to know: when the 1861 census was coming up in England, there was debate about whether a question asking about a person's religion should be included. Rev. Skinner who was very pro-Church of England, and very anti everyone else, wanted none of it, because it would show the Church of England was losing support and wrote this tract. He condemned the Government for including it. The dissenters got the clause removed, and Rev. James added an appendix conemning the Government for listening to dissenters(!) All the best, David Overcast England
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David Price