[posted] Posted(#49126, Smart)
David Price
ccx074 at pglaf.org
Wed Jun 3 12:34:23 PDT 2015
The Duty of a Christian People under Divine Visitations, by Newton Smart 49126
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/4/9/1/2/49126 ]
[Files: 49126-0.txt; 49126-h.htm]
For those wishing to know: the book was occasioned by the outbreak of
Cholera at various seaports in England, around 1832. The Rev. Smart
thought this was God's punishment against a sinful people and in the book
lists the multiple failings of the English and demands repentance and
reform. He's also very worried about the future of the Church of England
which had started to come under attack from "free thinkers" and, he felt,
scientists. It's an alternate response to the issues of the times to that
provided by the Tractarian movement, which started at more or less the
same time.
All the best,
David,
Sunny England
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