A Voice from the Fire, by Robert Wallace 64731
[Subtitle: A Sermon occasioned by the public burning of the Bible at
Kingstown, by the Redemptorist Fathers, on the 5th of
November, 1855]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/3/64731 ]
[Files: 64731-0.txt; 64731-h.htm]
For those wishing to know: I'd stumbled on a reference to the "recent
Bible burnings" whilst transcribing a Kensington book, so had a look for
anything contemporary to give a bit more background. This is a short
sermon preached in Dublin where two religious groups were in conflict, one
was so provoked as to burn a Bible, only a page of which was rescued from
the fire (hence the title). It's mainly the Protestant group saying how
terrible the Catholic group were, but it contains a first hand account of
it.
All the best,
David,
Overcast but bright England
