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From: “Far and Near: Notes of the Month,” Sunday At Home 1902-1903, pages 137-138 Casting Out Devils In Birmingham [p.137] ST. LAURENCE PARISH, Birmingham, is not an attractive spot; a death-rate of forty per thousand, and a reputation for ruffianism and rowdyism, have given it a character unenviable. It is here that policemen go two and…
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How a notorious Gin-Palace became a Mission Hall and Community Centre as a result of the work of Dr Barnardo. A fascinating contemporary account. Anonymous “The Story of a Coffee Palace,” Sunday at Home 990 (April 19, 1873): 262-264.
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The following book is now online in PDF: Antony Billington, Tony Lane & Max Turner, editors. Mission and Meaning. Essays Presented to Peter Cotterell. Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 1995. Pbk. ISBN: 0853646767. Preface Main Publications of Peter Cotterell Contributors Abbreviations I. Biblical Perspectives 1. The Meaning of Mis David F. Paynesion in Isaiah 40-55 2. Nebuchadnezzar’s…