Thursday 28 July 2011

Hannah Hurnard (1905-1990)




Former Baptist minister and Bible College teacher, John Wood, traces the life of the missionary whose publications included at least two theological vegetarian booklets: Children of the Highest and The Way of the Holy, Harmless Lamb.

Monarch publications, 1996

Friday 22 July 2011

'Christianity and Vegetarianism' by L. Pearce




From The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review (February 1951)

See Article

Friday 15 July 2011

'The Race that is set before us' by Rev. A.O. Broadley






Sermon delivered at the Bible Christian Church of Salford, on 11th October 1908 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Vegetarian Society.

Transcript published in The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review (December 1908)

See also: 'A Vegetarian Church'

Wednesday 13 July 2011

Quotation: Bishop Joseph Butler (1692-1752)


"Man in his pride is too apt to believe that all the world is made for him; yet the earth teems with life in other forms, even in regions never trodden by man, and in corners to which he cannot penetrate, and where it has no relation whatever to him"

Cited in a letter to The Dietetic Reformer and Vegetarian Messenger (October 1863)

Friday 8 July 2011

'Vegetarianism and Christianity'



The Vegetarian Society position, as presented in the January 1951 edition of The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review.

See related article by Professor Allsopp

Friday 1 July 2011

'Peter's Vision' by the Rev. James Clark



From a letter dated December 15th 1862 and published in The Dietetic Reformer and Vegetarian Messenger (January 1863 edition).

See: Portraits and tract on the same theme from 1902