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Past Events in the 1880s: The New Year - 1886 January
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"We wish our readers a happy new year! Another completed year has been added to the long roll of time, and we have reason to look back with gratitude for many mercies and blessings received whilst it has been running its course. No great event either at home or abroad to chronicle, but still a great deal has happened. |
The war in the Soudan was put an end to, but not till after it had failed to save Gordon. A war with Russia has been averted. Difficulties in the Balkans, which might have led to a European war, have been adjusted. Perhaps the events which at the present moment interest us most nearer home, are the results of the late Election, and the threatened attack on our Church. The new electorate has given us a Parliament differing but little from its predecessor, save that its members are still most harshly divided into parties. There are no longer two contending sides, Whig and Tory, but four parties, Liberals, Radicals, Irish Nationalists, and Conservatives. The Church has been threatened, but the threat so far has seemed to work to her advantage, and has infused a more liberal spirit and deeper desire for unity amongst her members. May God take care of us and so over-rule the acts of our legislators, that they may tend towards our real good; and may our Church be upheld, and be more and more active in our midst. Let us be hopeful for the coming year! Within the narrow limits of our parochial life, we have to mourn many losses by death, but otherwise, the past year has been uneventful amongst us. The New Year is before us, but who can attempt to foretell the pages of its history, which have yet to be written for another age to read. Again we wish our readers every happiness and blessing." Source: The Hampton Hill Parish Magazine - 1886 January |