BUST OF LORD LAWRENCE IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
So much for men; now for organisations. On March 8th, 1698-99, was founded the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. On March 13th, 1701, the Lower House of Canterbury Convocation appointed the committee to "inquire into ways and means for promoting the Christian religion in our foreign plantations," which led to the founding of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. The British and Foreign Bible Society was founded on March 7th, 1804. On March 4th, 1824, at a meeting held at the London Tavern, under the presidency of Archbishop Manners-Sutton, "The Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Ship-wreck" was launched. Its present title, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, was adopted in 1854.
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BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY'S PREMISES.
CHRISTABEL'S REBELLION.
AN EPISODE.
By E. S. Curry, Author of "The Twins," Etc.