ESTABLISHED A.D. 1857 for counteracting the Proselytizing designs of the Brompton Oratory, and for promoting Reformational principles.
President, CAPTAIN THE HON. FRANCIS MAUDE, R.N.
Vice-Presidents, THE EARL OF BANDON, THE EARL OF DARNLEY, THE EARL OF EFFINGHAM.
Treasurer, J. ROBISON WRIGHT, Esq., 16, Summer Place, Onslow Square, S.W.
Honorary Superintendent, Rev. G. W. WELDON, M.A., 4, Vincent Street, Ovington Square.
Secretary, Mr. M. WALBROOK.
Office, 5b, SLOANE STREET, S.W.
ORIGIN OF THE INSTITUTE. Was formed in 1857 by a few friends who were interested in the maintenance of Evangelical principles, and who were anxious at the same time to combat the aggressive movements of the Romish Priests connected with the Brompton Oratory.
OBJECT. To maintain and defend that blessed Gospel which our Reformers in the 16th Century brought to light, after it had been obscured by the darkness of Mediæval superstition. In a word, to warn the incautious, to win back the lapsed, inform the ignorant, and enlighten those whose minds are darkened by superstition.
MEANS EMPLOYED. The combined agency of the Press, the Platform, and the Pulpit, with Classes for Controversial Divinity. A careful vigilance over the efforts of Romish emisssaries. The issuing of papers bearing directly on the truths of the Gospel, as opposed to the innovations of the Church of Rome.