Professor F.W. Newman (1805-1897)

Francis William Newman - a younger brother to Cardinal John Henry and President of the Vegetarian Society from 1873 to 1884.

Food reformers and the Salvation Army

An undated photograph of Sidney H. Beard, President of the Order of the Golden Age and first wife, Pattie, in Salvation Army uniform with thanks to Australian descendant, Dr. John Beard.

The Order maintained close links with the Salvationists during the early decades of the twentieth century through influential Officers who included the Chief-of-Staff and second General, Bramwell Booth.

See also: 'The Death of General Booth' , 'Food Reform in relation to Longevity' and Eating and Drinking to the Glory of God

The Bishop and the Angel

From The Vegetarian, June 1917 edition

Late-Victorian propaganda

A century before PETA unveiled their controversial 'Jesus was a Vegetarian' billboard campaign the London Vegetarian Society featured these two illustrations in the Christmas 1898 edition of their journal, The Vegetarian.

'Is the Vegetarian right?' by the Rev. Professor C.J. Cadoux

From The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review, May 1942

See: Obituary

'Contrasts'

From The Vegetarian, 15 December, 1900 edition

Quotation: The Rev. R. J. Porteous (1903)

" We cannot be spiritual beings and beasts of prey at the same time."

From The Herald of the Golden Age, March 1903 edition