Henry Salt on the Bible and Vegetarianism

An interesting assessment of moral theology within the Food Reform movement which obliquely refers to the Rev. Gideon J. Ouseley (author of The Gospel of the Holy Twelve).

From the memoir Company I Have Kept, Allen & Unwin, 1930

See also: 'Bible and Beef' by Henry S. Salt and 'The Vegetarian Society and the Bible'

'Friends and Vegetarianism' (1944)

The Friends' Vegetarian Society is the oldest surviving Christian fellowship of its kind, having been founded in 1902. The society has published at least eight tracts in the course of its history and their newsletter has recently been revived - contact the F.V.S. c/o Bal Saini for subscription details at 176 Stoney Lane, Sparkhill, Birmingham B12 8AN.

The above text is the original source of a FVS leaflet which is reproduced with the kind permission of the Friend magazine.

See also: 'Vegetarian Society overture to Quakers' (1880)

Vegetarianism: A Radical Principle in Animal Welfare by the Rev. Professor Johannes Ude

From The Vegetarian News, October 1929

See: Profile

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.