Friday, 22 March 2013

'Religious Indifference'

An early warning of mass-starvation overseas from the London Vegetarian Society. Published in The Vegetarian News (Summer 1951 edition)

Saturday, 9 March 2013

'The Chinese Vegetarian Vow'

A theological dispute between the Vegetarian Society and Christian missionaries, as presented in The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review (December 1914 & February 1915 editions) See: 'Missions in China'

Saturday, 23 February 2013

'Eating and Drinking to the Glory of God' (1902)

An essay reprinted from a Salvation Army journal in The Herald of the Golden Age (February 1902) See: Food Reformers and the Salvation Army

Sunday, 17 February 2013

Arnold Hills letter to the Daily Mail (1913)

Published in the January 17th edition of the newspaper and reprinted in The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review (February 1913) See: Obituary

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Quotation: The Rev. Dr. William Hamilton Drummond (1838)

"While we "eat the fat and drink the sweet," we never, for an instant reflect on the animal sufferings which precede the banquet;—the barbed hook, the lacerating shot, the shrieks, the groans, and the dying agony. Such reflections would embitter the taste; therefore they are excluded as enemies of our peace; and cruelties continue to be perpetrated not because we approve of them, but because we allow ourselves to become even unconscious of their existence."

From The rights of animals and man's obligation to treat them with humanity by William H. Drummond, D.D., M.R.I.A. (John Mardon publishers, 1838, p.122)At least 3 editions of the work have been re-published in recent years and the original text has been made available by Google books.

Monday, 4 February 2013

'The Pope's Everyday Life' (1902)

From The Vegetarian dated December 20, 1902

Friday, 25 January 2013