MILITANT NOVELIST.
REV. J. HOCKING. CATHOLIC MONASTERIES ATTACKED. irir TSI.EUIUVII—I'IIESS ASSOCIATION— COPTIIIGII I.) London, March 11. ' At the Free Church Council the Rev. Joseph Hocking mado a violent attack on the Roman Catholics. Ho alluded to thd fact that there were 1131 monasteries and nunneries in Britain compared with 70 in 1851, and bitterly attacked the newspapers on the, ground that they favoured Roman Catholics. There were tumultuous scenes, owing . to Mr. Hocking accusing prominent Free Church politicians of opposing tho proposal for a Government inquiry regarding conventual institutions in Britain. The council decided that the speech should be put in pamphlet form and sold broadcast' at a penny a. copy. [The Rev. Joseph Hocking is the minister of Union Church, Woodfqrd. which lie built at a cost of .£15,000. Ho is a powerful preacher, and is widely known as n hi.storicnl novelist who holds definite views upon the Protestant (location,-which he illustrates i:i his stories. I'lOin the year 1801 ho has, with only one excel tion, .published a new novel every year.]
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 455, 13 March 1909, Page 5
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173MILITANT NOVELIST. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 455, 13 March 1909, Page 5
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