Social work of the London churches : being some account of the Metropolitan Visiting and Relief Association, 1843-1937 / prepared under the direction of the Executive committe of the association and in co-operation with the London Association of Voluntary School Care Committee Workers, by J.C. Pringle.

Pringle, John Christian, 1872-1938.

Date:: 1937

Credit: Social work of the London churches : being some account of the Metropolitan Visiting and Relief Association, 1843-1937 / prepared under the direction of the Executive committe of the association and in co-operation with the London Association of Voluntary School Care Committee Workers, by J.C. Pringle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Chapter II THE PAROCHIAL IDEA: IS A REVIVAL NOW DUE? i. Man Only Essays at Infrequent Intervals the Most Baffling of all His Tasks .... ii. Re-integrating Religion with Life • • • iii. The Greatest of the Professions: Can Mankind Afford to Let it Die? • ♦ • . iv. Temporary Eclipse of the Parochial Clergy in the Social Services v. ‘The Most Miserable Year’ • • • • vi. ‘Gaps’ and ‘Cover’ vii. The Coming of the Category viii. A Single-minded Parochial Objective ix. What We Believe: the Choice of the Parochial Idea ns the Instrument of Progress x. Category ‘Re-invading’ PAGE 85 90 103 107 114 126 130 135 I38 !52 Chapter III THE METROPOLITAN VISITING AND RELIEF ASSOCIATION, 1843—1937 i. Historical Sketch The Two Situations, 1843 and 1937 iii. The Metropolitan Visiting and Relief Association and Its Allies iv. Two of Our Founders: ***** (1) Charles James Blomfield, D.D., Bishop of London (2) William Ewart Gladstone, M.P. v. A Pillar of the Metropolitan Visiting and Relief Association: Miss Louisa Twining vi. Our Greatest Ally: Sir Charles Stewart Loch vii. Progress of the Parochial Idea even after 1886 l6l r77 188 196 196 200 204 211 220

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