From The Cork Examiner, 30 December 1878 - THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER ON THE DISTRESS IN ENGLAND. Preaching at Ecclesta yesterday the Bishop of Manchester, referring to the prevalent distress, said, that nations as well as individuals had to suffer for their sins. We were now passing through a severe discipline, which properly affected all classes, for all classes needed it. Instead of doing what was right and acting upon principles that would restore confidence, men merely muttered prayers, forgetting that the prayers of the wicked are an abomination. Intemperance, dishonesty, falsehood, luxury, and licentiousness were the causes of decline and ruin of nations, and might be of ours. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Ireland Newspaper Abstracts Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.IrelandOldNews.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -