Bible-Burning / the substance of a sermon preached in St. Martin's Church, Birmingham, on Sunday evening, Dec. 10, 1848

The preacher addresses a local episode in which a schoolgirl’s copy of the Authorized Version of the New Testament was burned by a Roman Catholic priest, framing the incident with the biblical image of a roll consumed by fire. He reads and considers letters and official statements from clergy on both sides, weighs the moral and legal dimensions of destroying sacred texts, and condemns the act while urging candour, charity, and adherence to truth. The discourse seeks to expose abuses and defend religious conviction without inciting sectarian hostility, appealing to conscience and law as remedies for communal grievance.