The Progress of Morals: Day 7

Number of sermons read: 9 (under the "ten items per day" regime, ordering something that turns out to be irrelevant can certainly put a crimp in your style)
Date range: 1850-1867
Authors of interest: In addition to yet another appearance by Hugh M'Neile, today saw the arrival of Samuel Wilberforce, best remembered by Victorianists for a famous debate and by fans of Rumpole of the Bailey for inspiring Samuel "Soapy Sam" Ballard's nickname.   
Running themes: Ritualism; "Papal Aggression"; dangers of auricular confession.
Points of interest: Certain anniversaries were clearly "hot spots" for anti-Catholic preaching--for example, the internationally-observed Tercentenary of the Reformation (dates varied according to country), Nov. 5 (Gunpowder Plot), Nov. 17 (Queen Elizabeth's accession).  Today was also the first time I came across a clergyman explaining that the sermon he was delivering in 1859 had first been delivered in 1850.  (He got in trouble, apparently, because he forgot to edit the sermon adequately--a general remark about Romanizing priests in the pulpit was taken as referring to the church's previous incumbent...)