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Robert Wallace

1812–1866

A 19th-century religious writer and minister, he is best known for a sermon published after the public burning of the Bible at Kingstown in 1855. His surviving work captures the sharp religious arguments and public tensions of mid-Victorian Ireland.

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A voice from the fire : a sermon occasioned by the public burning of the Bible at Kingstown, by the Redemptorist Fathers, on the 5th of November, 1855

A voice from the fire : a sermon occasioned by the public burning of the Bible at Kingstown, by the Redemptorist Fathers, on the 5th of November, 1855

by Robert Wallace

About the author

Available sources identify him as Robert Wallace (1812–1866) and connect him with the published sermon A Voice from the Fire: A Sermon Occasioned by the Public Burning of the Bible at Kingstown, by the Redemptorist Fathers, on the 5th of November, 1855. The work was preached in Dublin and printed in 1855, showing that he was active as a Christian minister and pamphlet writer during a period of intense religious debate.

Because the reliable information found is limited, only a small outline of his life can be confirmed with confidence. What does come through clearly is his role as a public religious voice: his sermon responds directly to a controversial public event and reflects the forceful Protestant-Catholic arguments of the time.

No clearly verified portrait image of him was found from the sources reviewed, so a profile image is not included.