The Imperial Sunday Alliance was founded in 1908 by a Church of England clergyman, Bickersteth Ottley (1889-1932; WWW). He built on Archbishop Davidson's efforts in 1907 to rally representatives of the churches and labour to resist encroachments on Sunday as a day of rest, by creating a nationwide campaign. The defeat in 1914 of a Weekly Rest Day Bill promoted by the Alliance exposed the different and conflicting interests in sabbatarianism.

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• 10 May 1914