Attitudes Toward Burials Bill and Church Fortunes Debated
The piece surveys reactions to the Burials Bill with church figures like Mr. Pratt arguing for nonconformist access to church spaces. It cites The Guardian on party divisions and explores church property questions, Protestant vindication from Ritualism, and Scottish education board elections amid religious tensions.
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Church of England
Pratt
Crofton
Guardian
House of Commons
House of Lords
The disestablishment movement meeting debate in London
A large gathering at the Young Men's Christian Association hall voices opposition to state church privilege. Speakers denounce Disraeli’s Burials Bill and argue for religious equality, with attacks on Anglican theological and moral standards under state supervision.
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Friends of Religious Equality
Young Men's Christian Association
Disraeli
J. G. Rogers
Clapham
Bristol
Mr. Disraeli
Hagland
United States of America
Rogers
Church of England
Switzerland
France
Belgium
Germany
Howard White
London
Cambridge
England
Otien
Europe
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Mr. Pratt
Church Association
Endowed Schools Commission
National Education Union
The
Education Union