Large turnout backs disestablishment aims across towns
In Westcombe and Stroud crowds fill the Assembly Room as Neville Goodman and others push a petition for disestablishment of the Church of England. Speakers argue the church's influence, clergy incomes, and state connection, with supporters winning votes of thanks and pledges to continue the campaign in Alford and Gainsborough.
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Neville Goodman
T. Fisk
Kidderminster
George Grove
W. Price
Goodman
Bevan
Cathedral School
Stroud
Cambridge
Thomas Parson
W. W. Laskey
E. Jacobs
G. Tanswell
C. C. Grimes
A. Ford
E. Jacob
Miall
Wales
G. F. Tanswell
C. Gimes
Bristol
Church of England
Dublin
Liberation Society
The
Gainsborough Times
G. W. Conder
Mr. Burge
Hayes
Inq
Gregory
D. Jones
J. Beale
W. Worsley
R. Jackson
J. Elson
C. Shipham
T. Maples
Disestablishment Lectures Across Town and Regions
Wednesday's Congre gational Hall lecture by George Kearley drew a large Nonconformist audience and endorsed a petition backing Miall's motion. Similar meetings followed in Waterfoot and Salford with lively debates on disestablishment and church property. Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge gatherings echoed the topic, while Gloucester Boston and Lincoln hosted others with scant reports.
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Alford
Conder
Baptist
E. Hayward
T. Lowe
G. Brooks
Haymes
J. Nutsey
G. Wallace
S. Haymes
Spilsby
G. Newbold
Burgh
Messrs. Baker
Wesleyan
Starbuck
Clarkson
Miall
George Kearley
W. Brown
A. Goodrich
8. Hawkes
Saunders
Shaw
Primitive Methodist
Chas. Williams
R. Cory
Williams
Salford
Brooke Herford
Salford Town Hall
Orange Lodges
Potter
Sheffield
Herford
Manchester Courier
Tunbridge Wells
W. Braden
London
Free Church Overture on Church Establishment Debate
At Edinburgh on a bid to reform state churches, Dr. Rainy proposes a General Assembly overture condemning Romanising errors in the Church of England and Rationalist trends. He argues establishment harms gospel truth and urges the Free Church to consider its stance against state support and in defence of ecclesiastical independence.
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Free Presbytery of
Edinburgh
Rainy
General Assembly
Sheppard
Supreme Ecclesiastical Court
Church of England
Church of Christ
Free Church of Scotland
United Kingdom
Poper
Voysey
Christ
Church of
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Braintree
Cardiff
Waterfoot
J. H. Gordon
A. J. Parry
Cloughford
J. F. Alexander
Lancashire
F. Williams
Newchurch
J. Robinson
Rawtens
Mr. Gordon
Gordon
D. George
Lee
Gloucester
Boston
Lincoln
Free Church and