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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 12, 1876
Page
3
The article surveys meetings across towns where speakers advocated disestablishment and church reform. It notes support growing among clergy opponents and L iberation Society advocates, with lectures by W W Jubb and G Hastings drawing strong turnout, amid counter speeches from Anglican leaders.
Halifax debate on church rate reform includes vicar Mr Baxter proposing abolishing annual meetings and fixing last year’s rate at £1647. He favors landowner compensation, overseer collection with 5 percent, and borrowing £26,000 to fund a 4 percent return, creating £1000 yearly for the vicar, with twenty five years to redeem the rate. Mr Stansfeld notes long-standing local opposition and discusses potential voluntary subscriptions between dissenters and churchmen, while concerns about legal and historical arrangements persist. The committee adjourned to October 28 to consider a report.
The Rev. James Davis, secretary to the Evangelical Alliance, after visiting Austria Germany and Belgium reports that despite progress by the Imperial Government toward liberty the Austrian state remains far behind other European nations in religious freedom. Police vigilance targets Protestant and Evangelical efforts requiring caution.
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