Arbitration and solidarity in the Labourers' Union
Howard Evans argues for arbitration to resolve disputes within the Labourers' Union and urges more active support from sympathetic readers. He notes clergy involvement varies and criticizes misattributed Nonconformist backing while calling for audible and tangible aid. He envisions a future where cooperation replaces adversarial capital and labor.
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Labourers’ Union
Letter to the Editor on the Revolt of the Field 1874
Arthur Clayden argues for laborers' rights in the Eastern Counties dispute, praising union strength and urging clergy and philanthropists to fund support for agricultural workers. He rebuts critics like Eliot Yorke and Morton, cites a Southam case, and calls for cross-class backing to bridge rich and poor through solidarity and reform.
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Read
Times
London
Suffolk
Essex
National Agricultural Labourers’ Union
M.P
Poor Law Board
Eliot Yorke
Daily News
Executive Council
Leamington
Lincolnshire
Boston
J. Chalmers Morton
Morton
Southam
Overton
Edwards Wood
Crossleys
Mills
Wilsons
Joseph Arch
Arthur Clayden
New Supplement to Congregational Hymnbook Raises Questions
A letter discusses unmarked alterations in the New Supplement to the Congregational Hymnbook. It notes over twenty unmarked changes including works by Wordsworth Neale and others, questions fairness to Nonconformists, and criticizes the heavy addition of odd metres and increased cost for tune-books. London, April 11, 1874.
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Sizr
D. L
Watts
Bishop Wordsworth
J. M. Neale
Cox
Thring
Toke
E. Whitfield
Ellerton
How
Alford
Winkworth
Risen Lord
Jesus
Caswall
Sarum
London
How to Raise Church Funds
A historical letter advocates weekly storing and offering for ministerial support. It notes a convert who began at 3d a week and increased generosity over years, with others switching from quarterly or weekly gifts to weekly offerings. The letter urges Christians to adopt the plan as a blessed method.
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Howard Evans
Pondifara
Wood-street
Faringdon
Congregational Hymnbook