Conference debates on Education Act repeal and church tests
Ministers discuss petitions to Parliament supporting Candlish on repeal of the 25th Education Act clause and Fawcett’s Dublin University Tests. The meeting reviews finances, elects officers, and approves memorials to Gladstone and Forster amid calls for church-state separation and religious liberty.
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D. J. Hamer
Candlish
Fawcett
Dublin University
Miall
Manchester
Pearson
Liverpool
Disraeli
Grosvenor-street Chapel
W. Armitage
J. Gwyrner
Alex. Thomson
Atrrep Barnes
Farnworth
Caleb Scott
Lancashire Independent College
J. Gwyther
R. M. Davies
A. Thomson
T. Green
Miali
Nail
West Riding Congregational Union and Home Missionary Society
Mount Zion Chapel
Sheffield
Bryan Dale
House of Commons
Gladstone
Ireland
Episcopal Church
Mission Room Loan Fund
Davin Loxton
J. W. Barns
J. H. Morgan
Yorkshire Congregational Union
Chapel Sundayschool Society
Mr. Conyers
W. E. Gladstone
W. E. Forster
Mr. Gladstone
Mr. Forster
Paddy
England
Henry Sturt
Dewsbury
J. W. Winwans
Ald
Prolific Church Meetings Across Regent Square and Gosport
The Synod opened in Regent square with Rev Thain Davidson unanimously chosen Moderator. At Wycliffe Congregational Church a foundation stone was laid by Samuel Rigby with 500 attendees. Queen Victoria met Dr Robert Moffat at Gosport and heard him preach at the Independent Chapel.
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Moffat
Gosport
Windsor
Robert Moffat
Ponsonby
South Africa
Livingstone
W. H. Jellie
A. H. Harcourt
Africa
England
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Bradford
West Riding Congregational Union
House of Lords
Osborne Morgan
Congregational Churches
Yorkshire
Cutlers’ Hall
E. R. Conorr
Giles Hester
H. Sandiers
Wakefield
General Committee
West Riding
W.H. Conyers
Leeds
Bruce
United Executive Committee
J. P. Gumpstone
W. H. Conyers
R. Bruce
Wicker Church
Mellor