Devond Institution Pushes for Church Reform and Lay Co operation
A Devon meeting urged Church reform and diffusion of information on endowments. Speakers urged lay participation, better church accommodation for the poor, and petitions to Parliament against disestablishment. Leaders pledged unity to defend church interests amid reforms.
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Exeter
Archdeacon Woollcombe
Hon
C. Woop
England
House of Commons
English Church Union
Daily
Cannon-street
Honry Crom Raikes, Esq
Church Institution
London
Devon Institution
Mialli
Archdeacon Freeman
Dean
Lord Churston
Lord Clinton
John Kennaway
J. H. Kennaway
J. W. Walrond
Prob. Sanders
Moore-Stevens
Edmonstone
Lawxuss
South Street
Canon Cook
Miall
Harding
Carew
Three Bishops On The Disestablishment Question
The Bishop of Manchester urged careful debate on disestablishment while defending the Church of England’s role and endowments. He warned against rapid splits and stressed unity under law, recalling Spurgeon counsel on funding ministers and noting the Church’s long-standing national duties.
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Manchester
St. Paul’s Literary Society
House of Lords
Church of England
Spurgeon
Church Building Society
England
Henry VIII
Plantagenet
Rome
John
Ancoats
Heansgate
Privy Council
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Peterborough
Leicester Church Extension Society
Rochester
Great Berkhampstead