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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 20, 1870
Page
2
A Kensington News account recalls thirty choristers in dark serge coats, led by a clergyman delivering six Passion discourses by the vestry door. The sermons critiqued ritual excess, addressed sinners, and warned against using church money for profane purposes.
Mr Bartley and Mr Paynter Allen report on religious instruction in Richmond Twickenham Mortlake and nearby suburbs. They condemn teaching as inefficient and argue clergy should supervise it. They cite negligent parish visits biased catechism lessons and troubling incidents. concerns include conscience rights and bigotry in enforcing denominational schooling.
A mass meeting at Cooper Institute New York on March 30 debated state sectarian school laws. Peter Cooper presented resolutions urging strict separation of church and state and accusing city officials of diverting over half a million dollars annually to churches and sectarian schools.
A speech and protest oppose State funding for sectarian schools. The orator denounces section 10 of chapter 876, urges repeal, defends nonsectarian public schools, and affirms equal rights for Catholic and Protestant citizens alongside immigrant groups.
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