27 Apr 1870
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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 27, 1870
Page
1
A Newcastle meeting united multiple denominations in opposition to government education measures. The piece notes Earl Shaftesbury’s stance, attacks on dissenters, debates over state church establishment, and reports on Baptist unions and church baptisms. It concludes with a forecast of imperial shifts away from state churches.
The Liberation Society announces its annual soirée will be held at Freemasons Hall next Tuesday evening, one day earlier than usual, with a new venue from St James’s Hall. Tea arrangements are expected to improve. The speakers and supporters list includes Episcopalian, Free Church, Independent, Baptist, Unitarian, and Methodist names led by chairman Mr Richard MP, promising a broad and representative gathering. Topics are described as numerous and engaging, ensuring a useful and attractive meeting.
The London Young Men's Committee concluded its conference season at the Metropolitan Tabernacle. W Olney chaired the gathering as secretary from the Liberation Society spoke on recent aspects of the Establishment Question. J Canverh Wrulliams noted twenty years of work on church state union and warned that old arguments now seem obsolete.
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