Disestablishment debate and church state confrontations noted
The piece surveys religious endowment, church power, and political theatre in Britain and Ireland. It notes bishops meetings, a Liberty Society event at St James's Hall, and protests over disestablishment while praising recent Protestant arguments and Butler’s view on church property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ireland
Poripletaly
Anglican Church
Free Church of Scotland
Pitt
Liberation Society
St. James’s Hall
Dublin
Greenock
Dundee
Gunion
Wilson
the Guardian
Butler
Liverpool
Glasgow
England
Channel
Church of Ireland
Church of England
Liberation Society Conference Scheduled Next Week
The Liberation Society reminds that Saturday is the last day to notify delegate appointments for the conference to be held in Cannon Street Hotel. proceedings begin Tuesday at eleven with a business committee, then dinner at three and resumption at six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon-street Hotel
Hanover Square
J. Henry Tillett
Norwich
Conference Proceedings Agenda Slated for Approval
The conference programme awaits business committee approval before publication. It is expected to include a paper on Dean Stanley’s recent address and another on the present state of the Church of England. The Irish Church question is likely a prominent topic at both the Conference and the soirée.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Austria
Monsell
M‘laren
Edinburgh
Mr. Disraeli
Hampden
Disraeli
Archdeacon Denison
House of Lords
Canterbury
The
Baptist Union
Dr. Gotch
Union
Green
Dean Stanley
Church of England
The Irish Church Meeting at Metropolitan Tabernacle
A large Wednesday gathering at the Metropolitan Tabernacle supports Mr Gladstone's Irish Church resolutions. Speakers included Jacob Bright and T B Potter as crowds outside echo the inside cheers. The chairman argues for justice to Ireland and criticizes the Established Church as political, urging a union based on shared interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Bright
M.P
T. B. Potter
Fawcett
Mason Jones
James Spurgeon
C. H. Spurgeon
House of Commons
England
Ireland
United Kingdom
Belfast
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God
Canaan
Abraham
Commons
Lords
the Liberation Society
the Irish Church
Metropolitan Taber
Nacle
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