Charity Meeting Amid Packed Inn Hall and Young Men's Assembly
A crowded gathering opens with singing and prayer led by Rev John McKenny in Hoxton. Guardians and master praise generosity while speeches extol religious instruction and Sunday work. The Young Men’s Christian Association holds its twenty third annual meeting at Exeter Hall with Rev Dr Miller and Spurgeon attending. report shows 1867 membership gains, debts, and broad national reach across England Scotland Ireland and Wales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acata
John McKenny
Hoxton
S. John McKenny
Thomas Peckston
M.A
T. B. Smithies
G. Kirkham
J. C. Masters
J. Moreland
Adams
Young Men’s Christian Association
Exeter Hall
Earl of Shaftesbury
Miller
Greenwich
Samuel Martin
Westminster Chapel
C. H. Spurgeon
Metropolitan Tabernacle
R. D. Wilson
Craven Chapel
Richard Roberts
St. John’s-wood
Samuel Morley
W. Edwin Shipton
England
London Association
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Aldersgate-street
Church of Christ
R. Roberts
The Quest of the Chief Good by Rev Samuel Cox
Nottingham author Rev Samuel Cox plans a popular Ecclesiastes commentary titled The Quest of the Chief Good. The 300 page work will include a new translation and aims to acquaint lay readers with The Words of the Preacher while illustrating the social and political context of Hebrew Babylonian and Persian times.
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Samuel Cox
Nottingham
St. Paul
St. John,” &c
Anniversary Baptist session affirms separate church identity
The annual Baptist union meeting on John Street Chapel Bedford shows ministers and delegates in deep discussion. Dr Gotch defends Baptist immersion and individual church membership against state patronage while urging unity with other denominations where possible and cautious disestablishment talk.
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John Street
Bedfordtow
Dr. Burna
B. W. Noel
J. Chown
J. Clifford
Dr. Gorey
Bristol College
Church
Universal
Baptists
Universal Church
Baptista
Gotch
Hoe
Ireland
Church of Christ
Society of Friends
Independenta
Statesman
Baptist
Episcopal Church
Church Universal