Debate on secular education and public funding in Parliament
Speakers warned that state support must fund efficient secular teaching and grant equal access to all. They argued public money should not sustain denominational schools, urged noncompulsory rates in destitute areas, and pressed for a robust minister of education while upholding religious instruction in a broader framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lords
Commons
Bruce
Green
IIL
Church of Christ
Sioux
Ouarnman
Missionary meeting at Exeter Hall calls for greater effort
The eleventh annual missionary meeting of the United Methodist Free Churches at Exeter Hall drew a large crowd led by A Sharman and supported by Revs Barton Chew Rogers Gutteridge Withington and others. Speakers urged faith in the gospel, noted gains abroad, and pressed for higher donations and more missions including a China station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Methodist Free Churches
Exeter Hall
A. Sharman, Esq
Sheffield
Barton
R. Chew
J. G. Rogers
J. Gutteridge
Withington
H. J. Mawson
Bible Society
Austria
Vienna
Italy
Rome
Pope
England
Barron
Australia
Jamaica
West Africa
Eastern
Africa
China
London
Free Methodist Church
R. Cxzw
Billy Dawson
Hell
London Missionary Society
J. S. Wruthcron
Mr. Gladstone
Thomas Cuthbertson
J. Gurreriex
Carey
India
H. T. Mawson
Contested Correspondence on New College Site Selection
A member defends colleagues amid misrepresentation over site hunt for a new college. He explains the committee sought land details from Bradford and other towns, faced silence from Bradford, and notes names of the united committee were omitted from the report.
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England
Richard Baxter
Bradford
United Committee
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