Forty ordained candidates and a nation in prayer at Sheffield
The Wesleyan Conference in Sheffield faced ordination of eighty-two candidates from ninety-four, with twenty-four chosen for foreign missions. A prominent debate on sabbath trade restrictions and a large endowment plan for home missions followed, as ministers’ deaths and chapels funded by Hazlehurst dominated proceedings. The assembly approved funds toward new chapels and listed extensive connexional statistics.
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Daily Record
Haworth and
Louth
J. W. Greveves
Chapel Yard
Home Missionary Fund
Metropolitan Lay Missionary Fund
Foreign Missions
Dr. Ossorw
Perks
London
PunsHon
Paesiprat
Charles Wealey
Sheffield
W. M
Panshon
Luke H. Wiseman
Owston ‘Ferry
J Judicial Committee
Privy Council
Thomas Hazlehurst
Runcorn
Halton
Williams
W. B. Pope
A. HoLtoway
Huddersfield
Connexional
Missionary Committee
R. Bushell
T. M. Booth
H. T. Mawson
Connexion
Connexional Committee
Alderman Green
North Shields
Matlock
United Methodists Hold Nineteenth Free Churches Assembly
The nineteenth annual assembly of the United Methodist Free Churches met in Nottingham with a large turnout. Rev J Kirsop was elected president for the year. The proceedings continued on Thursday with the first draft of the ministers stations discussed.
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United Methodist Free Churches
Nottingham
J. Kirsop
Evangelistic Services and Moody-Sankey Events Across UK
Daily evangelistic meetings were held in Edinburgh’s Music Hall under Mr Henry Varley. Bradford-on-Avon hosted a recognition service for Rev Beddow. Broadlands hosted Mr Pearsall Smith movements with Mr Cowper-Temple presiding. Moody laid the foundation stone of a new chapel at Rossett near Wrexham and preached in Wrexham with large crowds. Moody and Sankey’s Liverpool farewell meetings drew vast audiences and emphasized unity and youth Christian associations.
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Music Hall
Edinburgh
Henry Varley
Hagiane
America
Radford-On-Avon
Witts
Congregational Chapel
Bradford-on-Avon
B. Beddow
S. J. ©. Gallaway
A.M
London
Moody
Wrexham
Chester
Mold
Dolgelly
Wales
Liverpool
Moody and
Sankey
Drummond
Stirling
Stalkar
Scotland
Moody and Sankey Sail for New York After Publican Talk
In a stirring address urging abstinence from strong drink, Moody urged publicans to quit the trade as a moral crusade. The speech described taverns as hellish traffic and ended with prayer, moving many in attendance. Moody and Sankey depart for New York today.
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Lot
Sodom
Mr. Moody
Mr. Sankey
New York
Clergymen Publish Four Proposals On Parochial Burial
A group of ministers from Anglican and Nonconformist bodies report a consensus after confidential talks on churchyard burials. They propose options for services, eligibility, and governance, plus penalties for disturbance, with detailed regulations to follow. The signatories include Revs Henry Allen Joseph Angus Edward Auriol and others.
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S1r
House of Commons
Henry Allen
Islington
Joseph Angus
Wesleyan Missionary Society
Daniel Wilson
Joseph Bardsley
John Kennedy
Canadian Emigration and Religious Needs of Workers
A letter to the editor discusses hundreds of underpaid agricultural labourers leaving for Canada in the past years. It notes they fare tolerably well with guidance from friends and raises concern for their future religious needs as many labourers have...
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Srm
Canada
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