Methodist Conference Advances Lay Representation and Missions
The report details the Wesleyan Conference in session with Bishop Harris and other leaders. It notes changes favoring lay representation, growth in ministers and members, and plans for future meetings at Sheffield and possibly Nottingham. It also covers home and foreign mission funding, education efforts in India, and calls for stronger subscription systems to aid missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
McCawley
America
J. Hocart
Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Methodist Episcopal Church In
Wesley
Weasley
Methodist Episcopal Church
Circuit
Sheffield
Nottingham
Wesleyan
Home Mission and
Rigg
Home Mission Fund
Financial District
Foreign Missionary Committee
James Heald
Wesleyan Foreign Missionary Society
C. Garrett
Garrett
Missionary Society
Atkinson
Hull
India
C. M.cutcheon
Ireland
Prince Bismarck
Jobson
Mr. Good
Berwick-on- Tweed
Wesleyan Missionary Society
Methodist Free Churches
Newcastle-on-Tyne
R. Chew
J. Garside
Burrows
Garside
H. W. Mawson
Robert Bushell
Gratitude From Gravesend Church For Pastor Guest
A July 28 1874 Gravesend church address to Pastor Guest thanks him for loving ministry aiding Milton Mount College and youth. It notes his health strain and asks God to grant rest and strength before his return to lead the congregation. A second signature from about a hundred young parishioners accompanies the pastoral commendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scuoon Union
Prentices
Old Bailey
E.C
Illiam Groser
McArthur
M.P
Groser
Mesars
Benham
Hartley
Tresidder
Shrimpton
Kino
Lanauey
Herts
New Baptist
T. Foston
Hemel Hempstead
B. Piffard
Eay
Archibald Brown
J. W. Thomas
Boxmoor
Bovingdon
Milton Congregational Church
Gravesend
William Guest
J. Gould, Esq
William Greast
F.G.S
Toons
Milton-on-Thames Congregational Church
Christ
Milton Mount College
James Mathews
Jouhnn Gould
John Walls
F. Carpenter
Guest
Correspondence on Wage Increases in Coal Industry
A reader cites higher local wage rises, claiming in 1870 to 1873 a cost increase of 4s 7d per ton, challenging a correspondent's claim that wage gains added only 2s per ton to production. He warns such statements mislead workers and provoke strikes, noting his own recent disruption and delayed resolution.
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W. C
Children of Missionaries Education Institute Needs Support
Letter to the Nonconformist highlights a thirty eight year old institution aiding daughters of Christian missionaries. It runs as both a school and home from ages five or six, offering moral and physical care and education while parents pay about half the cost. The writer urges subscriptions of 250 to 300 pounds annually to relieve financial strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Friends of Mission
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the Children OF Missionaries