Ecclesiastical Session Review Highlights Limited Reform
The Liberator summarizes a nearly finished session, noting little progress in Church reform. Of 227 public bills only 15 were ecclesiastical, with five affecting English and five Scottish establishments. The Bishoprics and other reform bills face rejection or doom, leaving overall improvement for the English Establishment doubtful.
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House of Commons
Methodist Conference At Bristol Reports on Doctrinal Duty and Ordination
The Bristol gathering covers sermons by Dr Pope and other preachers, debates over eternal punishment, and calls for adherence to Wesleyan doctrine. It notes retirements, ordinations of 74, and 151 candidates on trial, with discussion of circuit life, college training, and secretary appointments.
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Bristol
Panshon
Jobson
Jenkins
Gregory
Williams
W. W. Jubb
R. Glover
Wesley
Thomas Hughes
Osborn
Randell
Matthew Harberry
William Law
Warburton
Moses
Pope
Joseph Hargreaves
Timothy
Wesleyan
Wesleyan Ministry
Farrar
Headingley College
Leeds
Woodhouse Grove
Hellier
Lightwood
Hartley
Punshon
Alton
Canada
South Sea Islands
South Africa
West Indies
M. C. Osborne
John Walton
Joseph Bush
Frederick Greeves
Osborne
Dr. Punshon
New South Wales
Queensland
Victoria
Tasmania
South Australia
New Zealand
Australia
England
Friendly Isles
Joel Bulu
H. Sprague
St. John
New Brunswick
William Bracewell
Barnoldswick
Colne
Henry Pooley
Seacumbe
Henry Massingham
Granthorpe
Holt Circuit
Miss Heald