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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 12, 1874
Page
3
R N Young appointed secretary of the committee. A letter from the Sunday School Union urged united prayer for Sunday schools and asked the Conference to observe October 25 and 26. The letter was acknowledged. With much business remaining the Conference decided to sit in the evening for the rest of the session.
The Newcastle gathering of the United Methodist Free Churches closed with resolutions to fund local evangelistic work abroad and at home, including a London mission. The Connexional Fund may cover up to half of mission costs, with £500 yearly target and recent fund increases noted.
More than 1,600 ministers were fixed for another year by the vote thus taken, extending their tenure and confirming official support across the board.
The new Belgrave church, built by local Nonconformists, opened with mid day and evening services attended by many from Leicester. Leaders from Baptist, Congregational, Independent and Wesleyan churches spoke or preached, collections reached 6 12, and about 200 dined in the schoolroom. The movement aims to unite diverse faiths under one “Lord’s” church, with costs reported near 1,550 pounds plus 240 pounds promised.
A Nathaniel Rogers Exeter donor funds a new Cambridge church window by Drake Exeter. expected completion in September. Bournemouth Baptists perform immersion at sea using bathing-machines due to lack of worship spaces. Heckmondwike marks 200th anniversary of its first Congregational Church with services, tea, and addresses. Midland Counties Congregationalists plan September meetings in Derby on Christian Life and Work with leaders from Scotland, Birmingham, Nottingham, Chester, Lincoln, London, and others. Blackheath Mission School hosts prize day and speech event.
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