Education Act conflict over denominal schooling fuels church debate
Clergy face accusations of manipulating schools to advance denominations under the Education Act. A Wesleyan motion laments Government inaction and calls for undenominational schools. The Times contrasts Wesleyan and Church of England effectiveness while Methodists oppose Ritualistic trends and urge Protestant unity.
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H. W. Holland
Times
the Times
Church of England
Church of
Engand
Lincoln
Bishop Wordsworth
United Methodist Free Churches
Lord Shaftesbury
Bennett
Church of Rome
Law
Liberation lectures spark large audiences in Durham villages
Reverend J H Gordon addressed crowds at Crook Frosterley Gran Kowil and Esu DcLurrry in open air or schoolrooms. Topics covered included establishment state support and disestablishment of popery. Large attendance, fervent support, and thanks expressed.
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Liberation Society
Esu
Durham
Gordon
The Church And The Labouring Classes Debate
The Labourers' Union Chronicle has spent weeks debating clergy relations with village laborers. It reveals a long standing alienation felt by workers toward the clergy, sometimes expressed with strong language.
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Labourers’ Union Chronicle
Clergy blamed for social injustice and support of wage slavery
A Yorkshire Labourers' Union Chronicle critique accuses Church leaders of luxury while workers endure misery, oppose education reform, and fail to challenge serflike wages. Articles argue Christianity must empower the poor and denounce the Established Church's collaboration with elites.
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Wade
Stally
Chronicle
Wood
Church of England
Labourers’ Union Chronicle
Hospital Sunday and sectarian commentary
The establishment papers note Church of England contributions to the London Hospital Sunday fund totaling 17,8371 while Nonconformist chapels gave 7,835. They conclude the national Church is growing and Nonconformity fading, citing 582 churches contributing.
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Church of England
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