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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 18, 1869
Page
15
A German observer argues that religion should yield to morality, predicting disendowment and disestablishment will spread as democracy grows. He notes Liberals oppose state church control, cites Orthodoxy favoring Voluntaryism, and warns the civil State Church may be doomed if democracy advances.
A Berlin cathedral incident prompts debate over German faith as a nineteen year old Protestant, Biland, shoots at a clergyman during the Creed. The bullet wounds a chorister. Biland claims zeal against church deceit. Critics split on religion’s decline versus revival.
New York Daily News correspondent reports Episcopal Bishop Whitehouse of Illinois clashes with Bishop Cummins of Kentucky over preaching and doctrinal disputes. Trinity Church Chicago invites Cummins. Whitehouse seeks to bar further invitations, cites aggression. Separate case against Rev Cheney for omitting the word regenerate in infant baptism leads to church court clashes and injunctions.
The piece argues the West will not become a hotbed of schisms though Mormon-like ritualism spreads. It notes Catholic tensions in Chicago and rising American rights sentiment over hierarchical control. It portrays the West as orthodox yet liberal in church building and clergy respect, paralleling Eastern patterns.
The item reviews diverse church and public matters including the Papal Defence Fund shipment of 1,000 Remington rifles at 3,400 pounds, the Vicarage at Doncaster seeking aid, and Dr Vaughan bearing curatorial duties. It notes Durham Sisters of Mercy desertion claims, warns on state church relations, and summarizes railway company views on church rates and religious endowment amid disestablishment debates.
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