Dissolution urged as Metropolitan Anti-State Church links to British
A London meeting at the King's Head, Poultry, chaired by Mr Mumford, recommended dissolving the Metropolitan Anti State Church Association. The move aligns members with the British Anti state Church Association, arguing unity will better promote the anti state church cause and expand efforts nationwide. Noted supporters urged enrollment and continued labor to advance religious freedom.
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King’s Head Tavern
Poultry
Mumford
G. Simmons
Ita
Anti-state Church Association
Metropolitan Association
British Association
Daniel Pratr
Messrs Simmons
C. Miata
W. Crellin
Curtine
Evans
Houmis
Smith
Mans
Free Church Assembly Discusses New Colleges and Missions
A Edinburgh meeting of the Free Church General Assembly deliberated on forming new congregations and appointing a select committee to review railway Sabbath regulations. It approved a professorship in ethical philosophy, discussed a Aberdeen seminary, and noted plans for a new college linked with literature, science, and theology funded by £26,000. The assembly also outlined Canadian and Nova Scotia missions to support growing churches and prepared a major state of religion report awaiting public release.
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General Assembly of the Free Church
Edinburgh
College Hall
George Street
Tel Dr Black
Aberdeen
Supreme Court
Glasgow
Free Church
P. C. Macdougal
Edinburgh New Academy
Aue
Canada
Nova Scotia
Scotland
Seraption
Burns
Welsh
James Graham
Mesars Begg
Guthree
Macfarlane
Renfrew
Free Church of Scotland
Farmer James Smith Wins Pulpit Court Damages Case
In Edinburgh Jury court farmer James Smith of Alve parish won £160 damages against minister Alexander Gentile for words spoken from the pulpit during Sabbath service. The English Churchman notes a Newman paper notice inviting ladies to join the Sisterhood of Mercy addressed to J. J. M. care of Lord John Manners at Mr Burns Portman Street London.
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Edinburgh
James Smith
Alve
Alexander Gentile
Church of Scotland
Newman
Sisterhood of Mercy
Lord John Manners
Burns
Portman Street
London
Independent letter condemns Tahiti piece in Nonconformist
A Manchester reader denounces the latest Nonconformist issue for Tahiti coverage, accusing it of ignorance and misrepresentation. The author urges the paper to spare the Christian church, warns of future self-recrimination, and asks for repentance from the misused accuser of the brethren. August 10, 1844.
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Simn
Truth
Tahiti
British Isles
Manchester
French Aggressions in Polynesia Threaten Friendly Islands
A letter urges Britain to shield Tahiti and the Friendly Islands from French influence. It argues England must become the protector of Protestantism in the Pacific, warning of French propaganda and the peril to native rulers, and appeals for tolerant, lawful protection rather than bloodshed. The writer calls for moral action by the British state and supports asylum for persecuted individuals.
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Polynesia
Tahiti
England
Nobl
France
Rome
Kings of the Earth
Pomare
Fahiti
Great Britain
Pritchard
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Metropolitan Anti-State Church Association
the Free Church
Commission OF the General Assembly
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