Controversy Over Knight and Scottish Patronage Debates
The letter discusses Mr Knight seeking admission to the Established Church amid opposition, Dundee's small size, and hints at a London move with Mr Martineau. It notes a shift among Scottish MPs toward abolishing patronage and proposes questions for candidates on direct ministerial election, compensation, and Gladstone’s suggested consultation with Nonconformists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Church
Caird
Glasgow
General Assembly
Knight
Dundee
London
Martineau
Mr. Gladstone
Norman MacLeod
Scotland
Liberation Society lectures reach Dorset and beyond
A Dorsetshire Liberation Society meeting heard Rev Thomas Neave and Mr Kearley discuss disestablishment. Kearley spoke in Bridport and Weymouth on the disestablishment question with strong audience approval. Nearby towns Blairgowrie and Kurrremurr hosted lectures on church property and establishment. A new church is being built for Mr Knight in Dundee.
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Dorsetshire
Liberation Society
Portland
Thomas Neave
Dorchester
Mr. Kearley
London
Kearley
Bridport
F. J. Austin
R. L. Carpenter
Weymouth
W. Lewis
J. Bailey
W. W. Sherran
Blairgowrie
J. H. Gordon
Darlington
Rattray
Gordon
Mitchell
J.P
Kurrremurr
Murray
U.P
United Presbyterian Church
Gordon lectured on Disestablishment in Greenlaw Free Church
On the Thursday evening the 27th ultime Mr Gordon spoke to a very respectable audience in Greenlaw Berwickshire. The Rev Mr Fairbairn presided efficiently and the Rev Mr Milne proposed hearty thanks. Visits to Milnathort Leven Anstruther and Kirkcaldy followed with many friends regretting missed meetings.
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Greenlaw
Gordon
Free Church
Berwickshire
Fairbairn
Milne
U.P
Milnathort
Kinross
Leven
Anstruther
Kirkcaldy
Religious teaching in grammar schools debated by Chelmsford case
Correspondence between John Copland and the Charity Commissioners questions the protection for Noncon formists under a 1873 scheme for Chelmsford Grammar School. It details exemptions from religious instruction, duties of governors, and a major dispute over what constitutes the required religious instruction and the scope of exemptions.
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John Copland
Chelmsford
Charity Commissioners
Gammar
Copland
Church of Poland
Essex Weekly News
Church and State on the Continent News Flash
Paris reports the Archbishop of Paris orders clergy to use the complete Roman liturgy. A Posen telegram says Archbishop Ledochowski must resign within eight days or face an ecclesiastical court in Berlin. Berlin notes the Pope's letter urges perseverance amid Prussian pressure. London papers publish the letter dated November 3. In Ganere the Council of State orders curés and vicars in Lancy Chène Bourg and Carouge to take a legal oath or face removal and replacement.
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Paris
Posen
Ledochowski
Berlin
Eee Ledochowski
Ans
Peter
London
Council of State
Ganere
Lancy
Chéne-Bourg
Carouge
The Ritualists and the Queen
The Liberator reprints a Church Review attack on the Queen for attending Crathie Parish Church. It condemns the act as a breach of royal decorum and a tool of rationalistic Anglicans and Erastian Presbyterians. The piece warns the event may erode personal loyalty to the monarch.
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The
Church Review
Crathie
Queen of England
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