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Newspaper

Nonconformist

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Dec 07, 1870

Page

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Controversy Over Church Defences and Dissent Sparks Debates

The piece reports clashes over Church Defence at Torquay with clergymen abjuring defenders and notes a prominent local Churchman joining. It covers related events in Nottingham and Leicester, a Tavistock burial dispute over baptism proof, and a Dover exchange on clerical authority. It also discusses a pamphlet by Dr Steane on Evangelical Alliance and Religious Liberty and critiques its political implications.

Torquay Carvell Williams Dirby Nottingham Leicester Tavistock John Horswill Buckland Tavistock Journal Dover Hach P. Hughes R. A. Corbett St. Peter's Charlton Edward Nye Gol Pain R. Antrep Cornert B.A SS. Peter and Pant H.R. Hughes Hughes Liberation Society Steano Evangelical Alliance Biltic Russia Council England Aving Evangelial Alliance

Church liberty urged amid Tory influence in Derby meeting

Speakers decried limited lay voice in Church of England appointments, warned that state ties harm religious freedom, and urged Derby voters to back candidates pledging thorough religious liberty. Cox backed the movement with strong applause and support for broader laity rights.

Church of England Mackonochie Colenso Derby Mr. Cox

Disestablishment Debate Draws Derby Meeting

A large Derby Guild Hall gathering of The Liberation Society heard leaders including Mr Carvell Williams and Rev W Wenn argue for disestablishment of the Church of England. Mr Cox criticized state church ties as incompatible with liberty and urged ministers chosen on moral grounds. The Ashton meeting followed with praise for Rev A Macfadyen and calls for rational public debate.

Church of England Guildhall Derby Alderman Langdon Society of Friends Carvell Williams W. Crosbie Ll.b W. Wenn Primitive Methodist W. Griffith Methodist Free Church J. C. Cox Iupiscopalian Cox Hazelwood Miall Hear Ile Ashton-Under-Lyne Ashton A. Macfadyen Manchester Ashton News J. Waterhouse Hugh Mason J.P W. Sunderland J. Wood Hsg Alderman Galt James B. Massey N. B. Sutcliffe Jonas Knight Dan Smith James Kelsall W. K. Armstrong J. Hutchison J. Hughes J. B. Walton Dukinfield W. Evans A. North Stalybridge J. Coombs Liberation Society Macfadyen Hucy Mason Alexander Macfadyen Massingham Warrington

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