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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
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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.
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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