Free Churchmen Rally for Disestablishment Principles
A large Ashton meeting voices support for free churches in a free state. Speakers defend nonconformity, urge equal liberty under law, and plan further lectures and outreach to towns and villages. A local committee forms to push disestablishment and religious equality nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Houtouison
Ashton
Italy
England
Kingland
Macrapyen
John Medicraft
Stockport
Ashton-under-Lyne
Liberation Society district conferences reported
Reports from the Birmingham District Conference and Notting ham meeting show large attendances and support for the society's proposed disestablishment policy. In Ashwell Royston and Sherfield engagements, A Carey Fuller represented the society. Speakers included Rev Vince Dale Johnson and Marmaduke Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marmaduke Miller
Theatre Royal
R. Bruce
Miller
Alderman Priestley
Denham
John Andrew Barnstey
Barnsley
The
Liberation
Liberation Society
Nottingham
Carvell Williams
W. R. Stevenson
Williams
Are National Establishments Injurious to Religion
A Leicester conference lecture argues disestablishment would free the Church of England to act as spiritual guardian of the nation. It contrasts royal supremacy with congregational autonomy, warns of legal overreach in ecclesiastical matters, and notes practical consequences for public prayers and ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Mackennal
Leicester
W. Stanyon
Mackennat
Church of
Mogland
England
Church of England
Jerusalem
Alexandria
Antioch
Rome
Gladstone
Holy Hills
Constantine
Scotland
Aberdeen
Primus
Durance
Corporation of Leicester
Canterbury
Gathorne Hardy
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Dersy
H. Craseweller
Croseley
Wesleyan
Ripley
J. Bonser
Ilkestone
Kirk
Messrs. Stevenson
Knowles
Belper
Merwood
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