Wesleyan Stand Drives Debate on Denominational Schools
A long discussion on primary education exposes the Wesleyan committee’s shift toward demanding unsectarian schools and stronger school boards. The resolution favors continued denominational day schools but ties future state funding to nonsectarian access and conscience protections.
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Tadpoles
Tapers
Wesleyan Special Committee
Rigg
London
Riggs
Daily News
Arthur
United UN
G. O. Bates
Birmingham League
Education Department
Greenwich
Wesleyan Committee
Episcopal Church
Free Churches
The New Dean of Manchester on the State Church
The article notes a drift toward disestablishment in the Church of England and cites Dean Cowie as advocating limited religious equality. It contrasts cautious reform with warnings from figures like Canon Ryle and Salt MP, while highlighting the tension between national church status and parish decline.
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Manchester
Church of England
Dean Cowie
Salt
Church Congress
Leeds
Ryle
England
Disestablishment Debate at Liberation Society Meeting
The local Liberation Society auxiliary held its annual meeting at the Public Hall with a large turnout. James Ashworth chaired as Alderman Carter MP and other city figures spoke in support of ongoing efforts, while a second-resolution backed Mr Miall’s motion amid further lectures in Buxton and Chorley.
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the Liberation Society
James Ashworth
Alderman Carter
M.P
Leeds
Taylor
G. L. Ashworth
Littlewood
W. Best
H. W. Parkinson
T. H. Pattison
G. Turner
J. W. Gilchrist
R. Jones
John Petrie
James Petrie
J. F. Alexander
Society
R. Hardie
Auduxiliary
Liberation Party
Miall
Alderman G. L. Ashworth
Councillor Littlewood
Mia
Kearley
The
Liberation Society
Russell L. Carpenter
G. Kearley
Clergy Face Change as Church Establishment Questioned
The passage notes clergy admitting the church’s wealth shows precariousness of worldly endowments and the need to prove zeal from within. The Dean concedes that national will may decide the Establishment’s fate, yet he remains hopeful and ready to adapt if change comes.
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Church of Christ
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Rochdale
Chorley
Co-operative Assembly-room
Thomas Green
Abso enger-Ly Ns
W. Karfoot
A. Somerville
W. M. Fell
G. Whaite
G. Ride
Lawrence
Buxton
Green
J. C. Cox
J .P
Hazlewood
Derbyshire Church Defence Association
Bridport
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