Contention over religious education and state churches
The piece argues for freedom of action in church confirmations, cites reader letters on nonconformist clergy and state officials, and discusses the Methodist Committee on education. It notes the Neufchatel Canton separation of church and state, and critiques imperial ecclesiastical expenditure in India with a call for disestablishment and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T
League
Methodist Recorder
England
Ireland
Neufchatel
Supreme Council
Liberator
India
Darjeeling
Church of England
Kirk of
Scotland
Church of Rome
Liberation meeting in Darwen discusses church reform and evils
A large Darwen gathering convened by the Liberation Committee in the new Co operative Society hall heard Eccles Shorrock preside and Rev J McDougall outline a resolution. Mr Carvell Williams, as deputation, analyzed Rev J C Ryle’s letters and questioned his silence on the root causes and reconstruction proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society
J. C. Ryle
Confirmation of Dr Temple as Exeter Bishop Elect at Bow Church
The confirmation of Rev. Frederick Temple D D as Bishop Elect to the See of Exeter occurred at Bow Church in Cheapside. A large crowd gathered along with at least twenty four policemen to preserve peace amid a formal ceremony with the Vicar-General and hostile clergy representatives present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Temple
Exeter
Bow Church
Cheapside
Travers Twiss
Temple
Bishop Trower
Cornish
Hunt
Walker
Dean Stanley
D. Salomons
M.P
Sheppard
Oyez
Currey
Trower
Diocese of
Deane
Parker
Montague
Hampden
Lee
Burnley Opens Liberation Society Meeting With Irish Church Policy
The Liberation Society holds a Burnley meeting at the Mechanics Institute with speeches by Rev. Thomas Davies and several clergymen and local figures. The gathering touted ongoing Lancashire action and praised Burnley as a supporter of Mr Gladstone's Irish Church policy, with future talks in Blackburn Macclesfield and Bristol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Davies
Henley
Working Men’s Liberal Club
E. D. Green
G. Berry
H. Green
W. McMecham
Darwen
Burnley
Liberation Society
Lancashire
Mechanics’ Institute
Kay
Kearley
Carvell Williams
London
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Bengal
Government of India
Madras
Bombay
Earl Granville Gravely
Jamaica
Wm. Porter
Cape Town
Cape of Good Hope
House of Commons
TNE Liberation Society
DR. Temple
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