Disestablishment Movement Opens Largest Perth Meeting
The Liberation Society held its largest Perth gathering at City Hall on a bitterly cold night. Speakers including Robert Pullar and Dr. Edmond urged disestablishment, criticizing state church links and warning that national churches are lifeless without dissent.
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Perth
Liberation Society
Robert Pullar
Edmond
Sutherland
Gibson
Free Church
Heath
Society
Carvell Williams
Edinburgh
Newcastle
Mesars. Tulloch
Wardrop and Knowles
Baillie
Disestablishment talk at Dundee Free Church meeting
A Friday night meeting at St Pauls Free Church in Dundee heard Bailie Moncur, Dr Wilson, and MPs argue for disestablishment of the state church. Speakers urged liberation from establishment, debating the English Scottish churches' joint fate and the need to end Presbyterian and Episcopal establishment. Multiple speakers urged liberty from state links and thanked presenters.
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St. Paul’s Free Church
Kinnaird
Bailie Moncur
Wilson
Free Church
Dmond
Jenkins
Scotland
Carvell Williams
Crathia Church
Caird
Westminster Abbey
McGavin
United Presbyterian
Charles Short
England
J. C. Baxter
Henderson
Geo. Rough
Aberdeen Meeting Supports Disestablishment Debate
A large male attendance filled the Aberdeen meeting where Free Church speakers led the discussion. The Rev Dr Edmond of London and Mr Carvell Williams urged treating disestablishment as an imperial concern rather than a purely Scottish issue.
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The
Liberation Society
Free Church
Edmond
London
Carvell Williams
Scotland
Services at St Alban's Holborn Continue As Usual
There was no alteration in Sunday services at St Alban's Holborn. Lamps in the chancel and candles on the altar were lit, incense and vestments used, and the customary postures and genuflections observed. The celebrant was Mr Mac konochie.
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St. Alban’s
HoLborn
Mac+ konochie
Newcastle Liberation Conference Reported In Full
The Newcastle Liberation Conference featured readings of letters from M.P.s and figures like Mr. Backhouse and Sir Wilfrid Lawson. Speakers argued for disestablishment to free religion from state control, urging funds and public meetings to advance the cause, with emphasis on education reform and broader religious liberty.
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Liberation Society
Newcastle
T. S. Aldis
Harrogate
Stevenson
M.P
Backhouse
Wilfrid Lawson
Cowen
Walter Henry James
Arthur Monck
Cairns
Berwick
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Free Church
England
Scotland
John Swinburne
A. Illingworth
Sunderland
Samuel Storey
Andrew Common
Gateshead
Watson
Henry Havelock
Gladstone
House of Commons
Rome
Charles II
Mr. Gladstone
Liberal Party
Burt
Morpeth
Church of England
Lord Houghton
Civil Service
Reaiion
Christendom
Church of
Lecky
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