Liberationists Press for Universal Religious Equality and Disestablishment
In Parliament debates Yorkshire Liberals urge faithful representatives on religious equality. They call for time bound Liberal party stance on Osborne Morgan’s Burials Bill and urge disestablishment of the Church of Scotland. They argue true national religion rests in practice and law, not state patronage.
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Friends of Religious Liberty
Liberal Party
Yorkshire
Liberation Society
Osborne Morgan
Church of Scotland
England
Scotland
Church of England
Hear
Mr. Gladstone
Meetings on disestablishment and religious issues across towns
Reports from Manchester to Somerestshire detail lectures and meetings on disestablishment, religious liberty, and Wesleyan absorption. Speakers include Rev. F. G. Collier and Lummis, with debates on state churches, ritualism, and colonial education.
Rev Mackonochie Leads Communion at St Alban's Holborn
The Rev Mr Mackonochie again officiated at St Alban's Holborn serving as celebrant at the mid day communion and preacher at the evening service. The ritual was observed without incense. A few days earlier Rev S J Whitmee Congregational minister led a funeral service in an Episcopal church in the city.
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Mackonochie
St. Alban’s
Holborn
S. J. Whitmee
Vatican clash over Grenoble bishop blooms in Europe
The Council of State sanctions Monseigneur Fava for publishing a Papal brief without government consent and allowing La Salette to be hailed as a minor Basilica. He withdrew the brief via the Pope, facing public placards and a legal warning. The piece notes Belgian bishops exit from Catholic school boards over costs and Prussia’s clergy resisting Falk laws, with a mass lay petition anticipated. The Vatican elevates the Immaculate Conception feast to double first class.
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Council of State
Monseigneur Fava
Grenoble
Church of
la Salette
Prussia
Vatican Congregation of Rites
New Haven
Revival of Bible Controversy in New York City Schools
The New York Times reports Catholic concerns over Catholic children in Washington School being forced to sing Protestant hymns and engage in sectarian devotions. Principal George Burton disputes the claims, saying he enforces Board of Education rules while allowing nonparticipation.
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New York Times
Church of the Sacred Heart
Stephen P. Sheffrey
Washington
Sheffrey
Washington School
Board of Education
George R. Burton
New Haven
Sheffery
Burton
Religious transfers and chapel events in Deal and London
The Rev Jos L Brooks accepts a cordial invitation to the Consolidated Church at Deal Kent and begins duties on the first Sunday in January 1880. Hackney road hosts a recognition meeting for Rev W Paterson as Adelphi Chapel pastor with multiple ministers attending. Spurgeon's students hear temperance address by Rev J Hirst Hollowell at Tabernacle College. Mr Spurgeon’s health remains poor and he may not return to London in January. Mill Hill church holds its annual tea and a public meeting with addresses on church world relations and praise.
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Dublin
House of Lords
Lord Penzance
T. P. Dale
St. Vedast’s
London
Bordesley
Home Reunion Society
Whitehall
Earl Nelson
Church of England
V. G. Borradaile
W. T. Mowbray
India
Baptist Missionary Herald
Evans
Kerry
Calcutta
Plymouth
Jos. L. Brooks
Philip Colborne
Norwich
Newth
Nottingham Institute
Deal
Kent
Hackney Road
W. Paterson
Adelphi
Hackney-road
Aveling
Wilson
Kennedy
W. Tyler
G. Griffiths
Spurgeon
J. Hirst Hollowell
Bedford Chapel
Scilley
W. R. Selway
Sturcron
Metropolitan Tabernacle
Newington
Eis
Mentone
Mill
Iron Hall
Mill Hill
Harley
Thos. Islip
G. H. Williams
J. M. Lightwood
M.A
Trinity Hall
Cambridge
Weymouth
Murray
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Manchester
Naylor-street
Liberal Club
Sydney Smith
J. R. Hendy
Lummis
Taylor
Wimbotsham
Downham
Stamp
E. W. Bayley
Bartlett
Prekham
Kearley
Lindengrove
Washington Lyon
Carter
Morley
Taines
H. de Vere
Godbey
J. Spong
Someraetshire
E. Haginton
Wedmore
Cheddar
Draycott
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