Religious fervor fills Warmington meeting and farewell at chapel
A Sunday morning meeting yields sixteen prayers and exhortations with several young Friends publicly declaring religious commitment. In WARMINSTER the Rev C E B Reed leaves Common Close Chapel for a Bible Society post. Parishioners praise his preaching, welcome a continental tour, and bid him farewell with gifts and heartfelt tributes.
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Jesus Christ
Earth
Apostle
Warminster
C. E. B. Reed
Common Close Chapel
S. B. Bergne
Bible Society
Barnden
Reed
Steel
W. F. Morgan
George Durrell
The
Baptist Church
T. Rowson
Baker
Carson
Theospel
Jesus
Livingstoun's Toms tombstone at Westminster Abbey honors Dr. Livingstone
A black marble tombstone over the grave of David Livingstone in Westminster Abbey bears a long inscription in gold. It notes his birth March 1813 in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, death May 1 1873 in Chitambo’s Valley Ulala, and his mission to evangelise Africa while ending the slave trade.
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David Livingstone
Blantyre
Lanarkshire
Chitambo’s
Ulala
Central Africa
Abridged Congregational Hymn Book notice
Alexander Iannay writes from Finsbury on December 29 1874 offering to send a proof of the new supplement to the Congregational Hymn Book and to discuss a correspondent W. X. Y.s suggestion. He notes some faults were already marked for correction in the first reprint.
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Alexander Iannay
South-street
Finsbury
Increase Congregationalist circulation urged by reader
J A Clapham urges ministers and deacons to promote wider circulation of the Congregationalist. He praises the monthly travel sketches by Mr Dale and expects further East travel reports and Holy Land sketches to delight readers in 1875. He argues the periodical is well written and worthy of stronger support.
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Congregationalist
Sentiment versus strength in the anti State Church campaign
Arthur Clayden argues for renewed Liberal reform and a robust faith over sentimental piety in the ongoing anti State Church battle. He warns against religious showiness in Dissent chapels and urges practical Christian duty, citing Livingstone and La Plata heroes to rally activism. He endorses Gladstone’s stance against Papal influence and calls for united, manly Christianity.
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Liberal Party
Liberation Society
Macaulay
Charles II
St. Stephen’s
Gladstone
Forster
Church of England
Livingstone
la Plata
Dudden
Bay of Biscay
Tom
Arthur Clayden
Noble Queen to Appear in Week's News Literary Supplement
Colonel Meadows Taylor, author of Confessions of a Thug and Seeta, writes A Noble Queen a story of Indian life to be published in the Week's News literary supplement and the Overland Mail for India. The London School Board now runs 89,000 available seats with 81,000 attending at times and average attendance above 66,900 after four years of operation.
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Meadows Taylor
Seeta
Tara
Overland Mail
India
London ScHool Board
School Board Chronicle
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