Enthusiastic Meeting Ends with Gordon Support and Beecher Auction
A heated debate drew large crowds as Mr Gordon spoke, followed by a second gathering that closed with a singing of the national anthem. A testimonial was pledged at Gordon’s reply, while Plymouth Church pew auctions featured Rev Beecher and high bids signaling church vitality despite rumors of decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Berger
England
Plymouth
Mr. Beecher
New York
Brother Cuyler
Mr. Cher
Weekly Review
Religious and Denominational News Across UK Chapels
The Rev R H Hugues of Beaufort accepts a pastorate at Bethel Chapel Cwmbran Monmouthshire amid Wesleyan missionary disruption in Ashantee. Unbridge Wells announces a second Congregational church in Tunbridge Wells Albion road seating 400, funded by J Remington Mills and Joshua Wilson. The opening sermon by Rev James Parsons. Stepney Burdett Road church reports 3.5 year pastorate under Rev J L Pearce growing membership from 35 to 145 and 1,400 spent on new schools.
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Christian Instruction Society
Ndon Missionary Society
Surrey Chapel
William Arnot
Free Church
Edinburgh
Westminster Chapel
Mellor
Halifax
Exeter Hall
Raleigh
Canterbury
Stoughton
J. P. Chown
Bradford
Ward Beecher
London Congregational Union
York
London
Lecrerges
Young Men’s Christian Association
Dr. Cumming
Fraser
Charles New
David Livingstone
New
Samuel Baker
Moffat
Livingstone
Africa
R. H. Hugues
Beaufort
Bethel Chapel
Cwmbran
Monmouthshire
Unbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells
Albion Road
J. Remington Mills
Joshua Wilson
James Parsons
E. Cornwall
Stepney
Burdett Road
Halley
J. L. Pearce
Tower Hamlets Nonconformists Split Over Liberal Candidates
A London correspondents notes two opposing Nonconformist ads. The Tower Hamlets Nonconformist Liberal Association denounces Captain Maxse for Sunday museums and Home Rule ties, while endorsing Ayrton and Samuda. The piece argues the group should back Maxse or risk Liberal disestablishmentist voices in a borough that once supported disestablishment.
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London Nonconformist Committee
Tower Hamlets
Nonconformist Liberal Association
Gladstone
Ayrton
Samuda
Epping Forest
Messrs. Nichard
Candlish
Currie
Maxse
Liberal Association
Liberal
Messrs
Ayrton and
Maxie
Mr. Samuda
George Thompson
Were Tithes Voluntary Grants
A reader celebrates Mr. Summers critique in the Jan 21 issue, agreeing that the title question reveals tithes as a public burden not a private grant. The letter references the Tithe Commutation Act of 1836 and discusses the definition of tithe as a tenth of land produce.
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Robert Summers
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