Death of General Baptist minister Jabez Burns D D LL D
The funeral of Rev Jabez Burns D D LL D a temperance advocate was held at Church street Chapel Edgware and Willesden Cemetery. The procession included ministers deacons and temperance officials. Burns born 1805 died 1876 led a simple ministry promoting open communion education reform and universal peace.
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Burns
Willesden
Church-street Chapel
Edgware
G. W. M'‘Cree
Dawson Burns
G. W. M .Cree
J. Fletcher
Newman Hall
J. T. Wigner
J. Clifford
W. Brock
W. A. Blake
J. Morgan
G. M. Murphy
Lees
Ellis
Sandwirth
Prince
London
United Kingdom Alliance
National Temperance League
Burne
Jabez Burns
D.D
Reformed Funerals Company (Limited
Broad Church party undermines English morality says correspondent
A letter to the editor argues that Broad Church action has eroded trust in spiritual guides and faith in Scripture, threatening England with infidelity. The writer cites Arnold, Stanley, Temple, Colenso, and others as driving doubt and condemning external divine authority, warning of widespread moral decline unless the Church gains freedom from state patronage.
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England
Church of
Gladstone
Italy
Church of England
Broad Church School
Arnold
Rugby
Daniel
Antiochus Epiphanes
Dean Stanley
Temple
Exeter
Colenso
Tait
Nonconformity Said to Save Nation from Religious Decline
A High Church rector argues that appointed pastors and teachers deny their prior affirmations, undermining conscience and truthfulness for worldly gain. He questions lay moral restraint versus clergy, and asserts Nonconformity’s providential role in preserving religion and truth in England.
Burial rights at consecrated ground questioned
A letter to the Nonconformist defends equal access to cemetery services arguing ministers of all denominations should officiate on both consecrated and unconsecrated ground. The author cites a case where a dissenting minister could not speak at a grave in consecrated ground and condemns the restriction as humiliating and outdated. Feb. 4.
A Silly Clergyman Postcard Angers Town
An anonymous postcard from a “lunatic and sore vexed” resident mocks Rev. J Lancaster Ball of the Wesleyan Church after a court decision. The card includes verse on the word reverend and the reply poem by Ball, reflecting local church tensions.
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Keet
Leamington
J. Lancaster Ball
Ball
Portland-place
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