Two Burial Disputes Highlight Church and Dissent
A Portishead rector refused to read the burial service for an unbaptized child, prompting a bishop's nonbinding stance and a Congregationalist officiation in the churchyard. In contrast, a Worsley funeral united Church and Nonconformity with a joint service and warm tributes, ending with formal thanks to the Connexional secretary.
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Bristol Mercury
Portishead
Bristol
Church of England
J. Arkell
Bible Society
James Stuart
Stuart
Bath and Wells
F. W. B Weeks
Nion
Boston Evening News
House of Commons
Worsley
John Morton
Rindeley
Independent Methodist Church
Worsley Church
J. Cater
W. Oxley
Manchester
Jesus
Mr. Oxley
The Burials Bill: The Church in Danger Cry
The piece laments the burials bill and urges churchmen to defend Christian burial against dissenters who seek burial rights. Dated February 21, 1879, signed Morris Hudson.
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Morris Hudson
Ecclesiastical Debate Over Dissenters Worship Totals
In a Burials debate Mr. Beresford Hope claims Dissenters seek 19 000 or 20 000 worship places while asserting only 8 200 have guarantees of permanence. The piece notes such figures are inflated and cites a contemporary English Independent critique on Free Churches and chapel registrations for marriages.
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Beresford Hope
Agricultural Hall
Bolborn Circus
English Independent
Free Churches
The Real Chapels and the Nonconformist Question
A debate over figures for nonconformist places of worship and certified chapels cites the Registrar General lists, with critics arguing against inflated counts. It notes 16 286 in 1867, rising to 19 939 in 1878, and defends Congregationalists against alleged improper registrations and libelous insinuations.
Late Rev Joseph Rayner Stephens Died at Stalybridge
The prominent Wesleyan minister Joseph Rayner Stephens died on Tuesday at Stalybridge in his seventy fourth year from bronchitis. Born March 8 1805 in Edinburgh, he rose from modest origins to influence Methodism with Tory politics, and was educated at Woodhouse Grove Leeds Grammar and Manchester Grammar.
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Stalybridge
J. Middleton Hare
Edinburgh
John Stephens
William Jay
Bath
Joseph Rayner
Woodhouse Grove
Leeds Grammar School
Manchester Grammar School
Methodist minister Joseph Stephens and the fight for religious equality
The account traces Joseph Stephens from 1825 when he entered the ministry under Thomas Galland to his 1834 suspension and resignation from the Connexion. It contrasts his early discipline with later changes seen by 1879 as figures like Dr. Rigg and J. H. Hargreaves exemplify a more tolerant era. The narrative credits Stephens’ firmness and notes his hope to leave a legacy on religious equality.
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Ashton-under-Lyne
Charles Hindley
Jonathan Sutcliffe
Independent Church
Stephens
Robert Newton
Manchester
Lancashire
Jabez Bunting
Joseph R. Stephens
Rigg
London School Board
J. H. Hargreaves
Ramsgate
Council of the
Liberation Society
William Griffith
Derby
Dr. Judns
William Howitt
Nottingham
The Disestablishment Movement in Canterbury Speech
The article reports a lively disestablishment gathering at St George's Hall Canterbury with Mr Fisher addressing the crowd. Joshua Cox chaired the meeting and the discussion covered the diversion of ecclesiastical endowments and related issues, illustrating ongoing energy and debate in the movement.
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Fisher
Canterbury
St. George’s Hall
Kent County News
Joshua Cox
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Islington
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Ases
River Street
Union Chapel
Allen
Upper-street
City of London
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Whitefield Tabernacle
Finsbury Chapel
New Tabernacle
Old-street
Joseph Rayner Stephens
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