Clergy power clash furthers division in Church of England
A heated Stoke meeting exposes deep rifts over clerical control and lay rights. Speakers defend lay opposition to clerical dominance while arguing for greater liberty and potential service substitutions. The crowd clashed with clerical opponents as votes carried a resolution backing reform.
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Church of England
House of Lords
The
Guardian
Morgan
W.d
London
Stoke
Illingworth
Norman
Church Defence Association
Potter
Sheffield
Leeson
Carlisle
York
Disestablishment debate and Shoreditch lectures contrast
A February disestablishment meeting in Stoke faced noise and interruptions as Liberal figures Carvell Williams and W. Woodall spoke. Separately the Shoreditch lectures hall marked a large audience for Rev. Marshall who argued that state ties compromise church liberty and urged disestablishment to restore religious independence.
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Stoke
Liberal Council
Carvell Williams
Illingworth
Friends of the Church
Lurner
W. Woodall
J.P
Shoreditch
Shoreditch Town Hall
W. Marshall
Hackney
Hutchinson
M.P
Leatham
England
Scotland
Christ
Britain
WisBEACH Liberation meeting ends riot and grows
A largely attended WisBEACH Assembly Room meeting presided by Mr. George Dawbarn featured speakers Carvell Williams and Rev. J. Brown of Wrentham. The prior riotous meeting led to prosecution by the Liberation Society, with convictions described as having a salutary effect on subsequent district meetings.
Disestablishment Debate Sparks Church versus State Clash
A heated assembly argued for disestablishment and endowment removal from the Anglican and Scottish churches. Speakers condemned state church privileges, urged liberty, and warned against civil-religious entanglement citing historic persecutions and the need for Church independence.
Fisher Lectures On Disestablishment And Ritualism
In Cornwall Road Chaplet London a Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society meeting featured Mr. Fisher Agency Secretary of the Liberation Society arguing that disestablishment is a blessing to church and nation. In Bury St Edmunds Mr. Fisher spoke on ritualism and how to deal with it before a large audience with approving responses.
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Fisher
Cornwall
Roap Cuaret
London
Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Society
Liberation Society
R. N. Roberts
Bury St. Epmunds
Lectures by the Rev J McDougall at WitLeNHALL
A large crowd gathered at the Public Hall on Monday evening February 18 to hear Rev J McDougall speak on How the Establishment was made. The chairman and supporters faced minor disruption as police cleared the hall after a tense close. SHREWSBURY reports a very large meeting next day at the Music Hall.
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G. Macdougall
Witlenhall
J. McDougall
G. Hastings
W. Gill
Messrs. Banks
Webb, Parkes
MacDougall
Polic
Shrewsbury
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Stoke-Upon-Trent
Canon Curteis
Smithfield
Edinburgh Grassmarket
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