Bazaar Opens for Almshouse Endowment Drive
Mr. Spurgeon’s sons reported their father in pain and unable to write. A telegram announcing the bazaar’s opening conveyed sympathy to the ailing benefactor. Rev. Chown led a telegram ceremony and prayers as the bazaar and schoolroom openings were declared. Crowds filled both rooms as brisk business began and continued through the next two days.
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Charles Spurgeon
Spurgeon
J.P. Chown
W. Cuff
Shoreditch
J.A. Spurgeon
J. P. Chown
T. Spurgeon
Correspondence on the Earl Russell Memorial Fund
A letter to the editor states Hankey did not contact the author about the fund and that the author learned of it from newspaper ads. The Dissenting Deputies committee, of which the author is chairman, voted a subscription and sent it to the secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Russell
Sin
Hankey
January Week of Prayer Urges United Christian Meetings
A letter from A. J. Arnold, Secretary of the Evangelical Alliance, urges readers to participate in the January Week of United and Universal Prayer. He notes widespread plans in the United Kingdom and calls for additional local meetings to gain a larger blessing during this season.
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United
United Kingdom
A. J. Arnold
Evangelical Alliance
Adamst
Strand, W.C
Answers on London Congregational Union minister names
In a letter to the Nonconformist editor, the Rev. Alfred Holborn asks two questions about minister nominations. The reply: no name besides Picton’s was rejected by the general committee, and several sub committee’s recommendations were accepted though not all criteria were met, with reasons given for differences and extensive debate following.
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Alfred Holborn
Bradford
Mr. Picton
London Congregational Union
Board of Congregational Ministers
Picton
London Congregational Union faces future risks in unity
In a debated special meeting last Monday the majority affirmed the committee’s broad discretion in applying its rules while the minority lamented its unwise use. Robert Macbeth warns Congregationalism could drift toward Presbyterianism or Connexionalism without safeguards. Hammersmith, December 26, 1878.
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The
London Congregational Union
Wesleyan Ritualism at Blackheath Chapel
A Methodist reader denounces ritualism at the Blackheath Wesleyan Church calling it a cancer in the Methodist body and urging fellow Methodists to visit and expose the practices. He signs as a Methodist.
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Blackheath
Wesleyan letter on religious accommodation and extension
A Wesleyan minister asserts that a prior article misrepresented a pamphlet on public worship in England and Wales. He clarifies fund allocations, distinguishing the Extension Fund from the Thanksgiving Fund and emphasizes the movement for Methodist expansion rather than denominational superiority.
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Str
England
Wales
Nonconformist Consistency in Afghan War Debate Remarks
A letter critiques Mr Smith for condemning bishops on the Afghan war debate while noting dissenters backed the 1857 China war. The writer argues some Dissenters supported war then and urged it on a plain rationale. The piece analyzes consistency of religious critics in wartime policy.
Handicapped Nation and Imperial Tax Burden
A letter argues Britain is heavily burdened by imperial and local taxation totaling about 130 million pounds a year. It compares tax to national wealth, warns of Ichabod as decline, and urges cross party action to cut government spending to keep manufacturers and workers competitive.
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United Kingdom
Ichabod
Great Britain
United States
Nonconformist rebuke of imperial war echoes in 1878 letter
In a Cambridge letter dated December 30, 1878, a writer labeled NONCON accuses bishops and Nonconformists of inconsistent morality over anti Afghanistan war rhetoric. He praises those voices that opposed the war as brave and honest, while urging forthright testimony against imperial dishonesty.
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Afghanistan
Noncon
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John H. Grubb
East India Road
Poplar
Mabb
Church of England
Wesleyan Methodists
Primitive Methodists
Cambridge
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