Court denies church power shift and defends 1874 act
In robust remarks, the speaker rejects claims the Public Worship Regulation Act created a new lay tribunal and suppressed diocesan courts. He argues the act preserved ecclesiastical jurisdiction, extended concurrent powers to provincial courts, and left diocesan courts intact while maintaining church law. He also notes his personal financial strain and seeks aid from Congregational Ministers Insurance Aid Society, detailing its limitations.
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Canterbury
York
Court of Arches
Chancery Court
Insurance Of Pastors Lives
A letter to the Nonconformist argues for organized life insurance for ministers families. The writer notes ministers in provincial towns with modest incomes cannot afford premiums and urges broader cooperative arrangements beyond Congregationalists. He recounts his own past insurance of 200 and 300 pounds and questions current access.
American Jottings on Episcopal and Methodist Leaders
A survey of Protestant Episcopal bishops and church papers notes Talmage and Beecher era editors, Moody and Sankey in Chicago with revival fervor, and a declared rise of orthodoxy across publications. Commodore Vanderbilt funds a Nashville university. Dr Deems leads a Southern Methodist church. fraternal delegation talks between denominations mark a lively era.
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Protestant Episcopal Church of America
Lee
Delaware
Boston
T. de Witt Talmage
New York
Advance
Christian
W. Taylor
Liverpool
Talmage
The
Christian At Work
Christian Union
Lyman Abbott
Henry Ward Beecher
Abbott
Illustrated Christian Weekly
Beecher
Independent
Presbyterian Church
Evangelist
Banner
Presbyterian Tnterior
Herald
Presbyter
Field
Cuyler
United States
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Chicago
Gray
Herald and Presbyter
Cincinnati
Methodist Episcopal Church
North
South
Church North
Church South
Nashville
Fowler
Summers
Daniel Curry
Curry
Congregationalist
Dexter
Europe
E. O. Haven
College of Bishops
Methodist Episcopal Church North
Wesleyan Conference of
England
Ireland
University of Syracuse
General Assembly
National Council of Congregational Churches
General Conference
James Rankin
Francis Patton
Congregational Union of England and Wales
Wesleyan Conference
Methodist Episcopal North
Commodore Vanderbilt
Deems
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Moody
Sankey
Christendom
Colorado potato beetle prevention measures issued for UK ports
To stop the Colorado potato beetle entering via potatoes from the United States or Canada, UK customs collectors are instructed to inspect vessels and landed cargo for the pest and destroy it on sight. A lithographic sketch and description are provided. the beetle is yellow with black forebody spots and ten black wing-cover stripes, resembling a larger striped ladybird.
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United States
Canada
United Kingdom
The
Gardener's Magazine
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Lastors’ Insurance Aid Society
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