Endowments and the Irish Protestant question in law
The article debates whether private endowments founded for Protestant Episcopalian purposes should be absorbed by the State or retained for the public and nation. It considers time, immovable property, and who may manage gifts, urging clear rules and broader public principle. The piece promises further discussion next week.
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Mansea
Glebe
Magee
Times
Hertfordshire
Vaughan
Doncaster
Church of England
God
Standard
Charley
Salford
John Bull
Herald
England
Scotland
The
Presbyterian
Congregation of Free St. John’s
Leith
Buchanan
Ecclesiastical notes on church reform and disestablishment
A new bishop cautions that the Established Church lags public opinion in towns and fails to adapt. The piece cites curates’ poverty, church rates, and the shift to voluntary offerings, discussing implications for disestablishment and the Irish Church question amid conservative and dissenting debates.
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Peterborough
Leicest
England
Magee
Congregational and Baptist Church Statistics for 1869
The Congregational Year Book and Baptist Hand-Book list 5 470 churches in Great Britain and Ireland for 1869. Baptist records show 231 506 members across 2 457 churches, while Congregational figures are not fully stated.
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Great Britain and Ireland
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Ecclesiastical Notes
Marquis of Bute
Homan
Congregational and Baptist Statistics
Wales
Treland
British Islands