Spurgeon Lecture Entices Large Audience at Tabernacle
A marble bust of Mr Spurgeon was unveiled in the new college, funded by private subscriptions, as pastors baptized about 2,633 Christians that year and total baptisms in nine years neared 20,000. Spurgeon then gave his lecture Sermons on Candles, denouncing shams and urging unity among denominations while illustrating with lit candles.
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Spurgeon
John Adams Acton
Margutta House
Marylebone-road
New College
Correspondence on State Churches and Peek Prize Essayists
A reader forwards a private letter from Rev Julius Lloyd praising Mr Parkin sons book on State Churches and noting a related opposing essay by Justus Luorp. The writer hopes the letter will ease controversy and be read with gratification by Nonconformist readers.
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Parkinson
Dear §Jr
Julius Lloyd
Peek
Tom
Justus Luorp
Milton Mount College and Gravesend School Appeal
The writer recalls supporting Rev. W. Guest’s plan to establish a ministers daughters’ school at Gravesend and notes a 200 pound donation plus 20 pound yearly subscription. He mentions a June bazaar in Leeds and questions the lack of an official officer’s name on the appeal and seeks guidance.
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W. Guest
Gravesend
Parish Letter Questions School Payment Terms Design
A minister from Farncombe questions a circular stating the college is designed for 150 pupils paying from 15s to 35s a year. He argues the school should offer 15s as the ordinary term with higher payments optional, fearing misrepresentation and harm to poorer subscribers. He urges clarity from the board and notes potential impact on subscriptions and access.
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Halley
Board of Management
Thomas Simpson
Uplands
Farncombe
Godalming
P.S
Atheneum set to publish official Ashantee campaign history
The Atheneum reports an official history of the Ashantee campaign will be issued, likely entrusted to two senior officers who stood out in the war. Francis George Heath, author of The English Peasantry, has a Fern Paradise in press describing rambles after ferns in Devonshire, to be published by Hodder and Stoughton. The Times notes a correction to a ben efaction notice related to the late Mr Benjamin Attwood providing details of extensive charitable gifts and distributions.
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The
Atheneum
Francis George Heath
Devonshire
Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton
the Times
Benjamin Attwood
Cheshunt
London
Matthias Wolverley Attwood
M.P
Curwen Testimonial Honors Tonic Sol-fa Pioneer at Exeter Hall
A large Exeter Hall gathering publicly honors Rev. John Curwen and Mrs. Curwen for popularising skilled vocal music through the Tonic Sol-fa Association. Notables including Rev. Curwen, Mr. Proudman, Mr. Brown, Mr. Venables, and others attend. A presentation cheque and a portrait are given, with Curwen recounting decades of effort and prospects for Sol-fa’s future in schools and churches.
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Exeter Hall
John Curwen
Curwen
Tonic Sol-fa Association
Proudman
Tonic
Lord Shaftesbury
John Goss
Frederick Smith
G. A. Macfarren
J. Walker
T. Ryder
Sol Faists
Song of Hope
J. 8. Stallybrass
Adolphe Adam
Tonic Sol-fa College
Linder
Association
R. Griffiths
Privy Council
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Ardgowan-street
Greenock
Milton Mount College
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