Debate on Welsh Church, Education, and Disestablishment
The speaker defended government funding for church schools while criticizing the Education Bill as based on a false principle. He urged local Dissenters to form school boards, noting potential costs and urging participation to preserve rights. He opposed immediate Welsh Church disestablishment, saying the time was not yet right, with other MPs weighing in on church establishment and education politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Morgan
London
Mark
Education Office
Privy Council
Church of England
North Wales
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Carnarvonshire
Anglesey
Forster
Wales
England
Squire
Parry
T. H. Roberts
John Evans
R. O. Mouladale
Winterbotham
Stroud
War and Christianity Ad by Friends in Great Britain
The Religious Society of Friends in Great Britain publishes a wartime call acknowledging a solemn crisis in world history. Grief over wasted life and widespread woe is expressed, noting the ongoing conflict between nations professing Christendom and the call to love one another as Christ commanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
John
War Against War? Christian Duty and Peaceful Obedience
A Christian exhortation argues that war violates Jesus Christ's teachings of love, mercy, and forgiveness. It questions universal promises of peace for nations, urging believers to align actions with the Messiah's example, reject conquest, and pursue adherence to Christ's commands in the present turmoil rather than await a future harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Jesus Christ
David
Isaiah
Earth
Apostle
Cesar
Wars Endangered by Christian Peace, Not Military Power
A London meeting of the Religious Society of Friends on January 6, 1871, argues that true victory lies in faith and moral reform, not war. It urges Christians to oppose conflict, promote gospel-based harmony, and seek a universal establishment of righteousness, peace, and joy on earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Christ
Heaven
Earth
Religious Society of Friends
London
Clerical Controversies and Religion News Digest
A compact review notes Professor Maurice’s Cambridge appointment at St Edward’s Trinity Hall, rising church fundraising in Ireland, potential raids on ritualistic clergy, Catholic ladies’ sympathy gesture to the Pope, Lutherans persecuted in Russia and a Protestant Alliance visit to appeal to the Czar, Privy Council cases including Voyséy v Noble and Sheppard v Bennett, Purchas of Brighton judgment anticipated, Prussian stance on infallibility and education, and Pembrokeshire Congregational resolutions from a quarterly meeting.
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Maurice
St. Edward’s
Cambridge
Trinity Hall
Russia
Czar
Baltic
Penpine Ecclesiastica
Voyséy
Noble
Privy Council
Sheppard
Breslau
Berlin
Enciisu
Cuurci
South Pembrokeshire
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