Unity and Prayer Meetings Highlight 1870 Christian Ecumenical Events
Proceedings recount multiple gatherings in London focusing on Christian unity led by clergy including Rev. Ashton and Mr. Fowler MP. Sessions at Freemasons Hall and London Tavern featured prayers, sermons on church testimony, and calls for continued prayer for the church’s world mission amid talks by Spurgeon and Lord Radstock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macleod Wylie
Calcutta
R. W. Dibdin
C. Bird
J. A. Ashton
St. Stephen’s
Kensington
London
BR. N. Fowler
M.P
Messrs. Wiseman and Matheson
Henry Allen
Freemasons’ Hall
Evangelisation Society
J. E. Matheson
Robert
John Gritton
Canon Conway
J. W. Bardsley
Lord Radstock
Robert Baxter
Mary of Chichester
Dr. Burns
J. Lees
Islington
Thomas Alexander
Presbyterian Church
Halkinstreet
Church of the Lord Jesus Christ
Richard
Mauritius
Burns
R. Baxter
J. K. Welch
J. A. Spurgeon
Metropolitan Tabernacle
Great Marlborough Street
Blackwood
Saya
Ireemasons’ Hall
United Prayer Meetings
Ecumenical Council
Our Church
Abun
Nonconformists Gather After Persecution Reflected in Debt Liquidation
The article recalls meetings at an original church where William Rayner Elizabeth Mallett widow and John Flood faced charges over conventicles. It notes widespread persecution yet a large presence of Dissenters in England that night, and mentions votes of thanks to organizers for clearing the debt, including the ladies who raised 500 pounds through a bazaar and other efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Fraser
Free High Church
Inverness
Marylebone
Davis
Religious Tract Society
The
Ecord
Florence
Dr. de Sanctis
de Sanctis
Eco
Amico di Casa
Busney
John Basley
Congregational Church
W.S. Groom
Darwen
Lancashire
W. N. McMechan
Baptist
Bolton Road
Congregational
Queensland
Queensland Congregational Union
London
Working Man’s Lord’s-day Rest Association
Ekusanrus Smith
Husebius Smith
Metropolis
Poultry Chapel
London Missionary Society
London Congregational Chapel-building Society
Henry Wright
Chapel-building Society
Highgate
Poultry Diaconate
Congregational Chapel-building Society
New Congregational Church
Halstead
T. Given Wilsorf
J. R. Vaizey
J.P
Morris
Lalstead
William Rayner
Elizabeth Mallett
John Flood
England
Government faces temperance drive and license reform
Correspondent argues for swift liquor trade regulation as public opinion leans toward limits for 150,000 retailers. He cites the Temperance Committee report, warns of permissive licenses tempting drunkenness, and notes a push for Contagious Diseases Act expansion amid opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temperance Committee of Convocation
Archdeacon Sandford
Longmans
Staruin
J. Selwyn-Ibbetson
Bruce
W. Jenner