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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 21, 1874
Page
2
The returns show 2 606 Baptist churches, 2 811 Congregational churches totaling 5 417. Baptist membership 244 416 with 337 327 Sunday scholars. increases versus 1867 include 195 more churches and 22 892 members. Noted losses include Baptist Noel and three ministers.
In a January 1874 circular from the Liberation Society, the Executive Committee urges local organization and candidate screening to advance religious equality. It requests electorates form committees, assess incumbents on ecclesiastical votes, and press for disestablishment, educational reforms, and secular schooling. The notice emphasizes unity and targeted action across boroughs and counties.
A Brighouse public meeting on disestablishment drew a large, orderly audience with MP Illingworth and Carvell Williams arguing for reform. Illingworth likened breaking the Establishment to Columbus cracking an egg, urging rural support for voluntary religion and critiquing clerical power over schools and burial grounds. Williams cited America to defend voluntaryism, while others warned of Tudor tyranny under State Church rule.
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