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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 22, 1879
Page
5
The text recounts early colonial religious controls in Massachusetts including mandatory church attendance, strict penalties for dissenters, and harsh treatment of Baptists Quakers and Anabaptists. It contrasts these with the rise of Congregationalism and the later push toward disestablishment and religious liberty in America.
The Manchester Guardian reports alarm in ecclesiastical circles over Mr Balfour s Burials Bill. Dr Hayman warns that even supporters of Mr Osborne Morgan s proposals may back Balfour s plan, which would leave unresolved grievances for nonconformist ministers and unattached Christians and keep churchyard agitation alive.
At a York banquet Archbishop Thomson defended the clergy’s link with laity and opposed disestablishment while noting Emerson’s remark that even bishops have pluck. He warned the nation would suffer if the Church of England ceased to be national. A Halifax speech by James Stansfeld touched on religious equality amid foreign policy debate.
Speaker promotes religious equality and liberty by arguing for disestablishment of the Church. He calls the Church‑State union demoralising and predicts progress toward abolition, expressing confidence in eventual enactment and public support.
The Liberation Society resumed activity with a Balham lecture by Carvell Williams on The Present Condition of the Church of England. Despite vandalism and cold, a sizable audience including Episcopalians heard critiques of Establishment, ritualism, and lack of church reform.
The meeting at the Corn Exchange on the 16th, presided by Mr T Wyles, discussed aggressive Free Nonconformist work, including home and foreign missions. Williams argued ecclesiastical organisations curb liberty and education, contrasted with Nonconformist growth, and addressed the church property question amid praise from the crowd.
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