Enthusiastic Missionary Support From London's Youth
A correspondent reports a powerful display of faith and support as the West George Street chapel elder nears seventy. The Baptist Missionary Society auxiliary records large turnout of 500 to 600 Sunday-school children at multiple London meetings to foster missions and aid heathen outreach.
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West George-street
Young Men’s Missionary Association
Baptist Missionary Society
London
Rescot-Street
New Park-street
Lion-street
Walworth
Shacklewell
Bloomsbury Chapel
Harvey-street
Hoxton
Blandford-street
Devonshire Square
Homerton-row
Beulsh Chapel
Somerstown
Shakspeare’s- Walk
Windmill-street
Finsbury
Spencer-place
New-court School-room
Alfred-place
Ann’s-place
Hackney
Church Street
D. Katterns
Young Men’s Committee
G. E. Sargent
Eyethorne
Tun
Anexanpeb
Stamp Tax Critique and Frozen River News
A correspondent argues against the Receipt Stamp Tax citing its corrosive moral and political effects on law obedience and business trust. Meanwhile Keswick endures a deep freeze with hundreds skating on the ice, some up to eighty years old, as Cumberland Packet notes the scene.
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Daerwent Laxsz
Keswick
Cumberland Pacqet
Correspondence on Wages and Building Funds in 1850
A reader argues wages for London weavers average too low and cites 5s 6d weekly as typical with long hours. He cites master neglect, layabout periods, and price adjustments, while defending wage data from workers and criticising other figures. He also discusses the Baptist Building Fund, its voluntary, debt-free approach to chapel debt extinction, and urges publication of observations and pamphlets to support constructive support.
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Pla
London
Spitalfields
Bethnal-green
Morning Chronicle
Informatin
B. Woodyard
Brooksby
Baptist Building Fund
Congregational
Willinghood
G.N
Houlston
Stoneman
G. N
Bowser
Baptist Building Fund Offers Debt Free Church Plan
A reader argues against G N's mortgage scheme proposing full interest and ground purchase costs. The writer endorses the Baptist Building Fund model where interest is removed and legal costs avoided, freeing churches from heavy debt and ministerial strain. The plan emphasizes eliminating the 5 percent interest burden for congregations.
Proposal to Increase Baptist Building Loan Fund via Church Contributions
A July 1849 letter from William Bowser to the Baptist Building Loan Fund Society argues for expanding the loan fund by annual church collections. He estimates per church targets from 5d to 50d monthly, projecting £58,000 capital by 1878 and the ability to lend £5,000 every six months, with 1,500 churches contributing to reach £1,500 overall per month.
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Brethren
United Kingdom
Christ
William Bowser
Church Collections Proposed For Monthly Contributions
The notice discusses a method where churches authorize deacons to transfer 20 Many prince per month to the treasurer, illustrating an easy mode of giving. If objected, each church may adopt its own approach, with one or two individuals potentially handling the matter for the congregation.
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Pep
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