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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 10, 1878
Page
5
The district committee meeting opened amid protests over nominating a farmer chairman Mr Crane. Mr Lummis spoke on The Gains of Disestablishment amid interruptions while clergy curates replied, revealing a strong anti Liberationist position among attendees.
Mr. Fisher spoke at the Protestant Hall on July 1 under Hull Liberal Association auspices. George Whitehead chaired. a large turnout endured summer heat as the exhaustive address ran over an hour and a half. Plans called for further lectures on disestablishment topics.
The Rev Thomas Teignmouth Shore named Honorary Chaplain to the Queen succeeding the Bishop of Lichfield. Dr Déllinger rejects rumours of peace with Rome and defends his stance. Lord James Butler secedes from the Irish Episcopal Church over the revised Prayer Book. A Bedale burial grievance concerns non sprinkled Baptist children and double fees. In Scotland the Church rates bill is withdrawn as disestablishment support shifts. Archdeacon Denison argues disestablishment as a path to true religion, warning of tithes and education rate losses. Bishop Fraser endorses merit-based clerical promotion and reform.
A debate on church reform urges alteration of patronage and bishops if needed but warns against destroying the Church. The piece also reports on a Paris burial where a Protestant was accorded the Church of England service in a Roman Catholic churchyard, noting French practice grants fellows wide freedom in officiants and rites.
A Saturday visit to the Kennington Westminster route ends at Hawkstone Hall where a large floral festival is staged for the second anniversary of the cathedral opening. Earl of Shaftesbury presides as Mr. Newman Hall directs flowers, sermons by multiple ministers span the day, and funds are discussed for continuing construction and future church projects across several towns.
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