Wesleyan efforts press on with schools and training plans
The Methodist Conference reports major gains in Wesleyan education and chapel expansion. A proposed fire insurance venture for connexional property, large donations, and a Battersea training college plan for female teachers shape a busy program. Support for new chapels, schools, and organ purchases totals over 280,000 pounds with significant debt caution and a drive to improve instructor quality.
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Manchester
Isaac Holden
Oakworth
Yorkshire
Kingswood
Woodhouse-grove
Clapton
Oldham-street Chapel
Osborn
Southport
Fernley
J. H. H. Fowler
Wolverhampton
Osporn
Fowler
H. W. Holland
G. Olver
London
Battersea
Westminster
Joseph Hargreaves
Pocock
Riga
Westminster Training
Wesleyan
Wesleyan Connexion
Rigg
Wesleyan College
Education Fund
Curtiss
Horlano
Church of England
Stephenson
Newcastle
Williamson
Pearce
London School Board
Barlow
Bolton
Committee of Review
Wm. Edwards
The Burial Question in Parliament Summary
Mr. Carvell Williams clarifies four Burial Bills: Government Burial Law Amendment to preapprove burial board elections. Osborne Morgan’s Nonconformist officiating bill postponed due to resistance. Cawley’s bill for separate Nonconformist burial places and mixed chapel in new burial grounds. Beauchamp’s Lords bill limiting services and enabling Nonconformist burial sites under restrictions. Williams hopes for wiser paths next session amid clergy concerns.
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Carvell Williams
Home Secretary
Osborne Morgan
Cawley
Salford
Morgan
Church of England
House of Commons
House of Lords
Earl Beauchamp
Commons
Williams
Drawing room meeting of Christian Evidence Society at Shaftesbury estate
The Christian Evidence Society held a large drawing room gathering at the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury’s Grosvenor Square home. Addresses stressed that gospel faith proffers happiness and that modern youth needs a practical evidences manual, with education and religion linked through works like Jessica’s First Prayer.
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Earl and Countess of
Shaftesbury
Grosvenor Square
Canon Auriol
Burrowes
York
London
Carlisle
Ely
Andrew Bernstorff
Canon Lightfoot
Miller
Jessica
Paley
Guovcrester
Bristol
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