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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 26, 1876
Page
4
A letter from Port Moresby dated March 9 1876 describes planned travels from Island to Hood Point toward China Straits Ellengowan over months. The writer notes expected spread of fever and ague challenges but great health here and hopes for church sympathy prayers to further global evangelisation.
A rural minister laments poverty and debt among shepherds while urging rich congregations to share burden. The writer cites Fraser's Magazine on Macaulay and Cranmer, arguing against Church Establishment and urging better support for country churches.
A Bradford curate's letter responds to Trevelyan's Life of Lord Macaulay in the National Church monthly feature. He notes he has not read the book but offers initial thoughts on Macaulay and the Established Church.
In a letter to the editor from Hillsden Bucks a parish clergyman disputes a Berks and Oxon Advertiser piece claiming how the state church operates locally. He defends his annual Sunday school treats, accuses a neighboring grocer of stirring anti Nonconformist claims, and offers detailed cost figures showing his parish funding. He notes rent free schoolhouse use and gifts from estate owners and church supporters to counter claims of state church influence.
Letter to the editor denounces the Barling catechism and its preacher Rev. Mr. Gace. A reader from Cromwell-place near Southend reports a visit to the Barling church noting poor attendance and unsatisfactory sermon quality.
A letter to the Nonconformist argues that many country school boards formed by vicar influence avoid building new schools. The writer predicts eventual dissolution of these boards and a shift of parish schools to private control funded nationally.
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