Wesleyan ministers and reverend title at issue in tombstone dispute
Legal debate centers on whether Wesleyan ministers may bear the title reverend on a tombstone. Judges note historical use of reverend for laity and clergy alike, while clergymen claim exclusive right. Dean of Arches to deliberate after hearing arguments.
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Keet
Stephen
Church of Hegland
Church of England
Home Secretary
Amougat
Fontet Lane
Cheapside
Stephis
Rominager
Tones
B.A. ‘Bayford
Kent
Dean of
Arches
Church and State in Europe Move Toward Compromise
The Prince Archbishop of Breslau agrees to cooperate with the Church Property Administration Law transferring property control from bishop to vestry meetings. Bishops protest the measure as confiscation of inalienable rights. J Dollinger announces a Bonn conference on August 12 to pursue Christian church union.
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Breslau
J. Dollinger
International Conference of the Friends of Christian Church Union
Bonn
Conference on Christian Doctrine Kept By Inquiry
The notice outlines a conference to define Christian doctrine through thorough inquiry and discussion. Clergymen and laymen sympathetic to the conference are invited to attend.
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Baron von Leo
Catholic Association of
Mayence
Ineerk
Sigg
Vaterland
Munich
Belgium
Ispana Catolica
Constitutional Committee
Monsignor
Guarini
Syracuse
Authoston
Episcopal Ce
Clergy in London and Overseas Fray Amid Talks on Rituals
The Rev George R Burrows reportedly joined the Roman Catholic Church and is at Bishop Eaton in retreat. The York Archbishop remains unwell, delaying the Northern Convocation session to August 10. In London, Dale v Serjeant moves on as court orders and costs are upheld, with the citation and inhibition to be served. In British Guiana the Clergy Ordinance is renewed for seven years, detailing annual sums for Anglican, Scottish, Wesleyan, other Dissenting, and Roman Catholic churches. Petitions urge grants for Indian mission, local curates, church buildings, and endowments, while calls to end broad grants grow.
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George R. Burrows
Liverpool
Bishop Eaton
York
St. Vepast’s
Dale
Serjeant
R. J. Phillimore
Court of Arches
St. Vedast
St. Michael Lewerne
Consistory Court of
Gener
Middleton
British Guiana
Church of England
Church of Scotland
Wesleyan Missionary Society
Demerara
Pomeroon
St. Mary’s
Essequebo
Arabian Coast
J. G. Urling
Methodist Episcopal Society
Joseph Kotley
John Foreman
Evangelistic Hall Plan Showings in West End
A contemporary reports plans to erect a large evangelistic center in London’s West end with significant funding. It notes 30,000 pounds already subscribed and mentions a prominent evangelistic figure purchasing the Victoria Theatre.
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London
Victoria Theatre
Wesleyan Conference Session at Sheffield Addresses Education Work
The annual Wesleyan Conference meets at Sheffield with reports on 890 schools and 173 769 scholars as education and peace measures advance. Attendance notes 110 003 officers and teachers and 85 253 society members amid talks on school boards and middle class schools. The session signals broader lay involvement in conference governance and hints at Gervase Smith as the next president.
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Wesleyan Conference
Sheffield
G. O. Bare
T. D. Stevenson
Walton
Gravesend
Williams
H. J. Atkinson
H. J. Mitchell
Bradford
H. W. Hottanp
Lewis
James
Holland
Foweer
Wolverhampton
Shepherd Allen
H. B. Leee
Leeds
Hollanp
G. 0.Bats
J. Dyson
Connexional Sunday School Union
Gervase Smith
Conference of Presbyterian Churches Receives Wide Attendance
Delegates from multiple denominations gathered for a reception at Regent Square Church hall after notice of the assembly. Represented churches include Church of Scotland Free Church of Scotland United Presbyterian Church Presbyterian Church in England Irish Presbyterian Church Welsh Calvinistic Methodists Reformed Church of France Evangelical Church of Neuchatel Presbyterian Church in the United States and Reformed Dutch United States Church among others.
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Regentsquare Church
Church of Scotland
Free Church of Scotland
United Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church In
England
Irish Presbyterian Church
Welsh Calvinistic Methodists
S. Wales
Reformed Church of
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