Ragged Church and Chapel Union meets at Exeter Hall
The Ragged Church and Chapel Union marks its twenty second anniversary with a lower room meeting at Exeter Hall. The society raises funds to provide worship spaces for London's destitute poor and sends gospel aid to hard to reach districts. Messrs Bevan and various speakers urge larger support to expand outreaches, noting income fell to 455 pounds and urging help from notable figures like Mr Moody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ragged Church and Chapel Union
Exeter Hall
Robert Baxter
Dudley Baxter
F. A. Bevan
J. Richards
Huey Auuzn
Jesus Christ
Metro Plis
Union
England
Allen
Moody
London
Mr. Moody
R. W. Carpen
W. Storr
Duke of Wellington
House of God
Garibaldi
Rome
Tiber
G. H. Stanton
Society
St. Giles’s
J. S. Morris
W. Tyleer
H. Sinpon
Jubilee Singers Attend Freedmen's Missions Meeting in London
The third annual meeting of Freedmen's Missions Aid Society at City Temple Holborn Viaduct drew a crowded audience with Jubilee Singers ten strong. Rev Dr Parker led prayers while the Earl of Shaftesbury chaired briefly and praised the singers for aiding edification and missionary work among their people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Temple
Holborn Viaduct
Jubilee Singers
Parker
Earl of Shaftesbury
Black American Missionaries Honored in Britain Visit
A London meeting featured Rev. LL D Bevan and Dr A O White discussing the retirement of Dr Healey and the appointment of White. The American Missionary Association reported 63 churches, 47 schools, 19 normal schools and 316 teachers, with income of 1,304,700 and a balance of 2507. Singers performed Ain't you glad you got religion as Mr F J Loudin spoke of gratitude for British sympathy during slavery.
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LL D. Bevan
American Missionary Association
Parker
Fraser
A. O. White
F. J. Loudin
Great Britain
England
Seamens' Christian Friends Society Celebrates 29th Anniversary
The Seamen's Christian Friends Society marked its 29th anniversary in London Docks with Col H Brockman presiding. Rev G Ail reported 1146 religious services in Bethels and aboard ships, 6485 visits to sailors' homes, 119380 tracts and magazines, 248 books, 3190 small books, 489 Bibles and Testaments, and 14% Gospels. Twenty five vessels received book parcels. 14000 seamen used reading rooms. income 117 12 2d, outlay 89 18 1d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seamens’ Christian Friends Society
Institution
London Docks
H. Brockman
G. M. Murphy
M.L.S.B
W. Frith
F.R.G.S
J. H. Blake
J. de K. Williams
W. Handyside
R.A
G. Ail
London
Liverpool
Whitehaven
Workington
Maryport
Isle of Man, &c
Correction of misattributed duties at London Missionary Society
Robert Robinson clears up an error in the Nonconformist letter page stating he did not hold the foreign office post during Dr Mullens absence in Madagascar. He notes Rev J C Whitehouse correctly carried the duties and the reference addressed the home and deputation departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Missionary Society
Foreign Office Department
Mullens
Madagascar
J. C. Whitehouse
Robert Robinson
Burial Acts and Dissenters Debate Cemetery Fees
A letter to the Nonconformist questions burial fee practices at Kensington Cemetery. The writer doubts the Burial Acts are at fault, noting consecrated areas require clergy fees, while unconsecrated parts should pay only board-fixed fees. He urges action to stop boards applying uniform charges across the cemetery.
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Kensington Cemetery
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Freedmen’s Missions Aid Society
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Blomfield Street
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