Return of Rev J Viney Prompts Presentation at Highgate
The Highgate Congregational Church welcomed Rev J Viney back from the Holy Land with a testimonial and a clock and purse gift from friends. Fund details were read, praising Viney for his charitable work and travel expenses, and a benediction followed. The Primitive Methodist Connexion held its Leicester assembly with 129 delegates electing officers and reporting growth across the denomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malins
J. Viney
Highgate Congregational Chapel
Holy Land
Joseph Clarke
J. H. Barnard
Baptist
D. Bartlett
G. Clarke
H.R. Williams
J. H. Lloyd
Woodward
J. Souphtott
Adams
McLaren
Barnan Ot. Floyd
HH. Barnard
Ed Palegting
Owith
C. D. Bartlett
Miter
Gee O Clarke
Wviney
H. R. ‘Williams
Chateman
Presentation Fund
Ongrad
Viney
United Church
Smith
Josiah. Viney
Highgate Congregational Church
Williams
H. R. Williams
Primitive Methodist Connexion
Leicester
R. Cheeseman
Crewkerne Scheme Opposition Staged in Early Notice
F Schnadhorst of the Central Nonconformist Committee writes from Birmingham June 7 1875 to the editor denying House of Commons action this session. He states opposition to the Crewkerne scheme and invites rival localities to report and seek assistance for early resistance efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charity Commissioners
Crewkerne
House of Commons
F. Schnadhorst
Central
Town Hall
New-street
Birmingham
Resignation of Colonial Missionary Society Secretary
Alexander Hannay announces his resignation from the Colonial Missionary Society secretaryship due to occupation. Rev. W. S. H. Fielden is appointed to the vacant post, with Hannay expressing strong approval and asking communications be sent to Fielden at the Memorial Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Missionary Society
H. Fielden
Fielden
Friends of the Society
Memorial Hall
Alexander Hannay
Friends' Yearly Meeting and Contagious Diseases Acts Repeal
George Gillett writes to challenge John Bright's remarks on repeal. He asserts that Friends do not vote to decide issues and cites ninety percent of recorded ministers signing a protest against the Acts. He claims three-fourths of the Society favor repeal, with many others not yet investigating. June 5, 1875.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends’ Yearly Meeting
John Bright
M.P
Society of Friends
Bright
House of Commons
George Gillett
Friends’ Association
Lombard-street
Kensington Cemetery reforms urged by parishioners
An interview with the Kensington Burial Board clerk reveals pushback and concessions on cemetery practices. Proposals include nonconformist chapel warming, lay representation, tolling at nonconformist burials, longer burial hours, revised fees, and increased decency at common burials. Details cover 1853 costs, charges for graves and catacombs, and clerical incomes, with a note on public patronage versus private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kensington Cemetery
Kensington Burial Board
Kensington
Consett
Old Court
London
Tait
Lord Cairns
Lazarus
Peter and
Paul
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. Rowe
Canada
Wales
England
Connexional Book Establishment
Bradgate Park
Victoria Park
Mark Firth
Sheffield
Messrs
MacKennell
Bishop
Weyer
Evans
Chew
Bateman
Llewellyn
Curnock
Burgess
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