Irish Church Disestablishment Debate and Meeting Reactions
Discussion on disestablishment in Ireland contrasts with English church policy. Speakers cite 199 Irish parishes lacking Protestant ministers and debate over pensioning or replacing church structures. The meeting endorses Gladstone while critics warn against concessions to Popery amid a heated political climate.
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Free Church of Scotland
Coffey
England
Church of
Langridge
Ireland
Morgan
Gladstone
Manning
Clinton
W. EB. Gladetone
Gregory
Canada
Australia
America
Church of England
Oxnne
Crewe ‘Constitutional Association
J. H. Lethe
Hsg
Carden
Audiéncie
S. G. Potter
Dancormick
Hopiwin
Potter
E. Glover
W. H. Allen
John Bingham
National Protestant Union
Bingham
W. Blake
M'Kinley
Spurgeon
Henry Newman
Joseph Nadan
M. Heath
Bevan’s Speech Links Gladstone to Miall at Irish Church Meeting
An extract from a speech attributed to Mr Bevan at a Bury St. Edmunds Irish Church gathering notes that Mr Gladstone, praised as a church champion, has sought counsel with Mr Miall editor of a Nonconformist paper. The speaker recalls Gladstone’s past consolations to the Church of Ireland.
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Church of England
Gladstone
Church of Ireland
House of Commons
Daily News
Miall
Bevan
Mr. Gladstone
Cobden
Mr. Bevan
The
Dean Stanley
St. James’s Hall
Oxford
Newdregate
Mr. Miall
Liberation Society
Mr. Disraeli
Bury St. Edmunds
Mial
William Ewart Gladstone
M.P
Newark
South Lancashire
Minister Endeavors to Stir Conscience and Nation's Passions
A period voice asserts that ministers seek to dull moral sense while inflaming national passions and prejudices. The remark frames religious leaders as manipulating public opinion during tense political times. The statement cautions about ethical risks in sermons influencing national sentiment.
Evangelical Church Union Proposed to Unify Evangelicals and Dissenters
A Monday week conference at Porchester Terrace endorsed forming the Evangelical Church Union to remove controversial Prayer book passages seen as Romeward. Lord Exbury presided with Nonconformist leaders, aiming to unite Evangelical Churchmen and Dissenters to defend Protestant principles and revise services and catechism.
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E. B. Buiex
J. S. Rugsewyt
Kine
Exury
Sancroft
James II
Earl of Dorchester
Evangelical Church Union
Council of the Union
Alllcroft
Newman Hall
Angus
Gladstone
Natal Bishopric Question Discussed by Downing Street
Downing Street on 23 May 1868 publishes a further despatch about the Natal question. The Bishop of Capetown clarifies that no intention exists to impinge on Dr. Colenso’s legal rights and notes plans to consecrate a bishop to lead clergy and laity in Zulu land and Natal who wish to acknowledge him.
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Natal
Downing-street
Colenso
Capetown