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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 13, 1878
Page
5
A speaker urged English Nonconformists and Liberals to support Scottish disestablishment. He warned against treating it as a Scotch issue and called for a united vote in Parliament. Applause followed as votes of thanks were given to the lecturer and chairman.
Mr Fisher spoke in Exchange Hall Grantham on Our Pious Ancestors to a fully average meeting with thanks awarded. Opponents, who aimed to block the meeting, remained at home as the discussion continued. In Boston the talk on Irish disestablishment drew applause and a heated, pro establishment argument ending with unanimous thanks to the chairman.
The report covers Dr Mellor's Hope Hall lecture in Liverpool with Mr W S Caine urging abolition of the State-Church in England and noting its global civilizational impact. It also previews Darwen notes on Mr Howell and Nonconformist leaders debate over disestablishment and disendowment in Ireland, with quotes from Guizot and Liberationists.
At numerous gatherings over six months speakers including Mr. Meade-King and Rev. Wardlaw Thompson, with Dr. Mellor proposing thanks, highlighted Nonconformists as the backbone of antiwar agitation and called for closer ties between Yorkshire and Mr. Caine.
Reports detalle many gatherings from Bath to Yarmouth where speakers like Mr. J Maynard and Mr. J. Andrew address on disestablishment and church property questions. Delegates, chairs, and local societies debate state church relations and Liberation Society aims across multiple counties.
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