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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 15, 1876
Page
4
A dramatic poem scene depicts a village funeral for an unbaptized infant. A callous priest dismisses pity as mourners carry the coffin across the churchyard, while the child’s death contrasts with the gospel command to welcome children. Samuel Smiles Jerdan.
The report notes 7,369 parishes with 20,503,870 population show 11,267 Church of England consecrated worship spaces and 14,000 nonconformist un consecrated ones, indicating a dissenting majority of 2,733. It reports church endowments in Ceylon and a threatened suit in Ashen, Essex, plus debates on Evangelical Nonconformists and Romanising tracts.
The article notes Spurgeon's Metropolitan Tabernacle membership at 4813, declines in Episcopal communicants and confirmations, and hints at sermons being trimmed. It reports Skipsea new Congregational Church opening, Alloa revival gifts, Baptist gender makeup studies, and various church affairs including Reformed Episcopal consecrations and Christian League conference at Southport with debates on private judgment and unity.
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