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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 31, 1869
Page
2
The text decries any modification to a measure establishing ecclesiastical equality and religious peace. It asserts Wednesday’s vote as final, a triumph of a new policy, and claims its healing effect in Ireland. It frames the act as homage to justice and a landmark of national progress fixed and unalterable.
The London correspondent notes Conservative discontent with Lord Stanley and Disraeli as a Liberal bill on Ireland and church matters looms. A Bishop of Oxford worries over prolonged battles and the English Establishment, while Lords Derby and Marlborough weigh party unity and power. Education Bill objections and Presbyterian views follow, with petitions and amendments debated as Scotland critiques the national scheme.
A special meeting of the Commission of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland was held in Edinburgh on Wednesday to consider the Government education measure. The gathering addressed the bill and its implications for church and state.
On Easter day ritualist churches held grand services with banners processions and rich vestments led by Mr Mackonochie at St Alban's Holborn. The altar bloomed with lilies azaleas camellias and other flowers while candles lit the morning prayers before Communion. The celebrant and assistants bowed deeply during consecration as bells tolled sixty eight times.
Daily Telegraph reports that All Saints Lambeth and other Anglican churches held high ritual Holy Communion with flowers, banners, incense, and processions. The Lambeth service featured a 40-person procession, elaborate vestments, and elevation of paten and cup during consecration led by Rev Patrick Levey. Brighton St James Chapel showed elaborate decor and 78 candles with incense and kneeling adoration during Communion.
At St Peter’s Church in St George in the East a Good Friday service culminated in a Way of the Cross procession through the parish. Rev C F Lowder led prayers and addresses at several stations, urging contemplation and urging mothers with babies in arms, as the gold cross veiled on high led the way.
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