Lords Vote Abstention Amid Bill Debate And Missionary Losses
The House of Lords abstained from voting on a bill amid royal support and priestly concerns. May meetings fill Exeter Hall as the long‑standing religious center survives. Meanwhile major societies report income declines, with the Church Missionary Society posting a deficit near 17,000 pounds and overall church missionary groups facing combined shortfalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
Lord Houghton
Exeter Hall
Church Missionary Society
Propagation Society
Wesleyan Missionary Society
Baptist Missionary Society
Missionary Meetings Highlight Wesleyan Fiji Transformations
Lord Northbrook and Sir Arthur Gordon praised missionary work in India and Fiji. Gordon cited a dramatic decline in cruelty and cannibalism in Fiji, with 102000 regular Wesleyan worshippers among 120000 natives, 800 chapels, 1500 day schools, and widespread family worship across the islands. He credited Wesleyan agency with peaceful change and urged public testimony.
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Lord Northbrook
Arthur Gordon
India
Fiji Islands
Sir Arthur
Fiji
Wesleyan
Sketches From the Gallery in the House of Commons
Sir Robert Peel dominates the Commons, facing satire on his Tamworth seat as Major OGorman challenges ministers over Russia. A late debate covers the Bright Clauses of the Irish Land Act, Gladstone and Bright sparring, Justin McCarthy’s maiden speech, and the Budget and Criminal Code Bill proceedings.
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House of Commons
Robert Peel
Tamworth
Peel
Robert
Baronet
Sir Robert Peel
King William-street
Paris
Berlin
East
Russia
St. Petersburg
Sir Robert
Major O’gorman
Rome
Biggar
Bright
Shaw-Lefevre
Gladstone
Bulwer
Bright Rose
Justin McCarthy
Longford
McCarthy
Plunket
Lord Hartington
Wilfrid Lawson
Stafford Northcote
Letter to the Editor Defends Rev Arthur Tooth
A correspondent corrects a news report on Rev J Guinness Rogers Liberation Society remarks. The writer argues Tooth refused to secede from the Church of England, obeyed church law, and rejected a secular court ruling as an act of obedience to the church’s own law.
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Arthur Tooth
J. Guinness Rogers
The
Liberation Society
Tooth
Rogers
Mr. Tooth
Mr. Rogers
Church of England
J. G. Rogers
Judicial Committee
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