Religious instruction in schools debated by Congregationalists
A large Congregational gathering debated whether state schools should teach the Bible or if religious instruction should remain church-led. Speakers warned against using public funds for sectarian teaching, urged Sunday schools oversight, and argued for a Bible-inclusive yet nonsectarian approach within education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Bristol
Evangelical Confederacy
Wallace
Glasgow
Dorcas
Rogers
Henry Ricward
M.P
Richard
John Bright
James Graham
Miall
Beresford Hope
Union Assembly Debates Bible Teaching and Councils of Reference
The assembly discussed training religious school masters over school Bible teaching. Dr Parker withdrew his amendment after agreeing the Bible question was not raised by the resolution. The second Union meeting is set for Friday at 9 30 a.m. at Poultry Chapel with papers by Rev Mullens and later ceremonies including foundation-stone laying by J Remington Mills.
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Tomas Brnney
Josefa Fiercier
Christchurch
Owen
Cromwell
Parker
Congregational Union
Parliament
Union
Wiutt1am Urwicx
America
R. W. Daz
Christ
Dale
Eustace Conner
Leeds
Stoncuron
Haury
Epwago Waite
J.G. Rogers
Forborne
Poultry Chapel
Mullens
Memorial Hall
J. Remington Mills
T. Binney
Halley
Cannon-street
Hugh Mason
Ashton-under-Lyne
J. Baldwin Brown
Alex. Thomson
Manchester
First Stone Of Congregational Memorial Hall To Be Laid
Fragment from a report on the Congregational Union noting plans for the Memorial Hall stone laying and a shift to a new representative member structure. It describes venues used, the Weigh House and Poultry Chapel, and the new division between representative and associate members, with 300 churches joining and discussions of future funds and education policy.
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London
Congregational Union
Old Bailey
Finsbury Chapel
Weigh House
Kennedy
A. Hannay
Frances Crossley
Manchester
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