Unsectarian Education Debate Splits English Irish Clergy
A London press summary reports on the British and Foreign School Society meeting advocating undenominational education and separating church catechism from schooling. It notes Earl Russell opposing denominational schooling, Irish unsectarian unity efforts, and clashes within the Dublin Archbishopric over Ritualism and Dissent. The piece also covers Liberation Society influence, calls for church state dissolution, and notes sermons and meetings across the church groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
British and Foreign School Society
Harl Rudsell
Earl Russell
England
Ireland
London Council
National Education League
Guedalla
Irish Education League
Dublin
É&C
Irish Episcopalian Church
Liberation Society Annual Soiree Report Speech Highlights
The report notes Rev. John Gordon of Evesham speaking on a resolution to promote freeing religion from established church ties in England Wales and Scotland. He praises legislative changes abolishing Regium Donum church rates and the Irish establishment, arguing the principles are clear and persuasive to persuade public support and consistent legal equality for all religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Lord Shaftesbury
Church Pastoral Aid Society
Liberation Society
John Bull
Liberal Party
Humanists of
Ireland
England
Gladstone
United Liberal Party
Church Institution
Orby Shipley
Beanlands
Brighton
Shipley
Colummns
Wesleyan Missionary Society
Methodist New Connexion
Buntinghem
Congregational Union
J. C. Harrison
Alexander Hannay
Croydon
George Smith
Harrison
The
John Gordon
Evesham
Wales
Scotland
Friends of Free Religion
Gorpow
London
Regium Donum