Sunday schools face rate exemption showdown in Parliament
A large meeting urged action against taxing Sunday and ragged schools. Speakers including Mr. Pratt and Mr. Gent warned that exemption would shutter many schools and seize Bibles to pay poor rates. They pressed petitions, pledging unity and public pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Secretary
Bruce
Mr. Pratt
Justice Blackburn
Charles Reed
John Bright
England
Poor-law Board
Gent
Ragged-school Union
A. Kinnarzo
House of Commons
Stoncuron
Irish Evangelical Society hears calls to support Ireland
The annual meeting at Finsbury Chapel, chaired by Charles Reed, M.P., focused on Protestant evangelism in Ireland, the society’s rising income from 2,763 pounds 13 shillings 4 pence to 3,428 pounds 148 shillings 7 pence, and hopes to reach 5,000 per year. Speakers urged England to double subscriptions and pressed for reform in Ireland amid religious and political tensions.
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England
Ireland
W. Tarzotton
James Scrutton
Reed
House of Commons
Society
Francis Tudur
Cork
Gladstones
Brights
James Towney
Kay
Wesleyan Missionary Society Anniversary in Exeter Hall
The Wesleyan Missionary Society held its anniversary at Exeter Hall with Mr. M. Arthur as chair. The annual report cited total year receipts of 146,2497 7s 8d and a 19,000 balance to cover prior deficits. It detailed vast overseas work across Ireland Continental France Germany Italy Spain India Ceylon Africa and the Americas, with hundreds of missionaries and thousands of students and members in dozens of stations and schools. The Watchman notes the opening remarks and Mr. Arthur’s speech highlighting the society’s global reach and history.
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Exeter Hall
W. M.arthur
G. T. Perks
Wesleyan Missionary Society
France
Switzerland
Germany
Italy
Spain
North America
South Africa
Australia
India
Ceylon
China
Africa
West Indies
Polynesia
Paris
Rheims
Boulogne
Bavaria
Austria
Padua
Naples
British Islands
Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Cape Breton
Prince Edward’s Island
Newfoundland
Bermudas
Juabrador
Cape
Natal
Kaffirland
Bechuana
New South Wales
Victoria
South
Western Australia
Queensland
Tasmania
New Zealand
Tonga
Fiji
Madras
Mysore
Calcutta
Lucknow
Canton
Wuchang
Gambia
Sierra Leone
Cape Coast
Jamaica
Honduras
Bahamas
Haiti
British Guiana
Windward
Leeward Islands
Hayti
M‘arthur
Wiseman
Gervase Smith
Chen
Wyatt and Kina See Proceedings End with Thanks
J. B. Wyatt of Kingstown and the Rev. A. Kina formerly of Dublin participated as proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman.
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J. B. Wyatt
Kingstown
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Irish Evangelical Society
Finsbury Chapel
M.P
Hoe
United Kingdom
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