Debates on Burial Law and Church Disestablishment Across Britain
The article surveys proposals limiting burial officiants to registered ministers, calls for hymn or Bible based services, and reports on Chelmsford and Edinburgh discussions. It notes disestablishment movements in Scotland, Welsh clergy remarks, and global Methodist funding debates, including Demerara missions and parish disputes in Bradford.
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Demerara
James Barfield
Court of Policy
Great Horton
Bradford
Great Hollow
Charles Lamb
Lamb
Wordsworth
Disestablishment Debate Sparks South Shields Meetings
In South Shields the Church Defence Association and Liberation Society clashed over disestablishment. Dr Massingham lectured at the Mechanics Institute to a large audience of Nonconformists and others, with Rev J H Gordon of the Liberation Society challenging debate. Both sides pledged to meet in discussion after stipulating a future date.
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South Shields
Church Defence Association
Liberation Society
W. Best
Leeds
Shields
Massingham
Mechanics’ Institute
Dr. Massingham
J. H. Gordon
The
Mr. Gordon
Gordon
Touchstone
Mr. Touchstone
Disestablishment Debate within the Church of Scotland
The Rev Dr Cairns of Berwick-upon-Tweed spoke on May 6 in Queen-street Hall urging disestablishment. He argued the Church should be distinct from the State and noted the Church of Scotland’s minority status with about 1.3 million adherents implied, criticizing endowment monopolies and school control hindering national education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairns
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Church of Scotland
Queen-street Hall
William Duncan
Scotland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Swedenborgians
Church of England
Chelmsford
T. 5. Gibson
London
Gibson
Osborne Morgan
Free Church of Scotland
Free Church
Berwick
United Presbyterian Church
Edinburgh
Dean Stanley
W. Jones
Cyfarthfa
Merthyr Ruridecanal
England
E. White
H. Morton
Newcastle Daily Chronicle
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