Disestablishment urged in Scotland by Rev Dr Cairns
The speaker urged disestablishment of the Church of Scotland as essential for Christian truth and liberty, warning that continued state control would erode doctrinal purity. He argued disendowment would expand religious activity, aid union of Presbyterian Churches, and herald a broader Christian unity in Scotland and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Scotland
England
Scotland
Friends of
Evangelical Truth
Rainy
Jowett
Dean Stanley
Free Church
Cardross
Free and United Presbyterian Church
Church of America
Jerusalem
G. D. Cullen
Cairns
Reforms and Controversies Roil the Church and Education
Reported motions delay on church revenues and reform. Nonconformist scholars named from London Bristol and Birmingham. Liberal Scots back Education Bill despite religious instruction opposition. Exeter bishops decline Whitsuntide talk. Bennett case judgment nearing Whitsuntide with mixed views. Church Association Convocation reform urged with emphasis on laity inclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miall
Campriper
Trinity College
J. Cox
London
R. D. Hicks
Bristol
J. W. Lord
Birmingham
Birmingham Post
Union
Exeter
Bishop Temple
Bennett
Church Association
Willis
Joseph Hoare
Canon Bardsley
Church of England
Canon Ryle