Cabinet face delicate duty on burial bill amendments
The debate centers on Clause 74 and proposed burial observance allowances in a Church of England framework. Lords Granville Harrowby Shaftesbury Exeter York and church leaders differ over allowing secular or varied religious services at interments while preserving order and church primacy.
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Lord Granville
Tait
Guardian
Selborne and Harrowby
House of Lords
Church of England
Osborne Morgan
Bishop
Exeter
Lord Harrowby
Lord Shaftesbury
Archbishop Tait
Peterborough
York
Granville
Scottish Church Notes on May Meetings and Covenantists
Our Scottish May meetings begin with ecclesiastical focus. The piece notes five Presbyterian divisions, including two dissenting fragments, one opposing Parliament and the other upholding the Solemn League and Covenant. The United Presbyterian Synod opens in Glasgow tonight, described as powerful and energetic.
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Scotland
Exeter Hall
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Free Church
Secession Church
Solemn League and Covenant
United Presbyterian Church
Glasgow