Disestablishment Debates Echo Across Religions and India
The article discusses ecclesiastical reforms in Britain, noting increased attendance at Congregational Union meetings and a push for a Sustentation Fund. It highlights concerns about centralisation, patronage, and relations with America, Ireland, Licensing, and Education, while citing an India angle from the Madras Athenaeum urging disestablishment to avoid taxpayer injustice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Lyttelton
Congregational Union
Dale
Statham
America
St. James’ Hall
London Missionary Society
City Mission
Home Missionary Society
Peace Society
England
East Indies
Ireland
India
Madras
Church of England
Church of Rome
Wesley
Irish Church Bill and Lords Second Reading Expected
The Irish Church Bill’s second reading in the House of Lords is anticipated around June 14. Earl of Derby may move for a six month delay, though party timing is uncertain after Whitsuntide. Dublin’s committee debated Irish rejection while Cairns’s view remained unconfirmed. a London deputation pressed for rejection. Tax Buntat Question: a Conservative statesman may push a church bill draft.
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LORDS
House of Lords
John Bull
Earl of Derby
Lord Derby
London
The
Scotsman
Dublin
J. Napier
Lord Cairns
Court of Arches
Her Majesty’s Privy Council
Martin v. Mackonochie
Doncaster
Vaughan
Church of England
Church reform and Dissenters burial grounds debate
Reports on burial rights for Dissenters and Church reform movements in Britain. Coverage includes Lord Ebury's push for liturgical revision, clergy letters opposing Liberal policies, and a church conference at Willis's Rooms with bishops and MPs debating Protestant unity and doctrinal disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bull
Suppen
Massie
J. W. Maasie
Captain Fair
Kingstown
Ireland
Gentleman
United States
Cuurcu
Lord Ebury
Church of England
Willis
Church Reform Association
Charles Buxton
T. Chambers
Briscoe
C. Glyn
Mesars. T. Chambers
C. Rushton
Hants
Mr. Glapstone
Bishop’s Waltham
Rev
W. Brock
England
House of Lords
Church Association
United Church of England and Ireland
Church of Rome
Colquhoun
Dublin
Bath
Birmingham
Bradford
Burton-on-Trent
Canterbury
Cheltenham
Dover
Durham
Gloucester
Bristol
Kingston on-Hull
Kingston-on-Thames
Leamington
Liverpool
Manchester
Nottingham
Peterborough
Reading
Selby
Sheffield
Wakefield
Wolverhampton
York
Lord Oranmore
Lord Fitzwalter
L. Noel
Holt
W. Dalton
Lichfield
W. Cadman
Marylebone
K. Garbett
Surbiton
J. B. Whiting
Broomfield
Essex
C. H. Lovell
T. R Andrews
Association
Palestine Fund lecturer to tour England 1869 70
Grorce Sr. Clare of Banbury becomes lecturer for the Palestine Exploration Fund while continuing ministry. He plans a September England tour to visit major Nonconformist churches and explain the society’s work. The move follows a winter focus on the society’s aims.
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Turkey
Grorce Sr
Clare
Banbury
Palestine Exploration Fund
England
Samuel Green
Baptist Church
Lyon-street
Walworth
Baptist Mission-house
John-street
Bedford-row
C. B. Spurgeon
J. W. Todd
Sydenham
G. B. Woolley
Hackney
Green
Cambridge
Angus, Davies
Sanders
Messrs. Bailhache
Bigwood
Kirtland
Todd
Trestrail
Wigner
Underhill
Messrs
Dickes
W.S. Gover
J. M. Hare
J. Harvey
EK. J. Oliver
W. Price
J. Trestrail
Angus
Connec
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