26 May 1869
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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 26, 1869
Page
1
A speech notes large English emigration into Welsh industries, urging Christian support for immigrant past and present, chapel-building, and frontier evangelism. Speakers praise rural evangelists, condemn anti evangelical attitudes, and call for increased annual income to fund 100 evangelists in the field.
Speakers recount heavy rural opposition to Nonconformist worship with closures and job loss for attending services. They highlight Primitive Methodists building 14,000 local preachers and 3,235 chapels in six years, urging sustained effort to spread gospel truth amid hostility. The Earl of Shaftesbury expresses sympathy but cannot attend. meeting ends with thanks to the chair.
A Thursday service at Exeter Hall drew a large, influential audience of Baptist and other denominations. Speakers praised missionary work, noted reforms in society’s operations, and highlighted financial strength of major missionary societies with substantial annual revenues.
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