Anniversary Meetings of the Friends Yearly Meeting in London
The Friends Yearly Meeting began at Bishopsgate Chapel London with broad attendance though few from Manchester and Liverpool. American ministers Allen Jay and Caroline Talbot spoke, praising prayer and evangelical aims, while an American revival current influenced discussions on worship, ministry, and scripture reading. The meeting debated spiritual trends, approved temporary plans for provincial gatherings, and planned funding for education in Melbourne and Ackworth School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends’ Yearly Meeting
Society of Friends
Bishopsgate Street
London
Manchester
Liverpool
America
Allen Jay
North’ Carolina
Caroline Talbot
Ohio
Talbot
Jay
United States
Great Britain
William Taylor
California
Pearsall Smith
Moody and Sankey
Christ
Sholl
J. B. Braithwaite
Jesus Christ of Nazareth
God
Lean
Holloway
Theodore Fry
Fry
Australia
Melbourne
Ackworth
Yorkshire
English Congregational Chapel Building Society conference notes
The fourth five year conference in Memorial Hall Farringdon Street reviewed the society’s aims and methods. John Crossley urged broader church support and annual subscriptions while Rev J A Gallaway explained loan and counsel roles and the goal of expanding congregations and buildings nationwide. The meeting praised the loan system, reported 460 buildings aided, and discussed raising the loan fund to 50,000 pounds to enable more church construction and improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hall
Farringdon-street
A. Galbraith
John Crossley
Derby
J. A. Gallaway
A.M
London
Lancashire
T. W. Aveling
English Congregational Chapel Building Society
Toronto
J. D. Knorr Wi.tams
J. H. Wilson
Home Missionary Society
Surrey
Oxfordshire
Spurgeon