Irish Catholics Oppose State Endowment Amid Bribe Offer
A Dublin stance denounces a government grant as a petty bribe to Ireland to relax public opposition. The text argues the plan seeks to recruit the priesthood, widen state control of religion, and undermine Catholic and Dissenter liberties, urging Irish subjects to resist.
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Ireland
Call to reject secular bribes and uphold faith in Christ
The speaker urges fidelity against secular pressure, urging congregations to rely on Christ’s resources that sustained early believers through persecution. Signed on behalf of the Conference by John Burnet.
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Universal Family of Man
John Burnet
Protestant Dissenters Attack Maynooth Endowment Stand
Leaders at Crosby Hall condemn Commons indifference to petitions against the Maynooth Endowment bill. They urge Dissenters to refuse electoral support for pro Maynooth or liberal MPs, while promoting nonconformist candidates and a hard line against church-state entanglements.
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Crosby Hall
Bishopsgate Street
Commons
Maynooth
H. Totter
Market Harborough
Prict
House of Parliament
Presbyterian Church
Scotland
John Russell
Morais
Southampton
May
Ipswich
J. C. Evans
House of Commons
Evans
Buckingham Palace
J. P. Munrsett
Leicester