Friends urged to press peace against war and military power
A meeting of Friends discussed antiwar aims urging individuals and local groups to promote peace principles. Speakers including John Hodgkin Samuel Bowly and William Watkins urged action, even deputations to ministers of European powers, toward disarmament and adherence to pacifist Christian ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hodgkin
Lewes
Gilpin
Samuel Bowly
Gloucester
Mr. Holland
Ashford
Society of Friends
Friends
United States
Longfellow
William Watkins
Birmingham
Europe
Resignations and church changes across Victorian London and regions
The Rev. A. A. Ramsay resigns Adelphi Chapel Hackney road and joins Trinity Church Dewsbury. Rev. Elvery Dothie assists in Leamington after Lancaster pastorate. Rev. W. J. Bain begins ministry at Clemens street Leamington. Salem Chapel gains space pressure. Rev. Wm Leese Giles resigns Cannon street Baptist Chapel in Brimingham after nine years. Poultry Chapel sold to London Joint-Stock Bank for 50 200 with grounds for new church near Holborn Viaduct. temporary services arranged. London Missionary Society honors Mr E Stacey with 150 guineas and a timepiece. Induction of A Gray Maitland at Sydenham Grove Congregational Church. Union of Baptists and Independents yields new Union chapel at Holbeach. Induction at Buncany Independent Church honors Thomas Hope. Albion Square Church presents Dr Davies gold purse for US tour. Werstryan District returns show_methodist trends with declines in membership and emphasis on class meetings amid calls for revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Ramsay
Adelphi Chapel
Hackney Road
Trinity Church
Dewsbury
Elvery Dothie
Congregational Church
Lancaster
Samuel Martin
Westminster
Leamington
W. J. Bain
Clemens-street
Bain
Salem Chapel
Wellingborough
Salem
Brim MincHam
Leese Giles
Cannon-street Baptist Chapel
Giles
Poultry
London
London Joint-Stock Bank
House of Prayer
Parker
Holborn Viaduct
Cannon-street
Exeter Hall
Albion Chapel
Moorgate-street
London Missionary Society
Blomfield-street
Finsbury
E. Stacey
India
China
South Africa
Polynesia
Madaascar
West Indies
R. Moffat
Turner
Wardlaw
Stacey
Messrs
Blake
Bradbury
Gill
Mullens
Porter
Robinson
Sewell
Storrow, &c
Sydenham
A. Gray Maitland
Western College
Plymouth
the Grove
T. C. Hine
J. M. Charlton
Robert Robinson
George Critchley
E. Johnson
D. B. James
J. Ellis
Thomas Sassons
Joseph Halsey
R. Davey
W. Lea
J. Collins
S. Tipple
J. Morlais Jones
R. Robinson
V. Thomas Sissons
Joseph Ruston
J.P
Lincoln
W. F. Clarkson
Sutterby
Long Sutton
Thomas Hope
Lancashire Independent College
Alexander Thomson
Manchester
Hope
J. Flower
Beccles
Scott
Lancashire College
C. S. Carey
Albion Square Congregational Church
Pembroke Dockx
Davies
United States
John James
Dr. Davies
Albion Square
Liverpool
Nevada
Guion
States
Alabama
Werstryan
Resources of the Religious Societies Totals Revealed
A May supplement reveals incomes of major religious bodies totaling 995 995 pounds with about two thirds spent on foreign and colonial missions. Church Societies account for 444 810 pounds, Nonconformist 367 918, mixed societies 183 055, plus additional smaller groups. Wesleyan allocations separate home missions from colonies and foreign work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Free Churches
Primitive Methodists
Wesleyan Missionary Society
Also Mentioned on This Page
Methodist Recorder
Mae
Bible Society
Propagation of the Gospel Society
Church Missionary Society
Baptist Missionary Society
Religious Tract Society
London City Mission
Home Missionary Societ United Methodist Free Church
Primitive Methodist Society
Christian Vernacular Education For India Society
Baptist Tract Society
British Jews Society
London Jews Society
Evangelical Continental Society
Army Scripture Readers’ Society
Navy Scripture Readers’ Society
Christian Knowledge Society
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