Baptist chapel growth and ministry notes across London
The article reports on church developments and fund drives including a Bedford Chapel school expansion to serve 800 children, a new storey and classrooms costing about 1000 pounds with 600 collected, and a plan to raise 400 more via a bazaar. It covers Devonport Street Chapel’s foundation stone, New York pastor Dr. Thompson’s resignation, Queen's Road Church call for G W Conder, and Adelphi Chapel remodeling in Hackney Road with 120 extra seats. It also provides statistics for English and United Presbyterian strength in England, plus local Baptist union meetings at Derby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jones
William Carey Stallybrass
Friends of Education
Bedford Chapel
Commercial-Road
Devonport-street Baptist Chapel
London
A. T. Bowser
Jennings
New York
Joseph Thompsons
Broadway Tabernacle Church
Thompson
Germany
Queen’s Road Congregational Church
Forest Hilll
G. W. Conder
Conder
Hackney-Road
Adelphi Chapel
Thomas Binney
C. Dukes
M.A
J. C. Harrison
R. D. Wilson
W. Roberts
A. M’auslane
T. Aveling
Richard Roberts
A. A. Ramsey
United Presbyterian Church
England
Matwen Newton
Maiden Newton
Dorsetshire
S. Giblett
Morecambelake
G. KR. Miall
Thos. Neave
Dorchester
Smith
R. W. McAll
T. W. Davids
Colchester
E. Wallis Jones
B. Moss
Hadleigh
E. Evans
Dedham
T. Field
Cook
McAll
RaucEp Scupers
Earl of Shaftesbury
London Board
Lord Shaftesbury
Lord Morley
House of Lords
Times
Shoeblack Brigades
Chichester
Mercantile Marine
Cumberland
Greenock
Ragged School Union
Midland Baptist Union
Derby
Notts, Derby
Lincolnshire
Particular Baptists
Midland Conference
General Baptists
H. Crassweller
C. A. Davis
Chesterfield
Osmaston Road
Letter to the Editor on Nonconformist church seating and class barriers
A correspondent criticizes Nonconformist chapels for lacking free seating and catering to income, arguing working class attendance is hindered by class-based pews. He warns this caste division harms the denomination and urges reform to welcome poorer worshippers.
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J. Stevenson
T. Rider
R. L. McDougal
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