Clergy refuse concessions on parish graveyard access debate
The dialogue over unconsecrated ground and new burial services exposes clerical resistance. Clergy oppose unauthorised ministers in consecrated graves, insist on public funding for extra ground, and reject hybrid services feared by Dissenters. The piece critiques Home Secretary Cross and Salisbury era positions guiding the fight for churchyard rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Salisbury
Church of England
Cross
House of Lords
Home Secretary
Liberal Party
Ryle
Honorary chaplain named for royal service and bishoprics funded
The Rev. Llewellyn Davies of Christ Church Marylebone is gazetted honorary chaplain to Her Majesty. The Duchess Dowager of Cleveland gives 2000 pounds toward the proposed St. Alban’s bishopric and an equal sum to Cornwall’s new bishopric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llewellyn Davies
Christ Church, Marylebone
Duchess Dowager of Cleveland
St. Alban’s
Cornwall
Scottish Church Notes on Disestablishment and Kirkwood
A correspondent laments Dr. Anderson Kirkwood's Disestablishment speech. The piece argues his Liberal stance harms trust, notes Edinburgh Committee reactions, and predicts a renewed clash between the Scottish Establishment and Nonconformists as Dissenters prepare to push back. It hints at broader political shifts and future divides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Kirkwood
Kirkwood
Miall
Robert Buchan
Aberdeen
Edinburgh
Asher
Lord Advocate Watson
McLauchlan
Free Church General Assembly
Scotland
Establishment Warned That Change Might Have Been Better Left
A cautious comment suggests that the Establishment would benefit from leaving things as they were. The remark implies that altering the status quo could provoke unforeseen complications.
Sermon Trade Promotes Church Defence Appeals
The Church Defence Institution promotes sermons for November 19 the National Church Sunday to support church defense funds. An advertisement from the Church Times invites purchases of the sermon on Church Defence, with text from Isaiah and notes on the Church as a divine city. It outlines the aims of defending the church against false friends and foes and details subscription and distribution terms for these sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Defence Institution
Church Times
M. A
John-street
Bristol
Church of Christ
Christ
Church Defence Association
S.P.G
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