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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 16, 1870
Page
3
A mood favors retaining all churches even where a curate cannot be provided and holding occasional services to “keep the lamp burning.” The Meath Synod adopted this course and expects sanction in other dioceses as commutation decisions loom. Fifty-one clergy have agreed to commute while two refused.
The article details Francis Lycett’s offers toward funding fifty Wesleyan chapels, reopening of the Kennington Lane chapel after repairs, and recent religious events across York Street Dublin, Stoke-green, Rocheste r, Ness near Plymouth, and West Croydon. It notes a Free Christian Congregation movement, extensive Wesleyan chapel-building activity, and the new Court Congregational Chapel at Tollington Park with remarks by MP S. Morley.
Speakers including the Rev W Roberts and Mr Mason urge Nonconformists to apply religious principle to politics and challenge the Established Church. A trowel honors the chairman as a 3000 pound fundraising push proceeds, led by a 1007 gift from Mr Morley. The chapel will feature Corinthian classical architecture by Mesers Searle and Sons.
Congregational minister G J Woodward argues in Shaftesbury on November 12 1870 that public opinion favours secular instruction in state aided schools. He warns banning religious teaching shifts the burden to religious communities and critiques Bible inclusion as a compromise amid sectarian views.
A reader objects to the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol for suggesting Nonconformist ministers who join the established church should be given positions in towns and cities. The letter labels this a grave reflection on the whole Nonconformist body and questions the implication of returning to the Church for ministerial roles.
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