17 Nov 1841
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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 17, 1841
Page
1
The author critiques clergy preaching of danger to religion while preparing for gains from church incomes. He notes a pattern of seeking revenue expansion, bypassing labor obligations, and urging property defenses as spiritual storms loom. The piece questions true piety versus fiscal motives.
A critical summary of Lord Tyndale's ruling on church wardens imposing rates amid dissent in Braintree. The article portrays the dispute between church authority and dissenters, the vestry resolution against compulsory rates, and anticipated legal maneuvers to enforce or defeat the rate. It frames the case as revealing tensions within a state church and criticizes the machinery of compulsory church funding.
The passage commends the dissenters at Braintree for their intelligence, firmness, and gentle spirit in handling the case and notes the duty to acknowledge their conduct.
In the Essex county church rate dispute Rev. B. Scalée sues churchwardens A. C. Veley and T. Joslin. The vestry convened twice and voted a two shilling rate, while dissenters urged religious liberty and refused to consent. The court ordered a monition and the vestry debated funding for repairs and services.
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