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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 20, 1878
Page
2
Edward White praises patient kindness shown by workers in London's darker districts. He argues practical self denial reveals truth through love, shaping minds and consciences more than sermonizing. He commends church volunteers aiding the ignorant and wayward as England’s bright prospect.
The writer laments clerical alarm among Scots churchmen led by Professor Flint and Minister Tulloch and notes clashes over disestablishment. It cites Lord Nosebery’s Aberdeen Rectorship, Mr Cross, and Lord Rosebery, plus Glasgow Bank links to Free Church figures and their charitable giving.
Pontefract Mayor Mr W H Barker asks Rev J Moffett to act as chaplain at his banquet and abandons attending the Established Church in official robes after election. In Manchester St Pauls Pendleton rules on lighted candles at Holy Communion draw bishop’s guidance, with cross displays leading to discipline and renewed debate about ritual practice.
Prolific portrait of Robert Dick born 1811 at Tullibody. Smiles lauds Dick’s independent mind and nature driven life, detailing early hardships, schooling, baker apprenticeship, and his rise as a gifted geologist and botanist whose work influenced Hugh Miller and Sir Roderick Murchison.
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