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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 20, 1878
Page
4
Speakers clashed over the Burials Question and the role of the Establishment in education religion and disestablishment. Proponents of the Liberation Society argued for separation while critics praised reforms and cited church influence. A resolution in favor of disestablishment was carried unanimously.
A large Albion Assembly Rooms audience heard Mr Carvell Williams discuss the present condition of the Church of England as a reason for disestablishment. J R Procter presided. resolutions backed by Rev W Williams and Rev J Aitkin led to thanks to the lecturer. Degenerate attendance at the parish church drew comment.
The Manchester Examiner covers the Manchester District Council of the Liberation Society. Thomas Hall chaired as Hugh Mason was absent. The report highlights religious establishment debate, growth in meetings and literature output, and a district income of 2368. Mason was re-elected president and thanked for his service amid illness.
The Wakefield repress notes that on Monday evening the Rev Charles Williams of Accrington, a lecturer with the Liberation Society, spoke in the Primitive Methodist Schoolroom at Norbury, which was lent for the event. The weather was exceedingly...
A large audience heard Mr. Williams discuss the Church Congress of 1878 on church property and its relation to the State. He critiqued Rev Gatty and other speakers, contrasted Mackonochie’s views with disestablishment, and endorsed a Liberation scheme for religious equality. A resolution approving disestablishment passed with thanks to lecturer and chairman.
The Cumberland Guardian reports lectures by Rev J MDougall of Darwen at Whitehaven on Disendowment and the Church's role. Airedale College also hosted his talk advocating repayment of church funds since 1819. Audience questions followed with strong approval for the lecturer and chair.
Mr Fisher spoke to a crowded Borough Hall audience in Guildford on the disestablishment issue. The Surrey Gazette notes the lecture drew cheers, with Mr Neasman and Mr Reed replying for the Church Defence Society and a unanimous vote of thanks given to Mr Fisher.
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