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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 27, 1878
Page
5
Article discusses proposed reforms to end catechism teaching in public primaries while keeping civil control of schools. It details access for priests or ministers if requested by families, with teachers coordinating schedules and potential refusal by clergy. It notes Protestant and Jewish communities face fewer issues and critiques from Independence Belge about priest suitability.
The report notes Rev. Clement Bailhache gravely ill and Rev. Spurgeon improving after missing services. Dean Stanley preaches at Westminster Abbey and highlights duties tied to past and present. Dublin hosts a fifth Christian Convention with thousands attending daily. Foreign mission giving rises sharply in 1877 78, led by Church of England and London Missionary Society. Minister Rev. Charles Gilbert dies at 79 after a long Nonconformist career. Congregational and Baptist associations meet in Berks Bucks Oxon and Yorkshire urging home missions and lay preaching in rural districts. Public notices on interment at Abney Park and chapel-building efforts conclude the piece.
The Merthyr Tydvil MP visits Mountain Ash Merthyr Hirwain and other towns with Mrs Richard and Mr Davis chairing. Welsh meetings praise his service during last winter distress and pledge support at the next election as he condemns government counsels on the Afghan war.
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