Parochial System Expands Clergy Led Lay Helpers
The bishop leads a broad parochial movement increasing lay support across parishes. About a thousand associates enrolled and 565 more lay helpers sought. Sussex Home Missionary Society reports grants, visits, evangelistic efforts, and a push to include ministers as life members of the Pastora Retiring Fund.
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London
Sussex Home Missionary Society
County Association
United Prayer Meeting
Queensquare Chapel
Brighton
E. Paxton Hood
London-road Chapel
Royal Pavilion
Daniel Pratt
Fisq
B. B. Williams
Chichester
Jenkin Jones
Uckfield
J. H. Wilson
Home Missionary Society
G. O. Frost
Horsham
R. Hamilton
H. Hounsom
Rypr
George-street
Ryde
General Fire and Life Insurance Company
R. J. Jones
Smith
Portsea
Ald. Thurlow
G. Allan Coltart
John Kemp- Welch
Sopley Park
Hants
Welch
H. H. Carlisle
Ll.l
Southampton
Kemp-Welch
Shem Camden
G. A. Coltart
Casse
R. A. Davies
Ventnor
Community fund drive totals revealed at Christchurch event
Joseph Fletcher of Christchurch W M Owan of Andover and M Paull of Romsey led a fundraiser where the chairman donated. The collected sum ranged from 130 to 1402, totaling a sizable local contribution.
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Joseph Fletcher
Christchurch
W. M.owan
Andover
M. Paull
Romsey
Charity School Admission Contention Draws Editor’s Attention
A Sunday school boy’s tale highlights a widow’s plea to admit her child to a charity school. The denominational charity school funds twenty free places for children, with per‑week pay and clothing, yet admission hinges on attendance at National and Church Sunday schools. The writer asks how the Education Act will address this but notes the Endowed Schools Bill seems unaffected.
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National School
Charity School
Education battle fuels village church disputes in England
A letter critiques Evangelical church influence, proposes a Nonconformist Commission to tour villages, and cites a Cambridge-area case where an evangelical charity system allegedly failed, villagers turned to Dissenters, and drunkenness declined after religious shifts.
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the Spectator
The
Times
Matthew Arnold
Maurice
Voysey
Bennett
Keble
M‘neill
Simeon
East Midland
Cambridge
Village Clergy Split Sparks Nonconformist Complaint
A reader argues that farmers and labourers fearing soul talk are drawn to chapels, claiming village clergymen are often squire-like or Ritualist. He supports improving village church balance to offset losses of Established clergy, Evangelical or Ritualistic.
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Squire
Church of England
Tam, &c
Controversy over Church and State tensions in Preston
A Preston letter writer condemns Church of England opposition to Liberationists and notes violent rhetoric from Emmanuelite supporters. The missive cites 1870 Blackburn and Staleybridge incidents, urging working men to debate and defend church related reforms as elections loom.
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THE
Liberation Society
Pdiwor
Proud Preston
Church
Parsons
Preston Herald
Emmanuelite
Emmanuel Church
Preston
Liberationista
Blackburn
Carvell Williams
Herald
Apostle
Staleybridge
Satan
Carvell Williames
Richard Oastler
Diamond discoveries at the Cape spark renewed trade hopes
A writer, who predicted Cape diamonds, argues that recent news of rich gold deposits on the Drakensberg west slopes may surpass the Cape discoveries in importance. He notes the geographic link to Natal and the diamond region, suggesting the Uphir of Scripture may be shaping East Coast Africa’s riches.
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Cape
Drakensberg
Natal
Africa
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