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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 07, 1874
Page
2
A North Devon correspondent offers to undertake distribution of society publications within a six to seven mile circumference around town. The Liberator invites names of suitable distributors for every town and village.
A large Atheneum meeting denounces Dominicals demanded by four Exeter Ritualists. Protests fuel petitions to Parliament as Sandford the shoemaker faces a Monday auction of goods amid family hardship and community sympathy.
The Cambridge Independent Press reports the death of Rev. William Robinson aged 70, longtime pastor of St Andrew's Street Chapel who resigned last year due to illness. He died in Iowa after a ten day battle with dysentery, leaving a legacy of bold nonconformist preaching and a tract titled The Sin of Conformity. He was respected across religious lines for practical earnestness and strong doctrine.
The obituary recalls Mr. Robinson a high office holder who advocated civil and religious liberty and defended revealed religion against science. It notes his pamphlet Flints Fancies and Facts and his presidency of the Baptist Association in 1870, plus edits life and works of Rev Robert Robinson. It praises his blameless life and aim to teach universal Christian truths.
A layman’s letter to the Times probes how disestablishment and disendowment shook Ireland’s church. It notes clergy greed via commuting and compounding, enabling large gains while the church kept capital, provoking mass migration to England and curtailing Irish clerical supply. It argues reforms and reinvestment may eventually restore balance.
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