Charity meeting discusses chapel debt and hopes to clear in 1876
Alderman Barlow explains total cost of Stone chapel and school at 4116 pounds 98 shillings 9 pence with 2616 pounds 9 shillings 9 pence paid leaving 1500 pounds debt. John Crossley of Halifax promised to pay interest for three years if the committee cleared the debt within that period. A public meeting was held with Mr E F Bodley as chairman and several ministers speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Beeby
Alderman Barlow
Stone
John Crossley
Halifax
E. F. Bodley
Hanley
J. Legge
T. Cocker
J. Mills
J. H. Johnes
Chapel and Schools Building Fund
Allon
Allen
Congregational Psalmody
Lightcliffe Congregational Church
Bradford
Orship
David
Yancy
Gregory
Tuning Hymns and Church Music in Early Methodism
A lecture discusses proper hymn selection in early Methodism. It criticizes certain tunes Hampshire Calcutta and Rousseau's Dream as incongruent burlesque. Emphasizes ministerial responsibility over choir or precentor in choosing tunes with examples Capernaum and Melita. A collection was taken at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fox
Hampshire
Calcutta
Rousseau
Melita
Liberations, Congregationalism, and Church Finance Debates
A Congregationalist correspondent defends disendowment and church autonomy, arguing for lay control of worship spaces and funds. He cites 1871 1872 positions, urges clear Liberation Society policy, and shares results from weekly offering plans boosting ministers’ salaries and cutting debt at local churches in Accrington and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxton
Liberation Society
Mr. Loxton
Thomas Nicholson
Sheffield
Church of England
Miall
Nicholson
The
Church finance and weekly offerings urged for minister support
The editor discusses resolutions for church finance urging weekly offerings as a method to secure full ministerial income. He notes some churches may need external help while others could raise larger incomes locally and some may exceed current efforts to supplement poorer parishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim
Nuddersfield Uiveting
Congregational Total Abstinence Association Sparks Debate
A Letter to the editor argues the proposed abstinence group risks failure from its start. It critiqued extreme speakers, urged inclusive membership, and proposed associates who sympathize without pledging total abstinence to avoid alienating churches and Sunday schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Total Abstinence Association
Congregational
Total Abstinence Association
Christian Church
Church
Total Abstainers
Friends of the New Movement
Huddersfield
Total
Total Abstinence Society
Departure of swallows and a new German satire novel
Swallows began their departure for warmer latitudes on Saturday, earlier than usual. A German novel by Princess Alice of Hesse, Life Paths, is nearly ready. Reportedly it depicts the upper ten in Germany with a witty, sarcastic pen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice of Hesse
Germany
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Accrington
Free Church of Scotland
United Presbyterian Church
Irish Presbyterian Church
Congregational Union
Bedford
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