Debate over Liberal and Tory candidates stirs public press
A lengthy critique questions candidate merits in Scotland, contrasting Watson with Kirkwood and the Spectator’s bias. It argues the Spectator tampers public judgment, while noting church and university ties shape opinion amid political contest. The piece references church patronage, abolition debates, and broader Liberal vs Conservative lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Watson
Dr. Kirkwood
Watson
Rutherford Clark
Spectator
Church of Scotland
Duke of
Scotland
Free Church of Scotland
Ecclesiastical Meetings and Parish Missions Reported
Bishops meet at Lambeth to discuss ecclesiastical appeals under the Judicature Act. Archdeacon Johnson accepts HE BrisHOPRIC oF CalcutTa. A twelve day parish mission in Manchester begins Jan 27 1877 to uplift religious life. Spanish protestant jailed seven days in Barcelona for faith. Mahon affair cited as government misstatement and suppression. Stand Lancashire reports a six week old child buried after christening by a dissenting minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambeth
CalcutTa
Johnson
Farnborough
Leamington
Warwickshire
Manchester
Times
Barcelona
Mahon
Code de Torreno
Buria
Bury Times
Stand
Lancashire
Stand Church
Germany
Horace Noel
London
W. Park
Belfast
G. Cousins
Edinburgh
Carr Glynne
Willis
Toronto
Papal
Europe
Spain
M. R. St. Hilaire
France
Pastor Erdmann
Elberfeld
Alliance For Germany
Ev. R. S. Ashton
Italy
Smith
Fisch
Paris
Erdmann
Manning
Religious Tract Society
United Kingdom
Evangelical Alliance Conference Opens in Southport
The Annual Conference of the Evangelical Alliance opened in Southport with social and formal gatherings. Delegates heard addresses by Rev. Canon Clarke and Hon. Rev. E. V. Bligh, discussed resolutions on continental Christianity, and noted support from Queen and German Empress. Reports praised growth, urged wider charity, and anticipated 1878 Berlin conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Evangelical Alliance
Southport
Canon Clarke
Christ Church
Alliance
E. V. Bligh
West Malling
E. Forbes
Dr. Rigg
England
James Davis
Germany
Prince of Wales
India
Turkey
Europe
Berlin
James Stevenson
Dublin
Stevenson
J. Chater
Southport West-end
Loe
Nottingham
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Church of England
Tur
CryYlon
Church Missionary Society
Colombo
Wilson
Chapman
Claughton
Jermyn
the Evangelical Alliance
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