Sir Morton Peto backs Benevolent Fund drive at Plymouth
Representatives agree on establishing The British Union Annuity Fund to aid aged and infirm ministers and widows. Sir Morton Peto volunteers to canvass for capital, with acts of union between Baptist bodies and a plan to appoint a management committee and publish an inaugural report in Birmingham in October 1876.
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Sir Morton Peto
Benevolent Fund
National Society
British Union Annuity Fund
Committee of the Union
C. M. Birrell
Dr. Brock
Samuel Morton Peto, Bart
W. Middlemore
R. Cory
B. C. Youna
Coseley
National Union
Mr. Brown
Morton Pero
Lady Hewley Fund
Free Church of Scotland
Public meeting at the Guildhall on Baptist and Christian causes
The Guildhall was filled as Elisha Robinson presided with speakers including Spurgeon Aldis Lewis Green Prance and many ministers and delegates occupying the orchestra. The chair opened by stressing unity for the Baptist denomination and, above all, for the Christian religion.
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Plymouth
Devonport
The
Baptist Union
J. Aldis
R. Lewis
Greenaway
England
Mr. Cory
Cardiff
Messrs
T. Nicholson
R. OC. Serpell
J. Greenway
C. M. Birrell
Guildhall
Elisha Robinson
Bristol
Spurgeon
Aldis
Lewis
Green
Prance
Great Britain
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