Free Church Principles Rally Draws Large City Meeting
The Great George Street gathering showcased Free Church influence with speeches by Dr. Conder and J Guinness agate, praising liberty and evangelical faith. Leaders urged Congregational independence from state ties, warned against sacerdotal pretensions, and highlighted moral concerns amid wartime costs and political shifts.
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George-street
Raffles
McAll
Jay
James
Hamilton
Leifchild
Parsons
Long
Foud
Brown
Gladstone
Earth
W. Crossfield
Eustace Conder
Leeds
J. Guinness Agate
Free Churches
Union
William Ewart Gladstone
Jesus
Dr. Allen
Church of England
Parliament
Temperance movement opens thirty ninth Union session in Liverpool
The thirty ninth autumnal meeting of the Congregational Union opened in Liverpool with a sermon by Rev. A M Fairbairn and a keynote on temperance. Edward Baines of Leeds spoke on progress and limitations of abstinence, praising cocoa-rooms and noting high church support. The chairman’s address urged free air and thought, opposing creedal imposition, and defended Independent Churches amid doubt and debate.
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Union
Liverpool
George-street
A. M. Fairbairn
Airedale College
Congregational Total Abstinence Association
Edward Baines
Leeds
Tabernacle
Netherfield Road
England
Wales
Ireland
Scotland
Richardson
America
J. B. Gough
Johnson
Emma Molloy
Hayes
Bombay
Lord Napier
Magdala
William Gull
House of Lords
Great George Street Chapel
H. Ernest Radbourne
J. Baldwin Brown
Colosseum
Free Christian Assembly
Congregational Union
Mr. Picton