Congregational Union Meeting Endorses Temperance and Growth
The annual session shows favourable views of power to churches with a 937l 9s 6d treasurer’s spend. Rev J E Flower reports growing union work and new class rooms. Sandown church becomes self supporting. Debts and manses feature in finance plans. The three churches Fareham Alresford Gosport gain debt relief from a donor. A temperance dinner clause is approved. Senate speeches urge Turkish Christian relief and broader evangelism. A public meeting closes with addresses on liberty and evangelistic duties.
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J. E. Flower
Sandown
Congregational Union of England and Wales
Evangelistic Committee
J. W. Walker
T. J. Hankinson
Fareham
Alresford
Gosport
J. B. Flower
B. Nicholson
Hants
R. A. Davies
Our Churches
J. Walker
Critics blast Harwood on English Reformation history
Francis George Collier of Harwich attacks George Harwood’s 400 page volume on State Churchism, listing seven major errors or “blots.” He cites weak proofs, misreadings, and selective authorities from Gibbon to Neal to challenge Harwood’s case on Papal power, Henry VIII, Convocation, the oath of supremacy, Elizabethan religion, and clergy persecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srr
George Harwood
Harwood
Mr. Harwood
England
Henry VII
Rome
Latin Church
Gibbon
Hume
Innocent VIII
Henry
Henry VIII
von Baumer
Anne Bullen
Collier
Eccles. Hist
Canterbury
Convocation
Fisher
Rochester
Holy Henry
Froude
Elizabeth
Burnet
Lingard
Duchess of
Feria
Neal
Bogue
Bennett
Mary
Renegadees
Bray
Hallam
Greenwood
Charles
D. Mountfield
Oxon
Salop
Cromwell
Bancrofta
Neils, &c
Rapin
Francis George Collier
Harwich
Rural Nonconformity From An Agitator's Standpoint
Letter to the editor arguing about rural religious nonconformity from an agitator’s viewpoint. References to Baptist and Congregational unions and a trenchant article in the publication. Discussion centers on regional church authority, resistance to reform, and social implications in rural communities.
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