Spurgeon and Madagascar Mission Notes Prompt Hope and Growth
A Pall Mall Gazette report on Spurgeon at Walworth Road describes brief devotions and a long sermon as six thousand worshippers gather. Other items note Madagascar missions seeing stronger support, church growth, and new building enlargements as ministers report crowds, royal interest, and progress toward civilised church life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Spurgeon
Walworth Road
Pall Mall Gazette
Tapernacle
Daily News
Spurgeon
Paul
Apostle
Ilu
George Herbert
Tomb opened at Winchester Cathedral tests remains
The tomb of Tomb or Willliam Burus in Winchester Cathedral was opened by order of the archdeacon to verify reported removals. Some bones were found and pieced together by Drs Mayo and Langdon revealing a small disturbance. a suspected arrow death relic and a blue stone were recovered in the stone coffin which stays in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tue
Willliam Burus
Winchester
Correspondence on Ireland Nonconformists and the General Election
A letter from James Weir of Bessbrook Newry Armagh dated August 17 1868 urges Independent ministers in Ireland to back Mr Gladstones anti State Church policy. He warns some may vote forgovernment candidates and calls the Nonconformists to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
S1rz
Independent Ministers of
Gladstone
Liberation Movement
James Weir
Bessbrook
Newry
Armagh
Celebration of Marriages by Nonconformist Ministers
A letter to the editor discusses Wesleyan and Congregational views on reforming marriage law to allow nonconformist ministers to conduct marriages without district registrar presence. It advocates extending registration to ministers, notes potential cost savings and logistical relief, and cites Bethnal Green as an example where no fee is charged.
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Daily Press
Congregational Union
Halifax
London
Bethnal Green
St. James’s the Great
Times
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Mapacascar
London Missionary Society
W. E. Cousins
Madagascar
England
Cousins
R. Toy
Toy
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