Formation of a Congregational Church in Somers Town
The report notes rising hearers at winter worship and sermons on spiritual topics. It records the December formation of a Congregational Church in Somers Town, with 28 members, many new converts, and efforts toward self funding and a penny savings bank to aid workers. It also describes plans for a sanctuary, a ministerial and lay committee, and a social tea in Mile End New Town honoring Rev. William Tyler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Tar Penny Savings’bank
Savings’bank
David Fraser
Oakley Square
T. Reynolda
Camden Town
Congregational Chapel Building Society
Seavill
Wareham
Somerstown
Ness
W. Tyter
Mile
New Town
London
Mile-end New Town Chapel
William Tyler
Pastor Joins Astwood Bank after Long Notts Ministry
The Rev. Joan Purittes, pastor at Baptist Church Southwell Notts for nearly thirteen years, accepts a unanimous invitation to lead Astwood Bank church near Redditch Worcestershire. He will commence duties on the first Sabbath in October, honoring the long ministry of the late Rev. James Smith who served there for 58 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Tyler
Tyler
Frankfort
Redditch
Worcestershire
James Smith
Bible Monopoly Abolished Spurs Fund Drive in Finsbury
A Monday meeting at Dr Fletcher's Chapel Finsbury backed Dr Adam Thomson of Coldstream for ending the Bible printing monopoly. Speakers praised Thomson and the Board for Bible Printing and noted price drops and doubled scripture circulation since abolition, with appeals for further England wide support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Pepaent
Scotland
Thomson
Seach
Board For Bible Printing
England
Eyre and Spottiswoode
British and Foreign Bible Society
Hear
Peter Laurie
Peto
M.P
J. Bunner
The
Bible Society
Water gas at Queenwood College brightens campus works
Letter to the editor from Great Marlow, Bucks, praising water gas at Queenwood College four miles from Dunbridge on the South Western Railway. The writer notes gas lighting and cooking on site, claims low costs and simple manufacture, and urges readers to verify practicality by visiting. P Gaskell signs the correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim
Dunbridge
South Western Railway
Hampshire
Queenwood College
Great Western line opens Oxford to Banbury competing route
The Oxford to Banbury railway line by the Great Western Railway opened for traffic, offering a rival to the London and North Western route. London to Banbury now shows seventy eight miles by the North Western line and eighty seven by the GWR branch via Oxford. The Times calls for sweeping reform of diplomacy, proposing consuls with broad powers and knowledge of municipal and international law to protect commerce. An Extraordinary Cricket Match features Maidstone Journal reported a large family event in Hunton with two married sisters forming rival elevens, their family cast, and a large family supper and song performance afterward.
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Great Western Railway Company
Oxford
Banburyi
London and North Western Railway Company
London
Banbury
North Western
Great Western
Times
Maidstone Journal
Hunton
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the Bible Monopoly
Euans
J. Wappineton
Homson
Kennedy
T. Binney
Cook
Great Marlow, Bucks
P. Gaskell
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