Gordon Lecture Tour Advocates Disestablishment of State Church
Mr J H Gordon of Darlington spoke in Blaydon Darlington Carlisle Silloth Yarm and Stockton area on disestablishment and disendowment of the English State Church. He argued the church should lose state support and property be used for national work amid lively exchanges with clergy and audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Blaydon
Newcastle
Mechanics’ Institute
J. H. Gordon
Darlington
J. W. Taylor
J. Lawson
Brancepeth
Todd
Mr. Todd
Jeffrey
Lawson
Newcastle Chronicle
Cockermouth
John Henry Gordon
Liberation Society
Freemasons’ Hall
Cuckermouth
William Irwin
Mr. Disraeli
William Smethurst
Lancashire
Prince of Wales
Albert Hall
Hudson Scott
J. Christie
J. R. Bailey
G. Wood
R. Hamilton
Brighton
R. Norman
E. Anderson
L. Hamilton
Alexander
T. Anson
Mr. Gordon
Dixon Rose
Carlisle
Church of England
Barber
George T
Yarm
Stockton-On-Ters
Good Templars Hall
J. W. Browne
Political Nonconformity in Parliament Attacked by Landon
In the late session Parliament censors political Nonconformity as Lord Landon condemns political Dissenters. He supports the Endowed Schools Bill and urges strong measures to defend the Church’s privileges and counter the dissenters’ influence. The speech portrays the Church fortress with guns pointed at the enemy.
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the Inquirer
House of Commons
Lord Landon
Disraeli
Nonconformists and the duty to be politicians
The essay argues that political Nonconformity extends beyond church life into state matters. It supports active engagement in public affairs, including opposition to State Church patronage, and praises Priestley as a model who linked religion with political liberty. It warns of future clashes over ecclesiastical questions in public life.
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Lord Sandon
Representative Council
Dr. Priestley
Church Party
Sergione