Meeting Tour Through Meriden Coleshill Olhull Knowe and Rural Areas
A series of gatherings was held in Meriden Coleshill Olhull Knowe and rural villages from 14 to 17 inst with Mr A Arnold presiding and Mr Hastings lecturing on disestablishment and church reform. Large attentive crowds heard appeals and tracts were distributed amid orderly but lively proceedings across multiple venues as supporters voiced sympathy and opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriden
A. Arnold
G. Hastings
J. Austin
Coventry
Coleshill
Arnold
Hastings
Olihull
George
Underwood Meeting on Disestablishment and Faith
A crowded Christian Meeting House in Underwood hosted Rev E H Jackson of Ripley who spoke on disestablishment linking it to its rise and end amid satire. Rev J W Wright replied defending gradual reform and openness to debate with plans to resume on the 27th inst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Wright
Selstone
Wright
Jackson
E. H. Jackson
Sourton-In-Ashfield
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Society For the Liberation of the Church
R. Jackson
Ripley
Messrs. Straw
Nottingham
Thomas Adin
W. Buck
W. J. Avery
Mr. Jackson
Hamsterley
Baptist
A. Stephenson
Torchlight meetings promote Liberation Society aims
The article notes preparations for several torchlight meetings this week in Berkswell Bickenhill Fillongley and Marston Green led by speakers George Harding and Alfred Arnold. It reports ongoing advocacy for disestablishment and disendowment and quotes support from the Liberation Society and Bishop Auckland Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohn Andrew
Leeds
The
Liberation Society
Living Voice
Great Britain
Bishop Auckland Chronicle
Torchlight Liberation Mertinus
Berkswell
Bickenhill
Fillongley
Marston Green
George Harding
Alfred Arnold
State-Church Question at Newcastle Demonstration
At Newcastle a Liberal rally debated ending state endowment of the church. John Lucas and J G Bragar denounced the State Church as unequal and harmful, urging voluntaryism and condemning past Irish church entanglements. The resolution passed with three dissentients as thousands of Liberation tracts circulated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
John Lucas
Wesley
J. G. Bragar
M.P
House of Commons
Land of England
Treasury
Mr. Bright
Clergy Family Sparks Licenced Trade Debate in Wigan
In Wigan a rector and his son face criticism as plans for a new ground to host shops a market and drinking places prompt a clash over a curate son seeking a licence to sell spirits. Clerical and temperance figures denounce the move as a breach of sacred duty and call for no new licences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilberforce
Beershops
Wigan
George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman
John Bull
Ernest Bridgeman
Tarporley
Cheshire
Philip Haines
St. George’s
Hains
Chester Cathedral
Earl of Bradford
Church Temperance Society
Aaron
Orlando Bridgeman
Cromwell
Chester
Orlando
Waterloo
Bridgeman
Paul
Philip Hains
Jie
Church of England
Mr. Bridgeman
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