Congregational Church Opens in Rotherham Then Leeds Mission Talks
The new Congregational Church at Rotherham opened with a sermon by Rev J G Rogers and tea for nearly 500 attendees. Lord's day services featured Dr Falding, Genesis and Revelation texts, with a total collection of 271 16s 6d and overall proceeds of 471 16s 6d. London Missionary Society meetings in Leeds showcased India's census figures and the importance of Benares as Hindu sacred city with missionary history since 1816.
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Huddersfield
Dewsbury
Cleckheaton
Rugeley
J. G. Rogers
Congregational Union of England and Wales
Falding
Rotherham College
Lord Jesus Christ
New Church
Benares
Beeston Hill
Isaac Dodgshun
Blake
India
China
Turkey
Hibs Peckins
Ganges
Baptist Missionary Society
Church Missionary Society
Correspondence on Congregationalism and Church Ownership
A reader protests any scheme that would keep national church property under congregational control and make clergy dependent on voluntary support. The letter cites a speech by Mr Loxton and argues Parliament should avoid endorsing Congregationalism and the creation of an ecclesiastical confederation.
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Parliament of
England
Dissent From State Action Against Ecclesiastical Confederation
The speaker opposes state measures aimed at blocking an ecclesiastical confederation like the disestablished Episcopal Church of England. He rejects involvement in government action, arguing the state should restrict itself to secular duties and let religion be. He notes years of belief in minimal state interference and protests Mr. Loxton’s proposals.
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Episcopal Church of England
Mr. Loxton
Country Parson and the Tailor Tale Recounted
A letter to the Nonconformist editor defends a Scottish tale about a new minister who visits dissenters including a tailor. The tailor replies that he cannot receive him as minister, prompting the parson to declare he does not visit tailors as a gentleman. The writer notesvaser’s Magazine December contains the anecdote and discusses the tale’s tone and implications.
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Scotland
Presbyterian Churches, Who Had Become Dissenters Either With Dr. Chalmers
I’vaser
Iam, &c
Church Finance Letters Praise System of Weekly Offering
A Congregational minister reports lasting happiness and church growth from weekly offerings. Deacons describe increased church expenses covered by small weekly gifts and urge wider adoption, inviting testimonies at Huddersfield assembly to extend the method for greater work.
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Huddersfield Congregational Assembly
Huddersfield
Naked eye sighted Borelly's comet near the Pole star line
The comet Borelly is now visible without a telescope, located just to the right of the line from the Pole star to the pointers and about halfway to the distant pointer. The Academy notes progress on the origin of the Independents by Rev Henry Martyn Dexter which nears completion and will be issued in England and America at the same time.
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Borelly
Academy
Henry Martyn Dexter
Boston
Congregationalist
England
America
Education Act reforms and London School Board expansion
London School Board celebrates its 64th and 65th opened schools and reports per head costs lower than Manchester and Sheffield. The National Society proposes Cowper-Temple clause repeal and reforms to school board funding and trusts to balance denominational and non-denominational schools.
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London School Board
Charles Reed
Currie
London
Manchester
Sheffield
Bradford
Camberwell
Gloucester Street
Stoke Newington
Education Department
National Society
Education Act
John Bull
England
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