Congregational Board Resolutions Prompt Debate on Pastoral Settlements
A letter to the editor critiques recent Congregational Board resolutions requiring local minister conferences before pastoral ordination and recognition. It questions the wisdom, neutrality, and standards of such local reviews, warns of dangers to free discussion, and notes potential practical effects on stipends and church communion. The writer urges a clearly defined standard of Christian truth and broader input before accepting or denying ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Board
Church of Christ
Edward White
Dr. Campbell
Plymouth
Minis
Inquiry on De Foe's Quotation Attribution Explored
Thomas Green of Rastrick requests readers help verify whether De Foe quoted lines from Richard Lovelace. He notes Lovelace wrote Stone walls do not a prison make in 1648 from Althea, while imprisoned in Westminster Gatehouse. He provides the full verse and quotes two lines.
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de Foe
Bunehill Fields
Reed
John Bunyan
Richard Lovelace
Westminster
Althea
Mr. Reed
Thomas Green
Raslton-under-Lyne
Whitfield Scholarship Celebrates Great Preacher
An Evangelist from Walworth writes on Sept 9 1870 urging a memorial scholarship for George Whitfield on the centenary of his death. He notes it should be offered by a wealthy evangelical supporter to honor the field preacher and philanthropist and invites donors at one or more colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sie
George Whitfield
Evangelist
Representation of Shrewsbury Verdict in Council Election
The Conservative Douglas Straight won Shrewsbury by 38 votes over Liberal Cotes, 1 291 to 1 253, confirming a shift in the borough’s political balance. Commentary from Gloucester’s Mr. Collings discusses Dissenter and Nonconformist responses to education policies for Ireland and potential Liberal disaffection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Straight
Cotes
Straight
Clement
T. Collings
Gloucester
Daily News
Messie
Miall
Richard
Shrewsbury
Ireland
Jacob Bright
Gladatone
Chad
Shill
Liberal Party
War talks near Paris reveal French rejection of terms
The narrative traces battles and diplomacy from Ferridres near Paris on September 19 and 20, to a rejected armistice demand for Toul Verdun and Strasbourg. Prussia seeks secure borders and fortresses, while Paris braces for continued conflict. Thiers seeks foreign aid in Vienna and St Petersburg, as Bismark issues circulars stressing security and fortifications to deter French attack.
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Count Bismark
M. Jules Favre
Ferridres
Baron Alphonse Rothschild
Paris
Toul
Verdun
Strasbourg
National Defence
Tours
France
Julia Favre
Prussia
Alsace
Lorraine
Meta
Mont Valérien
Crémieux
Glais-Bizain
Fourichon
Cremigux
Guats-Bizoin
Bismark
Metz
Montqaalérien
Germany
Berlin
Russia
Vienna
M. Thiers
Count Beust
Austria
Count Schweinitz
Rheims
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Whitfield
Walworth, S.E
Pheace
Meaux
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