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Wesleyan Conference Power Struggle Sparks Reform Motion
Contention over Liquor-sellers in Wesleyan offices stirs Leeds readers. Ironside supporters urge mass memorials to press for Conference action. Messages praise and criticize Hugh Price Hughes, warning of a coming fight as reformers seek a democratic church governance. The piece cites letters and notes a Halifax temperance leader Mrs Edward Crossley.
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Leeds
Aes Hughes
Satan
Hugh Price Hughes
Ironside
Hughes
Ironsides Society
Women’s Total Abstinence Union
Edward Crossley
Halifax
Halifax Ladies Temperance Society
B.W.T.A
W.T.A.U
Halifax Society
Union