Wesleyan Conference Temperance Debate Divides Clergy
A letter discusses the Wesleyan Conference resolutions on temperance. It notes members from Liverpool Newcastle Bolton and other towns, urges a firmer church stand against liquor influence, cites periodical commentary by the Liverpool Wesleyan Mission, and cites a Baptist Union appeal calling churches to avoid liquor trade investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Newcastle
Bolton
Bingly
Cardiff
Keighley Masham
Rochester
Liverpool Wesleyan Mission
Garrett
Champness
Armstrong Bennetts
The
Baptist Union
Church ‘of Christ
Wesleyan Officials Targeted Over Liquor Question Criticism
Readers echo anger at Wesleyan Conference leaders including Rev H Price Hughes over electing liquor traffickers to church offices. Letters to Manchester Guardian criticize suppression of discussion, urge divestment of officials involved, and praise abstainers calling for church cleansing and clear stance against the drink trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Price
Hughes
Wesleyan Conference
Wesleyan Church
Manchester Guardian
Guardian
J.S. Simon
John Wesley
Methodism
Thomas Champress
Wesleyan Connexion
Simon
Garrett
Paul
Corinthians
Wesleyan
G. A. Bennett
Church of God
Hugh Price Hughes
Charles Garrett
S. J.P. Dunman
Samuel Chadwick
E.tennyson Smith
Dr. Wood
Southport
Ironsides
E. Tennyson Smith
Tennyson Smith
Champness
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Jesus Christ
St. Paul
Festus
Manchester
Messrs
Armstrong
Bennetts
E. Tennyson