The Christian remembrancer Volume 1 - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 Excerpt: ...and of the chapelry of St. Stephen, under the ministerial charge of the Rev. J. Sandys and the Rev. T. B. Hill respectively. The Bishop, as patron, took the chair, supported by the Vicar of the parish, the Head Master of the Proprietary School, the clergy of the districts, the Head Master and the Trustees of the New School, together with the deputation from the committee of the Central Institution. The Bishop gave a statement of the objects and designs of the Middle Schools, and urged the positive necessity for their general establishment throughout his diocese and the kingdom at large, and expressed the pleasure he felt in observing the cycle of appliances for christian instruction, in conformity with the principles of the Established Church, so happily completed at Islington. St. Alban's.--The Earl of Verulam is about to erect a chapel of ease to St. Michael's church, church accommodation at the extremity of that parish being much wanted. The Hon. Miss Grimston has liberally contributed 500?. towards the endowment of it, and the vicar, Lord F. Beauclerc.D.D. at the head of a committee, is actively engaged in promoting this laudable object. Oxfoiid The parishes of Thame, Towersey, Sydenham, and Tetsworth, in this county, in the gift of Dr. Slater, of Wycombe, being now vacant by the death of the late vicar, the Rev. J. T. Lee, are immediately to be separated, and resident clergymen instituted to each of them. The Rev. Jas. Prosser, of Loudwater, has been presented to Thame, the mother church. This is an admirable arrangement, and worthy of being universally followed. Ripon.--Church Extension.--We are informed that it is proposed to build a small church at Farsley, in the parish of Calverley. Subscriptions to the amount of upwards of 3001. have been promise...