Newton: Union Conference on Scriptural Holiness: The success that attended the conferences for the promotion of Scriptural Holiness at Oxford, London, Brighton and other places, suggested the importance of holding a similar conference in this town. The subject was first mooted shortly after the Revival services in the summer that were so signally successful, and a committee was then appointed to make the necessary arrangements for the holding of the Conference. S. Pinsent, Esq., and the Rev. R. W. Row were appointed hon. secs. and the judicious arrangements they have made for the holding of the services are most praiseworthy. The following minister attend as a deputation and take part in the meetings; Rev. James Turner, vicar of Bedington, Oxford; Rev. E. Brewer, Barnsbury, London; Rev. J. Mountain, Barnet, Herts; Rev. C. Graham, Shepherds Bush, London. The Conference being un-denominational the meetings are held daily in Alexandra Hall. Mr. Mountain is the vocalist and plays his own accompaniment on a small American organ. He met by appointment the previous Thursday in the Wesleyan schoolroom a company of from 50 to 60 young people who were willing to take part in the choruses. These he admirably instructed, and the hymns of “Consecration and Faith” were beautifully rendered … (etc.)
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GRO0798 Devonport: Savery Pinsent: 1815 – 1886