GENERAL COMMITTEE ON THE PEW SYSTEM.
President
The Hon. COLIN LINDSAY.
Vice-Presidents
Sir STEPHEN R. GLYNNE, Bart.
Sir WALTER JAMES, Bart.
J. H. MARKLAND, Esq. D.C.L.
WILLIAM EWART, Esq. M.P.
THOMAS COLLINS, Esq. M.P.
The Hon. and Rev. R. LIDDELL,
W. R. BAYLEY, Esq.
Treasurer.
W. CUNLIFFE BROOKS, Esq.
Honorary Secretaries
The Rev. J. W. H. MOLYNEUX, Sudbury,
The Rev. W. W. MALET, Vicar of Ardeley,
R. BRETT, Esq. Stoke Newington, London,
EDWARD HERFORD, Esq. Manchester.
Organizing and Corresponding Secreatary
Mr. THOMAS FRANCIS FERGIE, Wigan.
Assistant Secretary and Deputy Treasurer.
Mr. JAMES T. SIMPSON, Manchester.
Bankers
Messrs. CUNLIFFES, BROOKS and Co.
CENTRAL OFFICES, 14, Ridgefield, Manchester.
Objects.
To direct attention, through the press and otherwise, to the fatal effects of the Pew System in churches, upon the religious and moral condition of the people.
To secure the full and free access of all classes, "without respect of persons," to churches hereafter to be built in populous districts.
To enforce the fundamental principle of the parochial system,—the common and equal right of all parishioners to worship in their Parish Church.
Prospectuses, and lists of subscriptions (half a crown and upwards), may be obtained from the Secretaries. Subscriptions may be paid into the Bank, "or remitted in postage stamps, or by Post Office order, payable to Mr. James Simpson, Ridgefield, Manchester; and all sums received are announced monthly, in the Church of the People and Open Church Circular, Kent and Co. London.
