THE SCOTTISH FREE CHURCH
<«. THE ROYAL COMMISSION ACCEPTED. LONDON, November ?9. In connection -with the Royal (Xa-iciis-sion to inquire into the- dispute b-stwrj the Scottish Free Church and the tTn'teFree Church, Mr Balfour proposes thrt tSa decision of 13ie House of Lords be respee:«d, that the Free Church be allowed only such property and funds as it is able- to administer, the suspension of litigation pending inquiry, and, the restoration o! property forcibly seized. The Free Church has seized the Lewis Church. December 1. The United Presbyterian Church at Kilmuir and the mission premises at Staffa, both in the Isle of Skye, have been forcibly seized by the Free Church authorities. In accepting the appointment of a Royal Commission, the Free Church suggest* limiting the scope of its powers.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2647, 7 December 1904, Page 19
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129THE SCOTTISH FREE CHURCH Otago Witness, Issue 2647, 7 December 1904, Page 19
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