WOODVILLE FREETHOUGHT ASSOCIATION.

Freethought Review, Volume II, Issue 15, 1 December 1884, Page 7

WOODVILLE FREETHOUGHT ASSOCIATION.

The Secretary of the Woodville Association forwards the following particulars : ofto^T 1 have ™ Pleasure in stating that the above Association, after having had to contend with many adverse circumstances, have reorganized, and present prospects seem to forebode a more prosperous career numerically and financially. Very little has S?n^° n £sT n i \ he P as t hree months, the only things of interest ™S. f*> between Oswald Hugo, Physiognomist, and Mr. SfrSS ih£ ■ f hSt; Mr. Dinsdale affirming the reality of spirit life and their intercourse with mortals, Mr. Hugo taking the negMethodt n A / Gbate haS aISO been held bet^een Mr. Rendle, Methodist, and our courageous President, E. A Ha?een Esq The subject was "Does the Mosaic Record of Creation and Modern Science agree? Mr. Rendle affirmative, Mr. Haggen negative. seriel l t'w far f aS the , Christian side was concerned las a cXr inl aCtSfK^- and papers by ' various authors ' Thomas AdvSrntr' nT' J hmgS T nt fairly well with the 'Christian his own t 1 n' haV r g exhausted his extracts, took a line of and fonli.WM? 1 * 'f h -T S • f he made some of the most rash ml ,f? t T 6ntS W ? reference t 0 the anti(uit y of man ever Irtinn, of S ' ? as f rtls were in some instances direct contrareason fohXf5 aCtS ' Yet ° ne ° f his friends ( whom we have reorelnW£ f ex :P arso "): writes to a Methodist paper representing the Christian side as having scored a great victory. to deba e'onThl ° S? ba & chal T len § ed Mr. Rendle before witnesses to debate on the antiquity of Man, but he was not game. In regard rules^nclTfS 1 ? oi r? nT We have somelhat alSedC o n w?X fuftM K fa f llltieS f ° r the S Pt«ahstic Freethinkers to join with us, which they are now - doing, Mr. Dinsdale the recognized Leader of the Spiritualistic element, having been elected item S orinfo dCe " Pre f Gnt - We who love to read the smallest h!S L in^ rmatlon . of a progressive nature, and to distribute to others, miss very much the once periodical supply Mend^• a BWpTp-, Var r l friends ' l amongst whom our teemed fnend Blue Pencil, has been the largest contributor. We hope SS h n l/nT embered by SUch friends " as notwithstanding what who S " S aS an °, r g anizat ion, there are two or three of us »no, na\ingput our nana to th? plough, will never turn back but distribute literature when our friends who can afford it send it us Yours Fraternally, Geo. Hutchins, Woodville, Nov 23 , 1884. SeCretary W - F ' A '