Norfolk Annals, Vol. 2: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth CenturyMackie, Charles
History
Norfolk Annals, Vol. 2: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century
Mackie, Charles
Norfolk (England) -- History
16.—The so-called monastic chapel erected at Elm Hill, Norwich, by Father
Ignatius, was the subject of further discussion. Miss Robinson, a “lady
preacher,” had hired the “monastery,” and named it the “Jehovah Jireh
chapel,” whereupon Ignatius issued a notice warning her and others
concerned that he was the owner of the building. On this date “Brother
Philip” and one or two other members of the confraternity came to
Norwich, under instructions from Ignatius, and demanded the keys of the
building from Mr. Liddlelow, who refused to give them up unless
authorised by his principal, Mr. Backhouse, surveyor, of Ipswich. At
midnight on the 18th Ignatius, who had arrived in Norwich a few hours
previously, with other brethren, gained access to the old sanctuary by,
they asserted, miraculous intervention, and thence made their way to the
new chapel. The police were sent for, and Ignatius was informed that he
had no right there; as he declined to leave the building, the police
refused to interfere. Mr. Liddlelow, on the 19th, applied to the
magistrates for an order of ejectment, but as a question of right was
involved, they would have nothing to do with the matter. On the same
evening Ignatius performed service in the chapel, and stated, in the
course of his address, that Miss Robinson had acted in the most
honourable manner, but had been misled by others. He alluded to her as
his “sister in Christ,” and Miss Robinson, who preached in the chapel on
the evening of the 20th, spoke of Ignatius as her “brother in Christ.”
Ignatius addressed the congregation at the close of the proceedings, and
informed them that he should never allow the chapel to be used for any
other purpose than that of monastic worship. “Although the members of
Father Ignatius’ congregation and the members of Miss Robinson’s flock
could not be more opposed in their mode of thought, yet the greatest
harmony prevailed, and at the close they offered up the Lord’s Prayer in
perfect unison.”
18.—The new Cemetery at Diss was consecrated by the Bishop of Norwich.
The total cost of the chapels, lodge, &c., was about £1,750, but this sum
was exclusive of the price of the land.
FEBRUARY.
5.—Died, in his 87th year, at Norwich, Thomas Hurry, church bell-hanger,
and for more than 50 years a member of the St. Peter Mancroft company of
ringers.
12.—A severe gale occurred on the Norfolk coast. The barque Try Again
was lost off Yarmouth, and the crew saved by means of the rocket
apparatus. Other vessels were wrecked, and several lives lost.
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