| Description | Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury sent the first of these brief articles to the 'Yorkshire Evening News' in response to their request for a short message on the aims of the Council's forthcoming conference which would be held in Leeds. The second article, explaining 'the work and aims of the National Council of the Evangelical Free Churches' was sent to the 'Leeds Mercury'.
In her article for the 'Yorkshire Evening News', Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury writes that people 'representing many different expressions of religious thought and life' would be attending the conference, remarking that although they differed in form of worship, delegates would 'find an underlying unity' in their 'belief and ideals', and also in their 'common desire to face Social Problems.'
Taylor Cadbury states that the purpose of the Conference was for people to meet together 'to seek inspiration' for work and life 'by Fellowship and Communion'. As well as giving 'practical consideration' to the 'provision of houses for the homeless', Taylor Cadbury remarks that the Council would give 'Christian consideration' to the International situation, noting that 'we can only expect to secure peace in the world, if the people of all nations and creeds are included in our definition of Brotherhood.'
In her article for the 'Leeds Mercury', Taylor Cadbury describes the origins of the Free Church Council which was founded in 1891 at a conference in Birmingham involving her late husband George Cadbury. Taylor Cadbury writes that the Council was established with the aim of forming 'a closer union amongst Nonconformist bodies'. She emphasises the importance of union between denominations in terms of practical achievements, remarking that 'all true Christians try to find a basis of unity' in their mutual belief in God which surpassed denominational boundaries.
A 'Press Extract' on 'Mrs. George Cadbury's Year of Presidency of the National Free Church Council, 1925' is attached to this article. |