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Churches, 1899

16 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

In Church

The Mountaineer · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 4

The 'Church Review' reports a shocking act recently observed 'in a town church.' There was a poor blind man who often came to the church, to whom the churchwardens…

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The Crisis From the Church of England. to the Editor

The Mountaineer · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 3

SIR.—May I be permitted at this late date to refer to the sermon preached by the Bishop of Bathurst at St. Hilda's (C of E ) Katoomba on Sunday the 22nd inst. The…

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Opening of St. Aidan's Parish Hall

The Mountaineer · Friday 3 March 1899 · page 1

The above hall, which is intended both aa a schoolroom and as a place for holding meetings and parish gatherings, and to furnish a reading…

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Short Story. the Man with a Mission

The Mountaineer · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 4

Sir Ellis Causton was giving a dinner party at his house in Mayfair. It was a very small affair, only four people in all— himself, his sister, Mrs Sterndale, and her…

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Bull in Church

The Mountaineer · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 3

Worshippers at the little village church of Arles-sur-Teche were considerably alarmed last week by the sadden entrance into the church of the bull which was to take part in…

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The Churches. St. Aidan's, Blackheath

The Mountaineer · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 2

On Good Friday services were celebrated at St. Aidan's, morning and evening by the Rev. P. W. Dowe with appropriate psalms, hymns, and…

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Smoking in Church

The Mountaineer · Friday 28 April 1899 · page 3

Church manners have changed in no leas remarkable a degree than have the garments of the clergy. It sounds a queer story, yet it is time. In the reign of Edward III. a…

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Wesleyan Church, Katoomba. Century Commemoration Fund

The Mountaineer · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 2

In connection with the local initiative of the Century Commemoration Fund movement instituted by the Weslay on Methedist church, the…

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Ladies' Column. Ladies' Hats in Ohio Churches

The Mountaineer · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 4

Three of the leading churches in Columbus, Ohio, belonging to the Congregational, Baptist, and Methodist bodies respectively, have adopted a rule requiring ladies to…

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A Quaint Old Church with a Gruesome Relic

The Mountaineer · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 4

The church of Holy Trinity in the Minories, which has just been closed, and which will shortly disappear, is known to those who know it at all as an interesting…

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Poetry. Why People Go to Church

The Mountaineer · Friday 25 August 1899 · page 4

Some go to church just for a walk, Some go there to laugh and talk; Some go there the time to spend, Some go there to meet a friend;…

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A Laugh in Church

The Mountaineer · Friday 15 September 1899 · page 4

She sat on the sliding cushion, The dear, wee woman of four, Here feet In their shiny slippers Hung dangling over the floor;…

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The Katoomba Congregational Church Anniversary

The Mountaineer · Friday 6 October 1899 · page 6

THE Congregational Church of Katoomba celebrated their fifteenth anniversary on Sunday and Wednesday last…

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Varieties. Church Clock Stopped by Birds

The Mountaineer · Friday 6 October 1899 · page 2

Romford Parish Church clock has just been stopped under very strange circumstances. A bird built its nest on the top of the clock, and part of the nest consisted of a…

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Wesleyan Church Concert

The Mountaineer · Friday 3 November 1899 · page 3

A very interesting and successful concert on behalf of the Wesleyan Church took place at the Masonio Hall on Tuesday evening last. There…

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The Churches. St. Hilda's, Kathoomba

The Mountaineer · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 4

Service was conducted in St. Hilda's Church on Christmas morning by the Rev. J. H. Maclans. The church was handsomely decorated…

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