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Illawarra · Churches

Churches, 1893

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Church Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1893 · page 2

Anniversary services in connection with the Wesleyan Church, Mount Keira, will be held to-morrow. The Rev. J. W. Dowson will preach in the morning, Mr. G. Henderson in…

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Congregational Church Anniversary Tea-meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1893 · page 2

The annual tea-meeting in connection with the Congregational Church was held in the Town Hall on Wednesday evening, when there was a very large attendance…

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Church Anniversary at Bulli

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1893 · page 2

The Primi[?] Methodists have just celebrated their church anniversary. On Sunday last Mr. J. Cook, M.P. for Hartley, preached morning and evening to large…

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Keira Wesleyan Church Anniversary

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 August 1893 · page 2

Anniversary sermons were preached at Keira on Sunday last—in the morning by Rev. J. W. Dowson, in the afternoon by Mr. G. Henderson, and in…

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Bulli Wesleyan Church

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 2 September 1893 · page 3

A nine days' Mission was commenced in the above Church last Sunday by the Rev. J. S. Austin, of Bourke-street Circuit, Sydney. The Mission has, up…

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The Church Street Hall. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1893 · page 2

SIR,—In your remarks in last Tuesday's issue on the late Mrs. Dr. Thompson, among other things you say that she gave £100 towards the building of the…

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Temperance Mission

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1893 · page 2

Mr. W. Lawson Dash, G.C.T., I.O.G.T., has for the last couple of days been conducting a temperance mission in Wollongong under the auspices of the local Good…

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Primitive Methodist Sunday School Anniversary

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1893 · page 2

The celebration of the anniversary of the Wollongong Primitive Methodist Sunday School was commenced in the church at Wollongong on Sunday. The…

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Primitive Methodist Sunday School

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 14 September 1893 · page 2

The public meeting in connection with the anniversary of the above school was held in the church on Tuesday evening, when there was a fair attendance of…

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Temperance Mission

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1893 · page 2

If the people of Wollongong do not fully recognise the evils of the drink traffic, it is not the fault of the Good Templars, who lose no opportunity of…

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The Dairy Industry and the Fruit and Meat Trade. Mr. D. Wilson's Mission to Europe

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1893 · page 4

Melbourne, Friday.—Mr. D. Wilson, dairy expert, returned to Melbourne to-day having spent live months in Great Britain and Europe, inquiring into the dairying…

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Wollongong Presbyterian Church. Celebration of the Annivertary

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 28 September 1893 · page 2

Large congregations assembled at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday last, on the occasion of the anniversary services. In the absence of the Rev. S…

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How the State Is Superseding the Church

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 19 October 1893 · page 4

Mr. Pearson, in a book on "National Life and Character," says:—I believe the Church, in its true sense—that is, the great body of Christians bound…

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Mission at St. Francis Xavier's Church

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 2

A fortnight's mission, to be conducted by the Franciscan Father, will open in St. Francis Xavier's Church, Wollongong, on Sunday morning next. The mission…

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Bulli Wesleyan Church

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 2

Flower services will be held in the above church to-morrow. The Rev. R. Caldwell will preach in the morning at 11 o'clock, and the Rev. E. T. Miles in…

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Primitive Methodist Social

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 26 October 1893 · page 3

A social in connection with the Primitive Methodic Church was held on Tuesday evening, and was very largely attended. The tea was laid in…

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Mission at St. Francis Xavier's

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1893 · page 2

A special mission in connection with St. Francis Xavier's Church, Wollongong, has been conducted during the week by the Revs. Fathers Kennedy…

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Mission at St. Francis Xavier's Church

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 31 October 1893 · page 3

The mission, conducted by the Rev. Fathers Kennedy and Birch, in St. Francis Xavier's Church, Wollongong, is still being carried out in the most…

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Presbyterian Y.p.s.c.e. Anniversary

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1893 · page 3

The first anniversary of the Christian Endeavor Society in connection with the Presbyterian Church was celebrated in the Church-street Hall on Tuesday…

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Mission at St. Francis Xavier's Church. (Communicated.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 November 1893 · page 2

The mission which has been conducted in St. Francis Xavier's Church during the past fortnight, by the Rev. Fathers Kennedy and Birch, of the Francisan…

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