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Churches, 1888

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News of the World by Cable. the European Situation. Lord R. Churchill on the National Defences. He Denounces the Admiralty and the War Office

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 May 1888 · page 18

Lori Randolph Churchill delivered an important speech at Preston last night on the national defences. He denounced in strong terms what he alleged was the incredible…

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Scene in a Free Church

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 June 1888 · page 9

A remarkable scene was witnessed in the Free Church, Stonehaven. At the close of the morning service the Rev. John Robertson, who occupied the pulpit, retracted the…

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A Secession to the Roman Catholic Church

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 June 1888 · page 10

The secession of the Rev. Luke Rivington to the Romish Church took place in Rome on Holy Saturday. The neophyte received his first Communion on Easter…

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Roman Catholic Mission

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 June 1888 · page 3

St. Joseph's R. C. Church was crowded—almost uncomfortably—on Sunday last, when Dr. Dunne, Lord Bishop of Wilcannia, formally notified…

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The Churches

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 June 1888 · page 2

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.—Divine service will be held on S[?] next, morning and evening at Hay church; at Gunbar on 2nd Sat[?] of each month; and Carrathool the last…

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The Roman Catholic Bazaar

The Riverine Grazier · Thursday 12 July 1888 · page 3

The Roman Catholic Bazaar was opened in the Academy of Music on Tuesday evening. The attendance was very fair for the first night, and doubtless would have been much…

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Anniversary of St. Matthew’s Branch of the Church of England Temperance Society

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 July 1888 · page 4

On Tuesday evening last the annual celebration of the founding of the Albury branch of the above society took place in St Matthew’s School Hall, Rev. Canon Acocks presiding After the…

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Orange Lodge in a Church

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 July 1888 · page 10

A singular suit against the Rev. S. Rogers, vicar of St. Mark’s, Liverpool, for having made alterations in the church without legal authority, was heard in the…

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Pan-anglican Conference. London, August 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 26

The report of the Pan-Anglican Conference, which has been sitting at Lambeth, has been published. The conference has resolved that the Anglican Church will not recognise divorce…

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The Churches

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 2

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Hillston,—Divine service will be held on Sunday, 12th August morning service at 11 a.m. evening service at 7 p.m…

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An English Princess Joins the Roman Catholic Church

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 August 1888 · page 3

London, Monday.—A leading society paper announces that an English princess has been converted to the Roman Catholic Church…

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The Pan-Anglican Conference in England

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 August 1888 · page 4

The report of the proceedings of the sittings at the Pan-Anglican Conference at Lambeth has been published. The Conference resolved not to recognise…

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Some Curious Church Doors

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 August 1888 · page 8

Old church doors (says a writer in the Quiver) were sometimes nearly covered with ramifications of ornamental iron-work, spreading from the hinges in marvellously…

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A Church Destroyed by Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 August 1888 · page 19

The Union Church at Tanga, a few miles from Bega, was burnt down on Saturday night. The Rev. Mr. Col well, Wesleyan minister, was announced to hold a service in…

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Presbyterian Soiree

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 September 1888 · page 2

On Wednesday evening last a tea meeting and concert under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church was held in the Atheneeum. The ladies of the congregation had for some…

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Mission of the Redemptorists at Gundagai

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 September 1888 · page 37

The mission opened by the Redemptorists Fathers Heggarty and Halson on Sunday, September 2, was brought to a close on Sunday, September 16 instant, when the Fathers wound…

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Re Opening Services at the Wesleyan Church, Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 September 1888 · page 3

THE series of services connected with the re-opening of the Wesleyan Church, Corowa, commenced on Sunday 16th inst., when sermons were preached morning and…

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Reo[?] Weening Services at the [?]Eyan Church, Corowa. Lecture

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 September 1888 · page 2

Kings[?]ay evening a lecture on "Charles by the his life an work," was delivered proceed [?] F. Warner, in the church. The render[?]gs were opened with a charming…

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Opening of Presbyterian Church at Culcairn. (From Our Germanton Correspondent.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1888 · page 25

On Tuesday, 25th ult., the new Presbyterian Church lately erected at Culcairn was formally opened, the sermon being preached by the Rev. J.F. Ewing, M.A., of Toorak near Melbourne…

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The Churches

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 October 1888 · page 2

WESLEYAN CHURCH.—Sabbath morning Oct. 14th: Subject—"Sight for the Blind;" evening subject:—"Life for the Dead." PRESENTATION CHURCH.—Mr. D. G. Sandeman…

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