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Murray · Churches

Churches, 1899

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The Hay Presbyterian Church. The Coming Pastor

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 September 1899 · page 4

A fairly well attended meeting of the congregation of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wagga, was held in the Church on Monday evening, last week, under the presidency of…

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Wahgunyah Congregational Church. Anniversary Services

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 September 1899 · page 2

THE anniversary of the above church was celebrated on Sunday last, when the Rev. Mr. O'Sullivan, Presbyterian Minister, of Rutherglen, preached to fair audiences…

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The Presbyterian Concert

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 September 1899 · page 2

The concert in aid of the Presbyterian Church which is to be held in the Variety Hall on Friday evening next, promises to be a great success. The…

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Church Concert

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 20 September 1899 · page 2

The concert in aid of the funds of the local Presbyterian Church was brought to a successful issue last Friday evening, the Variety Hall being…

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A Laugh in Church

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 20 September 1899 · page 2

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 Roman Catholic Church London, September 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 September 1899 · page 26

His Holiness Pope Leo the Thirteenth has issued an encyclical, addressed to the French clergy. A noticeable feature in the letter is that it…

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Century Commemoration Mission Services

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 September 1899 · page 3

THE Rev. Rainsford Bavin, organising secretary of the Century Commemoration scheme, commenced a mission in the Wesleyan Church on Tuesday evening, when…

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Wesleyan Methodist Church. the Twentieth Century Fund. Successful Meeting in Albury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 September 1899 · page 35

At the conference of the New South Wales Wesleyan Methodist Church held in Sydney in April last it was resolved to inaugurate a movement to establish a fund of 50,000…

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A Peep at the Warangesda Mission

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 September 1899 · page 24

The Warangesda Aboriginal Mission is situated two miles and a half from Darlington Point, Murrumbidgee. Warangesda is Kamaroy for " Home of Mercy," and the…

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The Wesleyan Home Mission. a Gospel Car

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 September 1899 · page 2

At the Wesleyan Conference, which met in Sydney, in February last, it was resolved to enter upon a new departure in Home mission work, and to provide a gospel car to…

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Church Echoes. Church of England

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 22 September 1899 · page 2

On Sunday morning last, a very [?] congregation assembled in the School of Arts to hear the Rev. E. C. Ganly organising secretary for the Riverina church Fund, who is…

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Church of England Synod. the Archbishop on the Church Crisis

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 September 1899 · page 27

The Archbishop of Sydney, in his address at the opening of the Synod on Tuesday, said that the great lesson to be learned from the contemplation of the church crisis…

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New R.c Church at Lockhart. Opening Ceremony

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 September 1899 · page 15

The new Roman Catholic Church at Lockhart was formally opened and blessed on Sunday by the Right Rev. Dr. Gallagher, Coadjutor Bishop of Goulburn. His…

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Wesleyan Home Mission Gospel Car

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 2

At the Wesleyan Conference which met in Sydney in February last it was resolved to enter upon a new departure in Home Mission work and provide a Gospel…

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Wesleyan Church Century Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 September 1899 · page 2

THE last N.S.W. Conference of the Wesleyan Church having resolved to Celebrate the advent of the new century by raising the sum of fifty thousand guineas, the…

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Men and the Church

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 27 September 1899 · page 2

"It is very true Unit the calls upon the time and interest and sympathy of men ill general are much move numerous and much louder than in former…

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The Breadth of the Anglican Church

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 September 1899 · page 39

Speaking at the Anglican Church Festival recently the Bishop of Ballarat took as the topic for his address, " Breadth in the Church of England and Her Members." Breadth, he…

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Presbyterian Church, Howlong. Laying the Foundation Stone

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 September 1899 · page 3

ON Wednesday afternoon last a function of more than usual interest took place at Howlong, viz., the laying of the foundation stone of the new Presbyterian Church…

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The Federation Carnival In Aid of the Wesleyan Church

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 September 1899 · page 2

A fancy fair to which the name of Federation Carnival has been given, was opened on Wednesday afternoon, and was continued that evening and last night, and will be…

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The Presbyterian Church. the Pulpit Filled

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 2

The rather protracted proceedings in connection with the appointment of a successor to the Rev. David Allan, to the charge of the Presbyterian congregation of Deniliquin were brought to the last…

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