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Churches, 1916

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News of the Churches. Nourishing the Spiritual Life

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 July 1916 · page 30

"This last month has intensified our sense of the serious task of the Empire in this war," writes Archbishop Wright in his monthly letter in the current issue…

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Church Notes

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 14 July 1916 · page 2

The Rev. Canon [?]erse will conduct the service in the local Church of England on Sunday evening. A very handsome donation [?]…

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Adopting "Lonely Soldiers." Sydney Society Girls Find a Mission

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 4

Sydney young women are just now infected with a craze for adopting "lonely soldiers." The adoption, be it understood, is on strictly sisterly lines, and…

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Methodist Flower Show

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 2

By advertisement in this issue the Methodist Church annual flower show is announced to take place on Friday and Saturday, October 20 and 21…

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Anzac Prisoners. Adequate Food Supply. a Disappointing Mission

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 2

The mission, consisting of Brigadier-General V. C. M. Sellheirn, Colonel Charles Ryan, and Mr. F. Fairbairn (Red Cross Commissioner), which Mr. A…

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For Presbyterian Soldiers. a Gift Evening at St. Andrew's Schoolroom

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 2

The idea was recently conceived by the Minister and some members of the congregation of the Hay Presbyterian Church that some small gifts from the…

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News of the Churches. Methodists in America

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 31

Plans for the unification of the Methodist Church in the north and south of the United States of America are now being discussed by the bodies interested. A few…

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Church Notes

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 2

The Rev, Canon Verso will conduct the service in the local Church of England on Sunday morning. The Rev. Hilton E. Thomas will…

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Lord Haldane in Berlin. Pre-war Mission

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 2

At the sitting of the House of Commons on Thursday, Major W .E. Guinness asked:—"Will Mr. Asquith publish the correspondence in regard to the visit made…

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Britain's Entry Into the War. Churchill's Third Article

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 July 1916 · page 2

Mr. Winston Churchill, in his third article upon "Britain's Entry Into the War," says that her entrance was very workmanlike. There is no more…

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The Church's Obligations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 30

Speaking recently to his Diocesan Conference on the subject of the approaching general mission in England, the Bishop of London said that the calL to repentance…

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News of the Churches. Neutrality and Disloyalty

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 30

Preaching at a military service in St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, on Sunday, Archbishop Kelly said that men were armed to-day because it was by arms alone…

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Church Notes

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 3

The Rev. Canon Verso will conduct the service in the local Church of England on Sunday evening. The Rev. Hilton E. Thomas will…

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St. Matthew's Church of England

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 July 1916 · page 2

The Bishop (Right Rev. Dr. Radford has arranged, to administer the rite of confirmation in St. Matthew's on Sunday, September 3. He will probably travel to…

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Hay Methodist Church. Roll of Honor to Volunteers Unveiled by Military Chaplain

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 August 1916 · page 2

There was a crowded congregation at the Methodist Church on Sunday night, when a roll of honor to members of the Hay Church, who have…

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Adopting "Lonely Soldiers." Sydney Society Girls Find a Congenial Mission

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 August 1916 · page 4

The young women in Sydney are just now infected with a craze for adopting "lonely soldiers." The adoption, be it understood, is on strictly sisterly lines…

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News of the Churches

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 30

The Rev. W. Agnew. of Kilmoro (Vie.) Presbyterian Church, has accepted a call to Mentone, near Melbourne. Miss Ursula Saumarez Smith (daughter…

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Three Hundred Churches

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 43

Of deep interest in tile eyes of most of us is a little island called Palmes. Patmos has an entirely Greek population of four thousand, mostly sponge fishers, and…

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Church Notes

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 5

The services in all churches on Sunday next will be appropriate to the second anniversary of the declaration of war…

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Women May Lead Church Services

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 2

The Bishop of London has sanctioned women leading church services, provided that they do not speak from the pulpit, lectern, or chancel steps, and that they…

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