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Churches, 1893

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Presbyterian Tea Meeting

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1893 · page 2

LAST Tuesday evening the Town Hall was a scene of great activity, the occasion being the annual social gathering of our Presbyterian friends Those immediately interested in the event viewed the…

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St. Peter's Church. Annual Vestry Meeting

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 4

THE annual meeting of parishioners of the above church was held in the Sunday school-room on Tuesday evening last, there being between 20 and 30 ladies and…

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Telephoning a Church Service One Hundred and Fifty Miles

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 8

AN interesting experiment in long-distance telephoning was tried at the residence of the editor of the Yorkshire Post, at Leeds, one Sunday evening lately, in the presence of a small party of friends,…

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St. John's Church, Uralla

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 3

The annual Easter meeting of the parishioners of St. John's was held in the Sunday school room on Easter Tuesday evening, April 4th, at half-past 7 o'clock,…

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Wealth of the Church of England

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 3

IN 1891 the Duke of Westminster moved for a return showing the number of churches (including cathedrals) in every diocese in England which have been built or restored,…

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The Temperance Crusade. Sermon at the Presbyterian Church

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1893 · page 2

IN compliance with an edict passed by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, the Rev. R. Kay, on Sunday. last, preached a special sermon on "Temperance," He selected for his…

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A Historical Church

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1893 · page 6

THE days of the church of St. Mary, in the Minories, London, are numbered. In the course of the next few weeks the edifice will be closed…

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Church of England

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1893 · page 5

WE understand that the Metropolitan issued on 26th July a mandate to Ven. Archdeacon Greenway, administrator of the diocese, to summon a special meeting…

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Anglican Synod

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 5

At the Anglican Synod yesterday, a motion urging upon the Government to prohibit for beverage purposes the manufacture, importation, and sale of all kinds of alcoholic…

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The Anglican Synod

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1893 · page 5

The Synod of Grafton and Armidale met at Grafton yesterday for the election of a Bishop to succeed Dr. Turner. It was decided that the Bishop should be appointed…

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The Anglican Synod. Grafton, 7.30 P.m

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1893 · page 5

The Synod commenced yesterday forenoon, and continued to 9.30. It was resumed to day at 10, sitting to 4 o'clock. About 50 representatives were present, every parish being represented. After a…

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Collection in Churches

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1893 · page 3

"WHAT do Christians hope for? No collection." Such was the theory propounded the other day as subject of a sermon to be delivered in a suburban…

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The Church of England

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 September 1893 · page 7

WE have recently reported the proceedings at the Synod of Grafton and Armidale convened for the purpose of electing a bishop in the place of the…

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Antiquity of the Church of England

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1893 · page 3

JUST now a controversy is taken place in Melbourne between Archbishop Carr and Bishop Goe on the above subject. In reference to the antiquity of the English Church, the Australasian…

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A Church Burnt

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1893 · page 3

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Haydonton, near Murrurrundi, caught fire last night, and the vestry was completely destroyed. The main building was saved after…

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Sleeping in Church

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 November 1893 · page 8

THUS "A.B.C." in the S. M. HERALD: —The difficulty which many people feel in keeping awake in church has been solved at last in a way that will…

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Non Churchgoers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1893 · page 6

FUGITIVE Notes' in the HERALD writes:—Why do the men not go to church is the practical question that has been troubling the…

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Wesleyan Church. Armidale District Meeting

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1893 · page 5

THE annual sessions of the Armidale District Meeting commenced in the Lecture Hall on Tuesday morning last, and were continued until Friday under the…

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Catholic Honors

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 December 1893 · page 3

It is announced to-day that Dr. O'Brien, rector of St. John's College, has been appointed Domestic Prelate of the Pope, with the title and rank of Monsignor…

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Why Don't Men go to Church?

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1893 · page 4

IT would be wrong to say men are indifferent about religion (remarks the Melbourne Argus). Works bearing upon religious polemics have an immense sale, and the men are the principal…

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