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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Churches

Churches, 1899

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Roman Catholic

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 2

The Rev Father O'Gorman will celabrate mass at Mr J. White's, Tharwa, at 11 a.m. on Sunday next, 20th instant. Polo Match at Duntroon on Saturday…

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Captain's Flat. Concert in aid of Church of England

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 2

A concert was advertised to be held have in aid of the Church of England on Thursday last, but owing to the heavy rains it was postponed until the following night…

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Roman Catholic

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 2

The Rev. Father O'Gorman will celebrate mass at Mr. J. White's Tharwa, at 11 a.m. on Sunday next, 20th instant…

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Wesleyan Church Services

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 August 1899 · page 2

THE Rev. A. Stephen preaches in Queanbeyan on Sunday morning and at Captain's Flat in the evening. The evening subject will be, The Story of a Dying Thief…

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Church Services

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 2

Wesleyan Church services for next Sunday are:—Queanbeyan, 11 and 7.30 p.m., Rev A. Stephens; Giffords, 3 p.m. Rev A Stephens; Wattle Park, 11 a.m. Mr J. Gale; do, 7 p.m…

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Ladies and Church-going

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1899 · page 2

Preaching the other evening at a special service at St. Thomas’s Church of England, North Sydney, the Rev. W. I. Carr-Smith said that: during the recent period of wet…

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Presbyterian

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 8 September 1899 · page 2

There will be special evangelistic meetings next week in the Presbyterian Church from Tuesday, [?] Friday night. Mr. J. E. Mo[?] of [?]ueanbeyan, will assist the Rev. Charles [?] B.A. Mo[?]…

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Presbyterian. a Forceful Sermon

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1899 · page 2

A very successful evangelical mission was brought to a close in the Braidwood Presbyterian Church on Friday night, the service being conducted by Mr. J. E. Moffat, assisted…

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Men and the Church

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 2

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

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Anglican Church Ritualism

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1899 · page 2

The discussion on ritualism was continued on Wednesday night before the Synod of Diocese of Sydney considerable interest being evinced in the proceedings. Amongst…

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Church of England Concert

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 4 October 1899 · page 2

On Friday evening the Church of England concert took place in the Protestant Hall. There was a crowded house and the proceeds should augment the funds of the church…

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Presbyterian Picnic

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 October 1899 · page 2

THE first annual picnic in connection with Mr. John E. Moffatt's appointment to the Queanbeyan charge was held in the show ground on Wednesday. The weather was…

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Presbyterian Picnic

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 14 October 1899 · page 3

The first annual picnic in connection with the anniversary of the appointment of Mt John E Moffatt to the Queanbeyan charge took place on the Showground on Wednesday…

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Incense in the Church

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 October 1899 · page 2

Love of incense seems to be spreading among Ritualists in the Church of England. A few weeks ago a philathropisi intimated his intention of…

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Church of England Sunday School Concert

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 October 1899 · page 2

The concert in aid of the funds of the above school took place at the Literary Institute on Wednesday evening last. The hall was crowded. The stage was very tastefully decorated with ferns, flowers,…

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St. Gregory's R. C. Church

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 November 1899 · page 2

OWING to the absence of the Rev. Father Collender there will be no Mass at the above church next Sunday. The Cooma Race Club have abandoned…

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A Haunted Churchyard

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 10 November 1899 · page 3

KaIvedon Churchyard has an ancient tree standing on the south side of the church which has long enjoyed the reputation of being haunted. This story arose from the fact…

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Dedication of St. Andrew’s Church Tower

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 2

Yesterday was a day memorable in the annals of Anglican progress in Braidwood—the tower so generously erected at the charges of Mr. Robert Maddrell, Bedervale, was…

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St. Andrew's Church. Dedication of the New Tower

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 2

On Thursday last Dr. Chalmers, Bishop of the Diocese, Braidwood for the purpose of dedicating the tower of St. Andrew's Church, which has just been completed. He was met by several…

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Church View of the War

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1899 · page 4

In the end the Church will gain enormously. The overthrow of a corrupt and degrade tyranny masquerading as a civilised Government, the insistence on some measure…

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