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Churches, 1876

17 stories in Riverina's papers

Village Churches

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 March 1876 · page 7

IN so busy a land as cuts, there is no place where the mind can, as it were, turn in upon itself so fully as in the silence and solitude of a village church…

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Young Lady Church Decorators

Wagga Wagga Express · Wednesday 15 March 1876 · page 4

No domestic hinderance stands in the way of the British, maiden as she seeks to escape all risk of the traditional “mischief” attendant on “ idle hands,”…

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The Roman Catholic Church in the British Empire

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 April 1876 · page 8

THE Catholic Directory for 1876, edited by the Rev. W. A. Johnson, secretary to Cardinal Manning, and published under the auction of the Ro[?] Catholic authorities…

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Local Intelligemce. the Re-opening of St. John’s Church Visit of the Bishop of Goulburn

Wagga Wagga Express · Wednesday 17 May 1876 · page 2

IT is now some time since the increasing population of Wagga—coupled no doubt, by a due sense by the congregation of the gaunt birdeonsness which was the only characteristic…

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The Lake Nyassa Mission

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 May 1876 · page 8

THE Rev. Thomas Smith, D.D., sends the following letter from Mr. E. D. Young, R.N., the head of the Livingstonia mission of the Free and Reformed Presbyterian Churches…

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Painful Scene in a Churchyard

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 May 1876 · page 5

The Sheffield Indendent says:—“ A painful scene took place on Tuesday at Dore in connection with the interment of an infant, and the following narrative of the occurrence…

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Laying the Foundation Stone of New Wesleyan Church, and Anniversary Tea Meeting

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1876 · page 4

The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the New Wesloyan Church took place on Wednesday afternoon, at which there was a large attendance. The stone was laid by Mr…

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Local Intelligence the New Wesleyan Church Laying the Foundation Stone

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 May 1876 · page 2

THE ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Wesleyan Church which is to be erected at the corner of Johnstone and Fitzmaurice streets , took place on Wednesday…

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Rural Churches

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 October 1876 · page 6

THE Church is supposed to be peculiarly active in the country. While it is recognised as a beneficent influence in towns, it is widely felt that in the rural…

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Albury Catholic Denominational School

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 8 November 1876 · page 4

The following address was presented to Sir Hercul[?]s Robinson, on behalf of the boys of the Albury Catholic Denominational School, on the occasion of his recent visit to that…

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The Church and the Working Man

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1876 · page 1

MAN is ordinarily a healthy animal, if he will allow himself to be so. But he is prone to ruin his health by c[?]lpable indulgence of his appetites. Nature thus outraged strikes the…

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False Accusations Against a Catholic Bishop. (Evening News.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 22 November 1876 · page 3

DURING last week, as reported by the Glen Innes Guardian, a clergyman of the arch-diocese, the Rev. Father Dillon, arrived in that town. Father…

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Going to Church

Wagga Wagga Express · Wednesday 22 November 1876 · page 5

IT is curious to consider how little the practice of going to church is at present encouraged by a large proportion of the clergy. People go from a sense of duty,…

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Church of England.—novel Proceedings at Queanbeyan

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 December 1876 · page 5

A MEETING [?] the right of members of the Church of England to have a voice in the appointment of their own ministers was held in the schoolroom of Christ Church,…

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The Roman Catholic Bazaar

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 15 December 1876 · page 2

It is at all time a source of pleasure to give publicity to all efforts that are made in the cause of religion, no matter of what denomination may at the time he interested…

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The Church the [?]ther and Nurse of the [?] and [?]oloc[?]stic Life. Sermons Preached by [?] Most Rev. Archbishop Vaughan, the Solemn Blessing of the Sacre[?]eaet Presentation Convent, Wagg[?]agga. Unless the Lord build these they labour in vain who build it. PM 126., v.i

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1876 · page 1

MY LORD BISHOP OF MELBOURNE, MY LORDS, DEARLY BELOVER, When preaching on the occasion of [?] opening of a Convent such as this, [?] in the…

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The Roman Catholic Bazaar

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 22 December 1876 · page 2

DURING the evenings of Thursday and Friday last the Court-house was crowded with an easier throng anxious tn assist in the worthy object of the bazaar, and doubtless…

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