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Southern Highlands · Churches

Churches, 1906

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Church News. St. John's C.E., Moss Vale

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 2

The Rev. A. C. Mosley (the Rector) left for North Queensland on Tuesday by s.s. Wodongs. He expects to be absent from town about four weeks. Arrangements have…

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The Church Society. Jubilee Celebrations

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 July 1906 · page 6

The Church Society of the Diocese of Sydney celebrated its jubilee annual meeting at the Y.M.C.A. Hall an Thursday night. The Governor (Sir…

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Methodist Church

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1906 · page 2

The quarterly meeting of the Bowral circuit of the Methodist Church was held on Wednesday last at the Mittagong church. The Rev. J. W. Holden presided, and there…

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Lotteries at Church Bazaars

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1906 · page 3

In the course of a pastoral letter which was read in the Roman Catholic churches of Victoria on Sunday, Archbishop Carr denied that the Church encouraged unlawful…

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Methodist Church

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 July 1906 · page 2

The quarterly meeting of the Bawral circuit of the Methodist Church was held on Wednesday last at the Mittagong church. The Rev. J. W. Holden presided, and there…

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Tragedy in a Church. Priest Murdered

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 July 1906 · page 5

A terrible tragedy took place on the 3rd of May in the Church of Santo Domingo at Murcia. While a famous Jesuit priest, Father…

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A Parish Minister. in the Bois De Vincennes

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 5

Last week a young man was murdered in the Bois de Vincennes and no clue for the elucidation of the mysterious crime has yet been found. Yesterday, in the…

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Struggle in a Church. Drenched Sexton

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 August 1906 · page 5

The story of an exciting struggle in a church was related at Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, on Saturday, when Miss Lucy Gardiner, the organist at the local…

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Faith Cures. the Church's Attitude

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 August 1906 · page 5

Christian scientists were emphatically denounced during an interesting discussion initiated by Archdeacon Sinclair at the London Diocesan Conference…

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Fireball in Church. Congregation in Panic

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 5

As the congregation, at Wookey Church, near Wells, on Sunday evening were singing the hymn, " Oh, what the Joy and the glory must be,"…

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The Gambling Mania. Presbyterian Church, Moss Vale

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 2

For many years past the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales has set its face against raffing and lotteries at church bazzare. Now that an effort is being made…

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The First Church Organ

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 September 1906 · page 5

The 10th of April is a memorable date for ecclesiastical musicians, who claim that on this day in 787 King Pepin placed the first organ — which he had…

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The Church Society. the Home Mission of the Church of England, Diocese of Sydney

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 September 1906 · page 2

The Rev. Luke Parr, organising secretary Of the above important society, paid a visit to this parish. On Sunday last, the and last, he preached in the morning…

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Bowral Methodist Sunday School

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 2

The Bowral Methodist Sunday School celebrated its anniversary on Sunday last, when special services were held in the schoolhall, which had been decorated for the occasion…

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Presbyterian Concert

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 2

A concert and social was held at the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday night in celebration of the second anniversary of the minister's settlement. The state was nicely…

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Church News. Church of England Synod

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 2

The first session of the 14th Synod of the Diocese of Sydney opened on Tuesday last at 4 p.m., when the Bight Rev. the President delivered his address…

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Yarrunga Church

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 2

The church officers met in the above church on Friday last, the rector presiding. It was unanimously decided to hold the second annual pionic at the…

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Robertson Methodist Church

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 9 October 1906 · page 2

At the quarterly meeting of the above held on the 4th inst., Messrs. Eli Schofield and A. Knok were [?]lected substitute stewards to the [?]ning Goulburn [?]trict Synod…

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Church News

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 2

Arrangements are being made to open St. John's Rector on Tuesday, 30th low at 3.30 pm. The very van Archd[?]on Langley has connected to perform the…

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Church News

Robertson Advocate · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 2

A picnic in connection with St. Luke's Sanity School, Upper Mittagong, will be held on the Robertson Park cricket ground od Friday next, 26th inst…

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