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Churches, 1885

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St. Paul’s Mission Boom, Harris Park

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 4

A very pleasing entertainment was given in St. paul’s Mission Room, Harris Park. on Wednesday evening. The Rev. Canon Gunther president, and delivered a brief opening address…

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Death of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Bathurst

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 162

Roman Catholics throughout the colony will be pained to hear of the death of the Right Rev. Dr. Matthew Quinn, Bishop of Bathurst, who died on the 16th instant. The Roman Catholic clergy of the…

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Catholic Education League. (By Telegraph, From Our Correspondent.) Melbouone

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 12

An Education Union League was inaugurated on Tuesday in St. Francis's Roman Catholic school-room, Melbourne, when about 50 persona attended. Dr. Brownless, who acted as…

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England. Cardinal Manning on the Progress of the Church in England

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 6

At the the annual dinner in connection tho Benevolent Society for tho relief of tho aged and the infirm poor, Cardinal Manning made a very interesting speech…

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Lord Randolph Churchill on the Castle

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 13

LORD Randolph Churchill, not very long ago, when asked his opinion regarding the political condition of Ireland, replied in effect, that Ireland would never be contented nor free…

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New Church at Clifton

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 15

A new church is being built at Clifton. A few months ago, not more than a dozen people in Sydney could toll whore Clifton was, but now, owing to the [?]awarra Railway contract (No. 3…

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Bethlehem Convent Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 14

MESSRS. P. O'Donnell and Sous five the successful tenderers on the new church in connection with the Convent of the Sisters of Charity, Bland-street, Ashfield. The amount of the contract is…

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Leichhardt Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 14

TENDERS have been invited for the erection of a , school-church at Leiehhardt, and the site of the proposed building is an allotment of two acres in a prominent and valuable position. The…

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The Macdonaldtown School-church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 14

THE "converted" Protestant conventicle at Macdonaldtown is being repaired and fitted with new school furniture, and new conveniences are being erected. The building and its site was secured…

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New Church at Hurstville

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 14

THE proposed erection of a school-church at Hurstville affords not the least pleasing evidence of the policy of practical activity which his Grace lias displayed in so marked a degree within the…

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Wesleyan Methodist Conference. Saturday, January 24

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1885 · page 6

The President took the chair at 10 a.m; Under the question," What ministers have died since the last conference?" it was stated that the Revs. W. H. B. Sylvester, B. E . Bellhome, E…

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Homebush Wesleyan School-church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1885 · page 5

The memorial-stone of a building which is to serve the dual purpose of a school and church for the Wesleyans of Homebush was successfully laid on Saturday's afternoon by Mrs. Schofield. In spite of the heavy and threatening…

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Confirmation at the German Evan Gelical Lutheran Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1885 · page 5

Yesterday morning the impressive ceremony of the rite of confirmation was celebrated in the pretty little Lutheran Church, in Goulburn-street. the building was tastefully decorated with…

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Wesleyan Church, York-street

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1885 · page 5

At this church yesterday morning there was a moderately large congregation to hear the "official sermon " preached by the Rev James A. Nolan, of Newtown, president of the Wesleyan Conference…

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Temperance Mission

Evening News · Tuesday 27 January 1885 · page 6

Mrs. E. M. E. Browne began her temperance mission in the Temperance Hall, Wollongong, on Sunday. There was a large attendance, principally composed of Sunday-school children, to whom Mrs…

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Wesleyan Methodist Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1885 · page 9

The President (the Rev. J. A. Nolan) took the chair at 10 a.m. In addition to the ministers already in attendance at the conference the following lay-representatives were reported to have…

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New Roman Catholic School at Penrith

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1885 · page 3

The new Roman Catholic school at Penrith was opened on Monday. Owing to the heavy rain and the excitement over the railway a o[?]ent on the Southern line, the attendance was not as large as…

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Wesleyan Methodist Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 January 1885 · page 7

The President (Ref. J. A. Nolan) took the chair at 10 a.m The Rev. R. [?] brought forward his motion of which he had given notice, to the effect that the…

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The German Churches. a Disparaging Statement

Evening News · Thursday 29 January 1885 · page 3

Thus oar Adelaide correspondent:—At a public meeting, which was held on Tuesday, a parson named Casely, having advocated the establishment of a German methodist church in the colony, a…

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Gordon Wesleyan Church

Evening News · Thursday 29 January 1885 · page 6

The anniversary of Gordon Wesley an Church at Lane Cove, was celebrated on Monday last. A first class luncheon vas provided by the lady members of the congregation, and about 300 sat down to it. A…

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