Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Churches, all years

Sydney · Churches

Churches, 1885

1,032 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 52

Lord R. Churchill's Courtship

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 October 1885 · page 14

Here is a story of the young nobleman who aspires to bo the modern Disraeli: A few years ago Misa Jennie Jeromo, the second, daughter of Mr. Leonard W. Jerome, met Lord Randolph Churchill at a…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Ashfield Presbyterian Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 October 1885 · page 7

The foundation stone of a new Presbyterian church was laid at Ashtield on Saturday afternoon by Mrs. John H. Goodlet. The proceedings were attended by a large number of…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Egyptian Mission

Evening News · Monday 19 October 1885 · page 4

CONSTANTINOPLE, October 18.—Sir Henry Wolff will proceed to Cairo to-morrow…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Sir H. Wolff's Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 October 1885 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--Sir Henry Wolff will proceed to Cairo to-morrow, Monday…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

New Presbyterian Church at Ashfield. Laying the Foundation-stone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 October 1885 · page 5

The foundation-stone of a Presbyterian church at Ashfield was laid by Mrs. John H. Goodlet on Saturday afternoon, in thr presence of about 150 ladies and gentlemen, amongst whom were the Rev. John Auld, M.A. (minister…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Sir Henry Wolff's Mission to Egypt. Constantinople, Oct. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 October 1885 · page 7

Sir Henry Wolff will proceed to Cairo to-morrow…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Church of England Purity Society, or White Gross Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 October 1885 · page 4

The Primate has addressed the following letter to his clergy:— "Diocesan Registry, Oct. 12, 1835. "Rev. and Dear Sir,—At a recent meeting of the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Aunt Parker. Chapter Xvi.--aunt Parker Takes Me to the Churchyard

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 October 1885 · page 3

Outside the gates a carriage was waiting for us, and I observed that our boxes were on the roof. We were to take them with us, instead of leaving them to be sent after us. I was glad…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Church of England Purity Society

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 October 1885 · page 4

It will be observed by an advertisement in our columns to-day that the Church of England Purity Society, or " White Cross Union," will hold a second special service for men only, at…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Cathedral Lecture. Music of the Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 October 1885 · page 6

On the afternoon of Tuesday, October 6, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, the Rev. A. R. Rivers, M.A., precentor, delivered the third and last of a series of lectures on Church Music. The first lecture was on the "Music of the Bible;"…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Presbyterian

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 21 October 1885 · page 3

As briefly intimated in our last issue Granville has been constituted a sanctioned charge the Presbytery of the Hawkesbury. The “Presbyterian” gives the following additional…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

News by Telegraph. Scots Church

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 October 1885 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--An influential meeting of the members of the Presbyterian Church was held in Scott's Hotel to-day, the Hon. John Bligh presiding, to consider the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Church of England Purity Society. Address by the Primate

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 October 1885 · page 6

Yesterday evening a special service was conducted in the Cathedral under the auspices of the Church of England Purity Society or White Cross Union, when an address was delivered by…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Congregational Church Extension Society. Annual Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 October 1885 · page 6

In the evening the annual meeting of the Congregational Church Extension Society of New South Wales was held in the Pitt-street Church, under the presidency of the Rev. Walter Mathison, B.A…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Christ Church Schools

Evening News · Friday 23 October 1885 · page 4

The annual picnic of the children attending these old established day school took place on Thursday. The scholars, with their teachers, attended a short service in the church, and then marched in procession…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Presbyterian Church, Maryborough, Queensland

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 24 October 1885 · page 16

Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Mission Ships. the "Haweis."

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 24 October 1885 · page 13

IT was not till the year 1814 that another effort was made to obtain a ship to be employed in mission work in connection with the London Missionary Society; and this time the effort originated, not with the…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Catholic. Cardinal Moran's Return

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

NEARLY all the details of the great public reception of his Eminence have been satisfactorily arranged, and it will rest with the Catholics of the colony and the delegates from the other…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

England. Promotion of Catholic Lains

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 October 1885 · page 7

In recognition of their services during the recent operations in the Soudan (says the Catholic Times) the Rev. 11. Brindle, Chaplain of the Forces, has been promoted from…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Catholic. Presentation of an Address to Cardinal Moran in Dublin

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 October 1885 · page 17

THE DUBLIN FREEMAN'S JOURNAL of September 12 has the following interesting report:—On Tuesday morning his Eminence Cardinal Moran received a deputation from the League of the…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →