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Churches, 1886

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Glebe-road Wesleyan Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 April 1886 · page 8

The Rev J. Gardiner will preach this morning at 11 o'clock at the Globe-road Wesleyun Church…

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Christ Church, Enmore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 April 1886 · page 8

There will be morning prayer at Christ Church, E[?] at 11 o'clock. A service for children will be held at 3.30 and evening prayer at 7.30 p.m…

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Good Friday. Church Services. St. Andrew's Cathedral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 April 1886 · page 8

At St. Andrew's Cathedral Holy Communion will be dispensed at 8 o'clock this morning. Service will be held at 11 o'clock, and the Rev. A. R. Rivers, precentor, will preach. There will be a special service—"The S[?]…

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Christ Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 April 1886 · page 8

At Christ Church services will be held as follows:— Litany, 8.30 a.m.; children's service and address [?] a.m.; matins and ante-communion, 10.30 a.m.; [?] of the three hours, 12 to 3 p.m. Evening service will be…

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Roman Catholic Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 869

Cardinal Moran on Wednesday, issued a pastoral letter to the clergy and laity of his archdiocese. After dealing with matters relating to certain functions of the Roman Catholic Church, and referring to a season of…

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Catholic. Mary on Calvary

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 14

BE darkened ye heavens, fade light of the sun, Shrink earth at the sight of the deed that is done. Burst open ye graves, let your tenants come…

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Gospel Army and City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 7

The Blue Ribbon Gospel Army and the Sydney City Mission, besides other sections of the Christian Church, also held special torvices, which were conducted in the afternoon in the Domain. In the evening the City Mission…

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General News. Roman Catholic Synod

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 852

CARDINAL MORAN has summoned the annual Synod of the Roman Catholic [?]'ergy of the archdiocese of Sydney for the 6th of May. The Synod, at which all the priests of the archdiocese are bound to attend, will…

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What the Church Has Done for Science

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 18

FOR almost a century the enemies of the Church have been endeavouring to make her pass as the opponent of science and letters, as the enemy of all modern progress…

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Opening the Redfern Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 14

ON Sunday, 9th May, the perform the cardinal-Archbishop will perform the cerem[?]ney of blessing and opening the Church of St. Vincent de Paul. Mass will be celebrated at eleven o'clock, and the service will…

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Church Music

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 14

MR. J. A. Delany, the new conductor of the Cathedral choir, has made very satisfactory arrangements for Easter Sunday. It was reported some little time ago that the Cardinal-Archbishop had…

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Other Protestant Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 7

At Christ Church there were services commencing at 8.30 o'clock in the morning, and continuing with brief intervals until 3 p.m., followed by an evening service, the preacher being the Rev. E. C. Beck. Services…

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Our London Letter. the Tribute to Lord Iddesleigh. Abolition of the Peers. the Established Church of Wales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 5

LONDON, March 12.--No one, even in these panoramic days of constant change and consequently of evanescent impressions, can have forgotten the unscrupulous intrigue by…

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Baptist Church

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 5

The annual tea and musical gathering in connection with the Bathurst-street Baptist Sunday-school took place last evening. The schoolroom was crowded at the tea, those…

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Granville. Baptist Church Anniversary

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 4

THE first anniversary of the Granville Baptist Church was celebrated by a tea and public meeting on Wednesday, 21st inst. The state of the weather in the morning was…

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Congregational Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 4

SERVICES in connection with the Congregational Church will in future be held each Sunday in Granville in Mr. Rosa’s newly opened Albert Hall. The opening service will…

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Cardinal Moran and the Hibernian Association. the Position of the Catholic Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 April 1886 · page 4

The members of the Hibernian Association met on Sunday afternoon at the Catholic Bible Hall, William-street, for the purpose of inaugurating the Easter season by presenting on address of jubilee to Cardinal Moran…

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Pictures in Churches

Globe · Monday 26 April 1886 · page 5

To the unitiated expecting great and strange things there is some disappointment in the evening services of Easter Sunday at St. Mary's Cathedral. Passing…

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St. Patrick's Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 April 1886 · page 5

At St. Patrick's Church was performed a mass by Kalliwoda, a composer better known to us by his pianoforte works than by any other. The rendering throughout was effective. The…

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St. Mark's Church, Darling Point

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 April 1886 · page 5

The abovenameed church, a pretty Gothic edifice, standing like an old English village church embowered in trees and evergreens, was well filled on Sunday morning and evening, the…

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