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Churches, 1886

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St. Paul's (Redfern) Church of England Temperance Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 May 1886 · page 6

The annual social gathering of the members and friends connected with the St. Paul's Branch of the Church of England Temperance Society took place last evening in St. Paul's Schoolroom, Cleveland and Regent streets, Redfera…

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Church of England Synod

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 May 1886 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The Church of England Synod commenced its annual sittings today, when Bishop Kenyon delivered a long, comprehensive, pastoral address. He referred to…

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Vincentian Fathers' Mission

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 14

THE Very Rev. Dr. Carroll, V.G., has been fortunate enough to secure the able and devoted services of the Vincentian Fathers for the Jubilee Mission in the Sacred Heart parish. The opening sermon…

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Catholic. the Nursing Sisters

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 14

A MEETING of ladies convened by circular to consider the best means of defraying the cost of the erection of a convent for the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary at Petersham was held at…

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England. Ingratitude of English Catholic to Ireland. a Rebuke to the Opponents of Irish Home Rule

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 6

The following admirable letter from the pen of an English Catholic gentleman, of generous sympathies and manly instincts appears in the London Tablet, April 10. It may be…

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Lismore. Bazaar in Aid of the Lismore Church and Convent

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 10

FUND.—A series of ingenious devices for the diminution of a heavy debt on the above buildings were successfully carried out during the Easter week, by the Very Rev. Dean Doyle, resulting in netting about £800; besides being the…

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Congregational Church

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 2

Special services have been held in connection with the settlement of Rev. L. Mossop ns the first pastor of the Leichhardt Church. On May 4th the Petersham Church was…

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St. Paul's Church, Darling Road

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 2

A very enjoyable evening evening was spent in the above Church on Friday, 21st inst., the occasion being the rendering by the Church choir of the Service of Song…

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The Primrose League and the Papal Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 3

We scarcely know whether the little farce which has been played by the Romish Bishop of Nottingham, the Tablet,and the Pope, is to be set down to…

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Amusements. Concert at Newtown Congregational Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 June 1886 · page 7

A very enjoyable concert was given in the Newtown Congregational Church last evening in the presence of a large audience. The programme included selections from Mendelssohn, Handel, and other composers, and a number…

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Church of England Sunday-school Institute

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 June 1886 · page 7

The sixth anniversary of the Sunday-school Institute for the Diocese of Sydney was celebrated on Monday evening at the building of the Y.M.C.A. by a tea, followed by a public…

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Presbyterian School Church Concert

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 5

A GRAND sacred and secular concert, in aid of the site and building fund of the Granville Presbyterian School Church will be given in that building on Friday evening next, 11th…

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Catholic. a Distressing Calamity

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 14

THE wreck of the Ly,-ee-Moon has brought sorrow and woe into many a home in Sydney. The loss of life is simply appalling, and the death by drowning of Mrs. M'Killop, the mother of the…

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Lord Randolph Churchill's Rash Advice Versus Timothy Fogarty's Explanation of Loyalty. To the Editor

Evening News · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 3

Sir,—In your issue of May 25 Timothy Fogarty figures as the champion of Home Rule, and throughout his letter any one can detect the cloven hoof. Mr. T. F. evidently cannot see the difference…

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Letters to the Editor. Lord Randolph Churchill's Rash Advice. (To the Editor.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 19

SIR,—Lord Randolf Churchill is reported to have said "That the Loyalist inhabitants of the North of Ireland would be justified in resisting by force of arms the establishment of an Irish Parliament…

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Church off England Temperance Society

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 2

The annual general meeting of the above in connection with which was held at the meeting, took place at the schoolroom, Adolphus-street, on Friday evening, May 28th. In spite of…

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What the Church of Rome Teaches

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 9

Zeal without Knowledge. Ceremony without Piety. Penance without Repentance. Prayer without Understanding…

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Protestant Degeneracy. the " HERALD " and Christian Church Papers. (To the Editor of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 6

SIR,--I have read a letter signed J. R. in your issue of the 22nd ult. on "Protestant Degeneracy," with entire approval. That the Herald should ignore Mrs. O' Gorman Auffray's lectures, by the…

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Presbyterian Church, Leichhardt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 June 1886 · page 5

Yesterday morning the Rev. Henry A. Hutchison, B.Sc., preached at the Leichhardt Presbyterian Church, taking for his subject the wreck of the Ly-ee-Moon. The reverend gentleman did not select any set text, and in justification of…

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Balmain Presbyterian Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 June 1886 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon the new Sabbath School and Lecture Hall in connection with the Balmain Presbyterian Church was formally opened, in the presence of a large gathering. The Rev. James Cosh, M.A., presided, and…

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