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Churches, 1886

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Presbyterian Church, Redfern

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

The Rev. T.J. Curtis, who had been announced to [?]reach on the wreck of the steamer Lv-ee-Moon, delivered a very cloquent discourse to a well-filled church last evening. The rev. gentleman took for his text a portion of…

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Pictures in Churches. the Rev. W. Poole of the Ly-ee-moon, in the Bathurst-street Baptist Chapel

Globe · Monday 7 June 1886 · page 5

The little Baptist Chapel in Bathurst-street lies at the rear of St. Andrew's Cathedral. The gorgeously painted western windows and the slowly…

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Bourke-street Congregational Church

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

Last evening the Rev. James Hill M.A., preached an eloquent sermon in the Bourke-street Congregational Church, taking for his subject the recent shipwreck of the Ly-ee-Moon. The preacher took his text from the…

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Congregational Church, Newtown

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

The Rev. Warlow Davies, M.A., was announced to deal at the Congregational Church, Newtown, with the subject of the wreck, and the anuouncement resulted in an unusually huge congregation, numbering about 800. The…

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The Baptist Church, Bathurst-street

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

At the Baptist Church, Bathurst—street, last night a thanksgiving service was held. The church was crowded to excess. The Rev. W. Poole, one of the survivors from the Wreck, gave an address in place of the ordinary sermon…

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The Churches. Pitt-street Congregational Church

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

At the Pitt-street Congregational Church last night the Rev. Dr. Jefferis delivered an impressive address upon the loss of the Ly-ee-Moon. The congregation filled the large building in every part. The service commenced with the…

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Waterloo Congregational Church

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

At the Waterloo Congregational Church last night the Rev. E. Adams, to a large and attentive congregation, delivered a sermon on the wreck of the Ly-ee-Moon. Most of the hymns sung were appropriate to the occasion, particularly…

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The Mariners' Church

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

The Rev. W. Bradley delivered a sermon yesterday evening in the Mariners' Church, in connection with the Sydney Bethel Union, in which especial reference was made to the loss of the steamer Ly-ee-Moon. The…

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Congregational Church, Redfern

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

On Sunday evening the Rev. George Campbell addressed himself to the subject of the wreck of the Ly-ee-Moon, in the Congregational Church, Cloveland-street, Redfern. He chose for his text I. Thessalonians V., 1-6:—"But of…

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Marrickville Congregational Church

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

A very impressive sermon was preached yesterday evening in the Marrickville Congregational Church by the Rev. Robert Dey upon the subject of "The Shipwreck." The reverend gentleman selected as a text the words, "Fallen…

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St. Barnabas Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 June 1886 · page 5

Yesterday evening the Rev. J. Barnier preached a sermon having special reference to the wreck of the Ly-ee-Moon, and he made use of the occasion to point a moral in behalf of total…

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Pyrmont Congregational Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 June 1886 · page 7

The foundation-stone of the manse in connection with the Pyrmont Congregational Church was laid on Saturday afternoon by Mr. E. K. Satchell. There was a moderately large…

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At the Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 June 1886 · page 5

At several of the city and suburban churches yesterday special reference, from the pulpit and otherwise, was made to the wreck of the Ly-ee-Moon, and the congregations were asked to…

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The Ly-ee-moon Disaster. Dispatch of Search Boats. Aid for the Widows and Orphans. Sermons in the Churches. Action of This Government

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 June 1886 · page 5

We have received from the Superintendent of Telegraphs, copies of the following messages dispatched by the Premier to Green Cape, and the reply thereto furnished at the express…

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Methodist Free Church

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 June 1886 · page 6

The Rev W. H. Bowe preached a sermon on Sunday in the Methodist Free Church, Wyndham street, Alexandria, in reference to the wreck, taking for his text. Acts 27, 41--"The…

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At the Churches. Redfern Presbyterian Church

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 June 1886 · page 6

On Sunday evening at the Redfern Presbyterian Church the Rev. T. J. Curtis made special reference in his discourse to the wreck. There was a large…

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Lord Randolph Churchill's Rash Advice. To the Editor

Evening News · Tuesday 8 June 1886 · page 7

Sir,—In your issues of Saturday, the 5th instant, a letter appears from Mr. Robert Jacoh, purporting to be a reply to a letter of mine which appeared May 25, under the above heading, which evidently…

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Churches and Taxation

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 June 1886 · page 4

In the land tax scheme adopted by the House in Committee of Ways and Means on Thursday night, there is a clause granting exemption to all lands…

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Baptist Church, George-street

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1886 · page 3

On Sunday evening the Rev. J. Straughen preached a very impressive and affecting sermon on the Ly-ee-Moon disaster. Hymns appropriate to the subject were sung from…

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Wesleyan Church, Macquarie- Street

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1886 · page 3

The services at the Wesleyan Church on Sunday evening last partook of an impressive and mournful character, the and calamity at Green Cape on the previous Sunday feeing the…

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