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Churches, 1886

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Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1886 · page 8

The meeting of ministers and elders convened in accordance with the deliverance of the Provisional Court for the purpose of re-constituting the Synod of the above Church, was held in Ebenezer Church, Riley-street, on Friday, 15th…

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Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church. the Annual Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1886 · page 8

The annual sitting of the New South Wales ond Queensland Conference, in connection with the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church, was commenced last evening in the York-street Wesleyan Church, which was crowded…

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Wesley An- Methodist Conference. the Ex-president's Address. the Recent Troubles in Tonga

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1886 · page 5

For the 31st time the Methodist churches of New South Wales and Queensland opened their annual conference in York-street Chapel. The crowded building reminded one, like the tall…

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Bathurst-street Baptist Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1886 · page 8

The annual public meeting in connection owth the Bathurst-street Baptist Church was held in the church last night. There was a moderate attendance. The meeting was presided over by the Rev. Charles Bright. The Revs…

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New Baptist Church

Evening News · Thursday 21 January 1886 · page 3

On Sunday nest a new Baptist Church will be opened in Ashfield. It is situated in Holden-street, and is 42ft long by 23ft broad, with two ante-rooms 10ft 6in by 13ft each, and a porch 7ft by 11ft. It will comfortably seat 200 persons. It is a very pretty…

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Church of England Temperance Society

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1886 · page 7

The members of the Redfern branch of the Church of England Temperance Society held their annual tea-meeting, followed by musical selections, in St. Paul's schoolroom on Tuesday…

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Catholic Directory. JANUARIUS

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 4

23-Sabb. Alb. Desponsation BMV cum S Joseph dup maj. Vesp de end coin St. Joseph, seq et Dom. 24.—Dom III. Post Epiph. Sub. So. Timothei EM…

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The Anglican Bishop of Melbourne

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 16

London, Jan. 15.—The Right Rev.—Dr. Moorhouse, Anglican Bishop of Melbourne, has been appointed to succeed the late Dr. Fraser as Bishop of Manchester…

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Funeral of a Catholic King

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 18

THE late King Alfonso of Spain was buried on Sunday, November 29, with great pomp and ceremony amid the unaffected grief of his people. The body having been embalmed, and conveyed…

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Catholic. the Cardinal-archbishop at Parramatta. Presentations to His Eminence

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 17

THE good folks of Parramatta had the Cardinal-Archbishop amongst them on Sunday last, and to do the Catholics of the sunny old town justice, it must bo said, they showed themselves worthy…

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Catholic. the Charity Concert at Manly. Reception of Lord and Lady Carrington

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 14

Tuesday night's concert at Manly, in aid of the School of Industry and Orphanage, conducted by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, was in the full meaning of the word a success. His Excellency…

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New Maori Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 15

ON December 19, at Omakawi, Rowhiti, Kororareka (we learn from the New Zealand FREEMAN'S JOURNAL), the Very Rev. Dr. M'Donald (Wikario-Henerari) administered the Holy Sacrament of…

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Cambridge Professors and Church Reform

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 162

The following address to the Archbishops and Bishops of the provinces of Canterbury and York on the subject of Church Reform is being circulated among the resident members of the Senate, and has already been signed by…

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All Souls' Church, Leichhardt

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 171

The edifice of which we give an illustration, is of brick, with stone foundations and dressings. Its size, including cancel and vestries, is 106 feet by 50 feet, and the height to the…

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Wesleyan Church, Kogarah

Evening News · Monday 25 January 1886 · page 4

The foundation stone of a Wesleyan Church for Kogarah was laid in Emma-street, in that district, Saturday afternoon. Among those present were the President of the Wesleyan Conference, the Revs…

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Chinese Service in a Wesley an Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1886 · page 6

A special service for the Chinese was held in the Princes-street Wesleyan Church last evening, but owing to some misunderstanding on the part of those for whom if was designed, either as to when or where it was to be held, it…

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Kogarah Wesleyan Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1886 · page 3

Two foundation-stones in connection with the erection of a new Wesleyen Church were laid at Kogarah on Saturday afternuon by Messrs F. Tait, M.P., and E. Hogben. The building,…

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Wesleyan Church Susten-tation and Extension. Annual Meeting of the Society

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1886 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Church Sustentation and Extension Society of the Wesleyan Church was held in the York-street Church last evening. There was a moderately large…

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Kogarah Wesleyan Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1886 · page 4

Two foundation stones in connection with the erection of a Wesleyan church of Kogarah were laid on Saturday. The ceremony of laying the stones who performed by Messrs. F. Tait, M.L.A., and E. Hogben, who delivered interesting…

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Wesleyan Church Sustentation and Extension Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1886 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Wesleyan Church Sustentation and Extension Society was held yesterday evening in the York-street Church. There was a moderately large attendance. Mr. Benjamin James, one of the general…

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