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Churches, 1886

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The Cardinal-archbishop on Church Building

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 July 1886 · page 14

THE Cardinal Archbishop presided at the meeting of the parishioners of the Sacred Heart Church on Sunday evening. The Very Rev. Dr. Carroll, V. G. (pastor), after giving some particulars with…

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Wesleyan Church, Darling-st

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1886 · page 2

The 26th Anniversary of the Balmain East Westeyan Church was celebrated on Sunday last by special services, conducted by the Revs. W. Clarke, J. Woodhouse, and Richard Sellors,…

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Church of England Synod. Fourth Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 July 1886 · page 7

The President took the chair shortly after 6 o'clock, and road prayers. The PRESIDENT announced that he had received a letter from Mr. E. J. H. Knapp, offering his gratuitous services…

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General News. Church of England Synod

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1886 · page 232

On Tuesday morning Divine service was held in St. Andrew's Cathedral in connection with the assembling of the representatives attending the seventh Synod of the Diocese of Sydney. The Primate preached and…

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Church Authority: What Means It?

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 31 July 1886 · page 4

The following is an abridged form of an article by a reader of History which appeared in an old number of the Bulwark. It is of such importance that…

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Correspondence. the Escaped Nun and the Baptist Church. (To the Editor of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 31 July 1886 · page 6

SIR.--I was much pleased to read in your issue of the 17th insttnt, that a meeting of the Ministers' Association of Newcastle had been hold here, on the 7th instant, comprising the…

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The Church of the Future

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 July 1886 · page 4

It is always fair to assume, with respect to so just a speaker and so careful a thinker as Bishop Barry, that he means what he says; and to hold this…

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The Church of England Synod

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 July 1886 · page 15

The seventh synod of the Church of England commenced its sittings on Tuesday afternoon in the Church Society's House, Phillip-street, Sydney. The primate, as president, occupied the chair…

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Correspondence. [It must be distinctly understood that, while we are at all times happy to insert correspondence, we do not in all cases endorse the remarks of the writer.] Primitive Methodist Chruch Luddenham. To the Editor of the Nepean Times

Nepean Times · Saturday 31 July 1886 · page 4

SIR,—In your issue of 24th inst. appears a report by your travelling reporter, of the laying of the foundation stone of the Primitive Methodist Church, Luddenham. Now,…

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The Anglican Synod

Evening News · Monday 2 August 1886 · page 6

The President took the chair on Friday, and announced the result of the ballot for the standing Mr. Thomas Robertson moved the second reading of the ordinance to provide for declaration of…

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A New R.c. Church at Stockton

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 August 1886 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--This morning the Right Rev. Dr. Murray, Bishop of Maitland, laid the foundation stone of the new Roman Catholic Church at Stockton. There was a…

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Church of England Synod

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 August 1886 · page 5

The first session of the seventh synod of the dio[?] o[?] Sydney was resumed at the Church Society's Hou[?], Phillip-street, last evening, under the presidency of the Primate of Australia (Rev. Dr. Barry). During a later…

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Lecture. Mission Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 August 1886 · page 5

Last evening a lecture was delivered in the Pitt-street Congregational Church by Dr. H. Grattan Guinness, who has recently arrived from London. The subject of the discourse was " Gospel Efforts at Home and Abroad." The…

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Church of England Synod

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 August 1886 · page 5

The first session of the seventh Synod of the Diocese of Sydney was resumed, at the Church Society's House, Philip-street, yesterday, under the presidency of the Primate…

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At the Church Home

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 August 1886 · page 5

From the outside you would never guess that within the somewhat stately, comfortable- looking house, one of the great reforming works of the city is being carried on, indeed it is only…

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Church of England Synod

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 August 1886 · page 7

Yesterday afternoon the sitting of the first session of the seventh synod of the diocese of Sydney was resumed at the Church Society's House, Phillip-street. The President took the chair at 10 minutes to 4 o'clock,…

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Church of England Synod

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 August 1886 · page 9

Yesterday afternoon the sitting of the first session of the seventh Synod of the diocese of Sydney was resumed at the Church Society's House, Phillip-street. The President took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock, and…

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Portaferry Presbyterian Church

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 August 1886 · page 4

A social meeting of the above church was held on Thursday June 17 to welcome Rev. T. E. Clouston and Mrs. Clouston, Mr, Clouston was for five years pastor of…

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The Escaped Nun's Mission

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 7 August 1886 · page 6

DEAR SIR,--We have been favoured here by a visit from Mrs. O'Gorman Auffray, the Escaped Nun. Mr. and Mrs. Auffray and son arrived in…

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L. O. G. T. Mission

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 7 August 1886 · page 3

A PUBLIC meeting in connection with the Good Templar Mission was held in the Albeit Hall, Granville, on Thursday evening last, under the auspice[?] of the Home of Peace Lodge,…

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