Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Churches, all years

Sydney · Churches

Churches, 1886

1,110 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 56

Anglican General Synod. Seventh Day

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 November 1886 · page 7

The quinquennial session of the General Synod of the dioceses in Australia and Tasmania was continued in the chapter-house attached to St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

General Anglican Synod

Evening News · Friday 5 November 1886 · page 5

The quinquennial session of the General Anglican Synod was continued on Thursday afternoon. The Primate took the chair at 3 p.m. Canon Smith resigned as a member of the synod, and Canon Soares…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Anglican General Synod. Eighth Day

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 November 1886 · page 3

The General Synod of the English Church of Australia was continued yesterday at the chapter-house, adjoining St. Andrew's Cathedral The chair was taken at 8 o'clock by the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Missionary Work in New Guinea. the Church of England Intends to Take the Field

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 November 1886 · page 5

A large meeting was last evening held in the hall of the Young Men's Christian Association, Pitt-street, in aid of the efforts of the Board of Missions of the Church of England to establish…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Church and the Laity. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 November 1886 · page 6

Sir,--Not so very long ago editors of newspapers used in theory to bar their columns to theological discussion, but the impossibility of treating of ecclesiastical questions and…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Primitive Methodist Church, Birkenhead

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1886 · page 3

The Primitive Methodists of Balmain have long thought it desirable to establish a cause at Birkenhead, and with a view of accomplishing this desire, their pastor, Rev. E…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Panic in a Catholic Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 November 1886 · page 6

One of those fatal panics caused by an alarm of fire took place on Sunday, Sept. 13, at Radna, in the south-east of Hungary. The church is a muchfrequented place of pilgrimage, and during the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Primitive Methodists. Primitive Methodist Church, Balmain

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1886 · page 3

On Wednesday evening last, a capital entertainment was very successfully carried out under the very efficient presidency of Mr. Gray, sen., in the P. M. Church, Balmain…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Anglican General Synod. Ninth Day

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 November 1886 · page 3

The General Synod of the dioceses in Australia and Tasmania continued its session at the Cathedral Chapter-house yesterday at 8 o'clock, the Primate presiding…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Mission to New Guinea

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 November 1886 · page 10

At the sixth sitting of the General Synod of the Churoh of England, held in Sydney, the question of misBionary work in New Guinea waa introduced by the Bishop of North Queensland. The Bishop was…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Anglican General Synod. Friday, November 5

Evening News · Saturday 6 November 1886 · page 10

The session of the General Anglican synod was continued on Friday. The Primate took the chair at 3.20 p.m. The Bishop of Adelaide asked—What steps, if…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Catholic. Death of an Australian Bishop. a Venerable Missionary

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 November 1886 · page 14

ALL who witnessed the imposing public ceremonies in connection with the first Plenary Council of our bishops, held in St. Mary's Cathedral last December, will remember the most…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

The Morality of the Orange North and the Catholic South

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 November 1886 · page 6

Of the children born (according to the Registrar-General's returns), 112,733, or 97.2 per cent. were legitimate, and 3.218, or 2.8 per cent, illegitimate. Of the children born in wedlock…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Crisis in Bulgaria. Reported Despatch of Additional Gunboats to Varna. Landing of Russian Sailors. General Kaulbars' Mission Approved by the Czar. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 November 1886 · page 11

It is reported that the Russian. Government has ordered twelve additional gunboats to Varna, for the protection of Russian interests…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

General Synod of the Church of England

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1886 · page 960

The chief question discussed in the Synod on Thursday, the 28th, had reference to the title of the Primate. The Bishop of Tasmania moved, "That in the opinion of this Synod it is desirable that the title of Archbishop be…

Continued on Trove, page 960 →

The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 November 1886 · page 8

Under tins heading. Sermons, by eminent preachers, are published in this widely-circulated journal in order to present sound religious literature in the colony, and especially in the remote interior. By this means the isolated free…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Roman Catholic Mortuary Chapel at the Necropolis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 November 1886 · page 9

On Sunday afternoon Cardinal Moran performed the [?]oremony of laying and solemnly, blessing the foundation stone of a mortuary chapel in the Roman Catholic cometery at the Necropolis. Unusual interest was attached to…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

MR. G. Collins Levey's Mission to the Continent. London, Nov. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 November 1886 · page 7

The mission to the Continent undertaken by Mr. G. Collins Levey, C.M.G., on behalf of the colonial Governments, has been of a very satisfactory nature…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Presbyterian Assembly of Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Owncorrespondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 November 1886 · page 7

The annual session of the Presbyterian General Assembly was opened to-day. There was a numerous attendance. The Rev. J. G. Paton was elected Moderator for the ensuing year. He had a cordial…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Is the Church of England Protestant? to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 November 1886 · page 3

Sir,--Very much depends upon the answer to this question. Because, if it can be proved from church history and the Prayer Book that this is the true and lawful designation of the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →