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Churches, 1886

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Primitive Methodist Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 8

The service at the Primitive Methodist Church was conducted by the Rev. P. S. Young. There was only a limited attendance, the edifice being about half full. The service…

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Mission Church, Liverpool and Sussex Streets

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 5

A meeting somewhat of a different character to those usually held in connection with the above church took place last evening. For some days past neither time nor pais have been spared by the workers of the mission to…

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Protestant Children in Roman Catholic Schools

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 3

We cannot too often sound a warning to Protestant parents against sending their children to Roman Catholic Schools. Mr. A. H. Guinness, M.A., the Secretary…

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A Christmas Dance in a Catholic Church. a Peculiar Service in a Seville Cathedral

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 7

IT is well known that an instance, perhaps unique, of dance in the worship of the catholic Church, occurs in the cathedral of Seville; but we do not often see any description of the rite which gives a…

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Catholic an Australian Missionary. Convent. Training Sisters for New Guinea

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 15

WITH appropriate and impressive ceremony his Eminence the Cardinal-Archbishop on Sunday afternoon blessed and opened the new Convent of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart at…

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Italy. Garibaldi's Son and the Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 6

It is, perhaps, probable, speaking humanly (says the London CATHOLIC TIMES, November 5), that but for the fact that Garibaldi's ambition received a check at the outset of his career…

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The Ministerial Crisis in England. the Resignation of Loud Randolph Churchill. Lord Salisbury and the Marquis of Hartington. Mr. Chamberlain on the Situation. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 7

Lord Randolph Churchill's resignation has caused intense excitement on the continent, in England, and in Ireland. It is feared in Vienna and Berlin that it will weaken the…

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The Scotch Reformed Church and Its Superintendents

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 7

The following paper was written for the Presbyterian, in reply to an anonymous communication which the Rev. J. Benvie deemed a misrepresentation of the Presbyterian and…

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The Church Association. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 11

Sir,--Much has appeared of late in the columns of your widely-circulated paper, aud also in those of your morning contemporary, with regard to the Church Association. I have…

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The Political Crisis in England. Parleyings for a Coalition. Lord Randolph Church-hill's Future Attitude. Further Resignations Improbable. Speech by Mr. Chamberlain. Appeal for a Reunion of Liberals

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 5

London, Thursday.--It is generally understood that, among other reasons that have induced Lord Randolph Churchill to resign, he is opposed to…

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A Democratic Church. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 3

Sir,--Your correspondent "Neutral" is scarcely right in inferring that a church could be formed more democratic than the Anglican. The Church of England is democratic out…

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Wesleyan Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 8

This edifice was also filled with a large congregation, the centre being reserved exclusively for members of the societies. The usual form of service was gone through, Miss Barker…

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St. John’s Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 8

The service proper at St. John’s commenced with the singing of the well-known byran “Onward Christian Soldiers,” after whish the prayers were read by Canon Gunther, and the…

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Friendly Societies’ Church Parade

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 8

THE parade of friendly benefit and non-benefit societies in aid of the funds of die Parramatta District Hospital and Benevolent Society, for which arrangements had been in active…

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Church Affairs at Ryde. to the Editor of the Mercury

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 2

SIR,—In common with all others living in this locality I feel not only pained but humiliated by the attractions attempt to burn the English personage, and protably the occupants as…

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Correspondence. Friendly Societies’ Church Parade. to the Editor of the Mercury

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 2

SIR,—In the report of the proceedings of the meeting of delegates to the Friendly Societies Church Parade, as published in Saturday’s MERCURY, I observe that, in answer to Mr…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 8

Under this 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…

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Justin M'Carthy on Lord R. Churchill

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 14

In the course of his opening lecture in the Academy of Music at New York, Mr. Justin McCarthy said: — There is one of the most conspicuous and…

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Church Scandal in Goulburn

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 13

No small amount of excitement was occasioned in Goulburn on Tuesday, when it became known that St. Saviour's, Church of England Cathedral, had been taken possession of by Captain Bosai, senior…

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Central Methodist Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 December 1886 · page 3

Under the auspices of this mission special open-air services were conducted by the Revs. W. G. Taylor and J. Woodhouse. Meetings were addressed by those gentlemen at Currington Hall, at Princes-street, and near the Town…

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