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Churches, 1886

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

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1886 · page 2

Sir,--I trust you will allow me space in your columns to pen a few remarks re the latest discourse by the Rev. G. North Ash, M.A. "The Church and the Stage."…

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The Church and the Stage

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1886 · page 6

The Rev. J. Banner occupied the pulpit at St. Barnabas's Church last evening, and preached to a large congregation on "the Church and the Stage," basing his remarks on the words in…

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N.Z Anglican Synod

Evening News · Tuesday 2 March 1886 · page 3

The tenth Anglican Synod of New Zealand has concluded its sitting. A petition for religions education in schools, with payment by results, has been adopted, and a committee…

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St. John's Church, Paddington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1886 · page 4

Last evening a public meeting was held in St. John's Presbyterian Church, Paddington, to celebrate the opening of the church after the addition of a transept. The opening services had been conducted on Sunday last by the Rev…

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Church and Stage. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1886 · page 4

Sir,—I have read the two addresses, on the "Church and the Stage," delivered by the Rev. G. North Ash, and with your permission I offer a few comments on his utterances. I can recognise and honour his Christian charity, and…

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

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1886 · page 3

Sir,--In your issue of to-day's date, under the head of "The Church and the Stage," is published a sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. Barnier at St. Barnabas' Church last evening…

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Presbyterian Assembly of Victoria. Call of the Rev. G. Dods to the Scots Church. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1886 · page 10

At a meeting of the Presbyterian Assembly to-day it was reported that the Scots Church members and adherents had resolved, by a statutory majority, to call the Rev. George Dods to fill the…

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Sydney Pulpits. Iii. Unitarian Church, Liverpool-street. Rev. E. R. Grant. by an Impartial Observer

Evening News · Wednesday 3 March 1886 · page 3

Unitarian is a name generally applied to all who maintain that God exists in one person only, and specially to a small Christian sect of recent times, whose distinguishing tenet is the Unity as opposed…

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Melbourne Scots' Church. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Wednesday 3 March 1886 · page 6

A meeting of the Presbyterian Assembly to-day was held to discuss the call of the Rev. G. Dods to the Scots' Church congregation. The discussion became warm, many of the clergy accusing the Rev…

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Church Dispute. GRAFTON

Evening News · Wednesday 3 March 1886 · page 6

The trustees of the Fry-street Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia, and the Rev. Isaac M'Kay (the pastor), are apparently determined to settle the matter between them. The trustees caution all…

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The Church Troubles in Tonga

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1886 · page 6

The Tonga correspondent of the Fiji Times writes, under date February 10:--The only measure I have heard of which bears upon the church dispute is one prohibiting the preaching…

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The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1886 · page 5

The Freeman's Journal states that the Most Rev. Dr. Carr, Bishop of Galway, has been voted dignissimus for the Archbishopric of Melbourne, Australia…

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Church for Binalong. BINALONG

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1886 · page 5

Owing to the persevering efforts of the incumbent, the Rev. Thomas Watson, the members of the church of Binalong will shortly have a building wherein they can meet for worship. The brickwork is well…

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Church and Stage. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1886 · page 4

Sir,—I read with a great deal of surprise the Rev. Mr. Bamier's sermon of last Sunday evening. He makes a terrible, and really most unwarrantable, attack upon the stage, and, in common justice, those same remarks need…

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The China Inland Mission. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1886 · page 5

Sir,—Will you allow me to draw your attention to a mistake which occurs in your paper to-day in the paragraph relating to Mr. C. T. Studd and his noble gift to the China Inland Mission? The name given is Mr…

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Forcible Entry Into a Church at Grafton. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1886 · page 5

The trustees of the Fry-street Presbyterian Church, with about 25 other members, assembled to-day at the church for the purpose of holding a meeting, of which notice had been given by advertisement. The Rev. J. M'Kay…

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Lord Randolph Churchill at Manchester. London, March 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1886 · page 7

Lord Randolph Churchill, speaking at Manchester, declared that the Conservatives would support either a Whig administration or a coalition Government…

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The Church and the Stage. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1886 · page 8

Sir,—Mr. Herbert Percy, of the Gaiety Theatre, has read with surprise the Rev. Mr. Banner's sermon on the modern stage, and sets himself to answer the following extracts from it: 1st. "That no manager dare take a…

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A Church Dispute. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1886 · page 5

GRAFTON, Thursday.--An extraordinary scene was witnessed at the Presbyterian Church Synod of Eastern Australia, in Fry-street, Grafton, this morning. A gathering…

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The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 489

The Freeman's Journal states that the Most Rev. Dr. Carr, Bishop of Galway, has been voted dignissimus for the Archbishopric of Melbourne, Australia…

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