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Churches, 1887

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New Church School at St. Augustine's

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1887 · page 3

A society culled the Christian Brothers, an organisation of the Roman Church, nrc about starting n parent house for the colony of New South Wales, in Balmain…

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St. Thomas' Church, Balmain West

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1887 · page 2

The usual Master meeting of the congregation of the above Church was held on Tuesday evening last, at which a large number were present. The meeting having been…

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Public Improvements. Wesleyan Church Property, York-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 April 1887 · page 16

The rapid increase in numbers and wealth of the Wesleyan community in this city has for some time past rendered the accommodation of the old premises in York-street altogether inadequate for their requirements, and a…

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Mr. Gladstone and the Welsh Church Establishment

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 16 April 1887 · page 3

Mr. Gladstone's action is not usually logical. Principles are with him always made to yield to the expediency of practical politics: or rather to what he fondly…

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The Churches. "O day of rest and gladness, O day of joy and light, O balm of care and sadness, Most beautiful, most bright." Serm0n for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 April 1887 · page 7

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

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Lord Churchill and Mr. Gladstone

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 April 1887 · page 5

London, Friday.--Lord Randolph Churchill, in a speech delivered at Birmingham, said that Mr. Gladstone is endeavoring to coerce the people of…

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Unitarian Church

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 April 1887 · page 5

The annual meeting of the members of the Unitarian Church, Liverpool-street, Hyde Park was hold on Sunday, after morning service. Mr. Jno. Collinan, the secretary, read the…

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Endowments of the Church of England. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 April 1887 · page 5

Sir,—In the course of your leading article on the Divorce question in to-day's issue, when comparing the different condition of things in England and in New South Wales, you state, without any qualification, that "the Church of…

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Catholic. the Christian Brothers at Balmain

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 April 1887 · page 15

SUNDAY morning saw the celebrated Irish teaching order of the Christian Brothers formally installed by the Cardinal-Archbishop in their schools and residence at Balmain. The…

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Catholic. the Jesuits Among the Blacks. the Mission in the Northern Territory. the Habits and Characteristics of the Aborigines Described. (Concluded.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 April 1887 · page 18

IT was mentioned last week that a second Catholic Mission station had been started in the course of the year at the Daly River on a large run given by the Government of South…

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Church of England

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 April 1887 · page 4

A meeting of the parishioners of St. Paul's, Emu Plains, was held in the schoolroom on the 17th ultimo to take into consideration the condition of the parish,…

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Lord Churchill and Mr. Gladstone

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 April 1887 · page 16

London, April 18.—Lord Randolph Churchill, in a speech delivered at Birmingham, said that Mr. Gladstone is endeavouring to coerce the people of England to reverse the decision of the…

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The Churches. "O day of rest and gladness, O day of joy and light, O balm of care and sadness, Most beautiful, most bright." Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1887 · page 7

Under this heading, Sermons by [?]nent preach[?] published in this widely-circulated journals in order to present sound religious liferature in the colony, and especally in the remote interior. By this means the isolated…

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Melbourne Scots Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1887 · page 11

LONDON, April 14.—Dr. Cameron Lees, who has undertaken the temporary pastorate of the Scots Church, Melbourne, will leave to-day for Australia, in the R.M.S. Austral. He was entertained…

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A Popular Churchman

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1887 · page 8

In perhaps no part of England is sectarianism more rife than in Liverpool, where Orangeism and Roman Catholicism are each numerously represented. Yet there are not a few Protestant and…

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Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 April 1887 · page 6

A conference of ministers, elders and other representatives of congregations met in Ebenezer Church, Riley- street, on Tuesday, April 19, and continued in session until Friday…

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The French Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 April 1887 · page 6

The second anniversary of the Franco-Australian Mission was celebrated at the Temperance-hall, Pitt-street, yesterday evening. A moderately-large audience enjoyed an…

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Franco-australian Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1887 · page 5

An Anglo-French anniversary meeting, preceded by a limelight lantern entertainment, was hold yesterday evening in the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street, in connection with the Franco-Australian mission. The lantern entertainment…

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Methodist Holiness Association

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 April 1887 · page 6

The first anniversary of the Methodist Holiness Association was held in the Y.M.C.A buildings yesterday. The afternoon was held in the small ball. There was a…

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Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1887 · page 7

A conference of ministers, elders, and other representatives of congregations met in Ebenezer Church, Riley-street, on Tuesday, April 19, and continued in session until Friday evening last. The object of the meeting was to…

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