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Churches, 1887

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Wesley Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 June 1887 · page 5

A Jubilee song service was held at the Wesley Church, Chippendale, yesterday afternoon the Rev. R. Se[?]ors presiding. The sacred office was very choicely decorated with…

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Church Parade

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 June 1887 · page 5

A church parade of the whole of the metropolitan military forces was held yesterday afternoon in honor of her Majesty's Jubilee Shortly before 3 o'clock the various regiments…

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Church-hill and Miller's Point

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 June 1887 · page 5

George-street, down to Bridge-street, had the appearance of a river, into which the other streets, like tributaries, discharged floods of human heads; but there the current that propelled the stream broke. The multitude—agitated,…

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The Queen's Jubilee. Great Rejoicings in England. a Roman Catholic Service. the Jubilee Honors

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 June 1887 · page 5

London, Monday.--The Morning Post states that 300 peers and others, all Roman Catholics, were refused admission to Westminster Abbey to the Jubilee Service…

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The Churches

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 22 June 1887 · page 2

AT the Congregational Church, on Sunday morning, the National Anthem was sung, and special mention made of the occasion by the Rev. C. Taylor, in his address. The subject…

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Methodist New Connexion

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 June 1887 · page 4

London, Tuesday.--It has been decided that all the Methodist New Connexion chapels in Australia shall be closed…

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Mission to Tee Irish Bishops

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 June 1887 · page 4

London, Tuesday.--The Pope is despatching a special mission to the Irish bishops…

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Mr. Matthew Burnett's Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 June 1887 · page 6

YOUNG, Thursday.--Mr. Matthew Burnett's temperance mission of five days closed on Tuesday night, and was very successful. Nearly 400 persons signed the pledge including 18…

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Catholic Marriage

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 17

THE wedding bells Lave been kept going rather vigorously of late. On the 8th inst. an interesting ceremony took place at St. Mary's Church, St. Leonards, North Shore, the occasion being the…

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Catholic. Bazaar at St. Benedict's

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 14

THE bazaar in aid of the parochial fund, which bag been expected in St. Benedict's parish for some time past, was opened in St. Benedict's Hall on Saturday last, and has been continued daily since…

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Catholic. the Cardinal and Loyalty to the Throne

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 17

ABOUT 150 Volunteers wore present at the Jubilee Church, parade: at St. Mary's Cathedral on Sunday afternoon, Lieutenant Morris being the commanding officer. Cardinal Moran officiated at…

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Congregational Church

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 2

In addition to special mention being made at this church on Sunday last, in re the Queen's Jubilee, the Sunday School scholars were invited to a conversazione in…

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The Churches

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 2

All the Protestant Churches in Balmain and Leichhardt paid some tribute of respect to the Queen on Sunday—At St Mary's (Rev. M. Archdall, M.A.) St. Thomas' (Rev…

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Church Army Tea Meeting

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 5

The Church Army tea meeting in Cox's Rooms, Elliott-street, last week Friday, was quite a success. 130 sat down to a very good tea of 7 p.m. After the tea…

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The Long and Prosperous Reign of Queen Victoria. Thanksgiving Service in the Wesleyan Church Parramatta

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 3

REV. CHARLES OLDEN conducted a Jubilee service on Sunday evening last, when the church was crowded by all classes of the community, who listened to a very powerful…

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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 25 June 1887 · 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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Randwick Presbyterian Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 6

The Rev. W. S. Frackekon preached on the Hawkesbury disaster at the Randwick Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening. He chose for his text Thessalonians, chapter v. verse 3--…

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Matthew Burnett's Temperance Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 5

WAGGA WAGGA, Sunday. -- Mr. Matthew Burnett, who is on a mission of temperance to New South Wales, finished his tour in the south and south-west at Young on Jubilee Day. The…

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Pyrmont Congregational Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 6

Special reference was made to the accident by the Rev. Jas. Buchan. M.A., at the evening service at the pyrmont Congregational Church. Taking his text the first verse of the 46th…

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A Roman Catholic Provincial Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 June 1887 · page 4

The approved decrees of the Plenary Council of the Roman Catholic archbishops and bishops of Australasia, which were intrusted to Archbishop Carr by the Holy See for deliverance to…

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