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Churches, 1887

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The House of Commons at Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 July 1887 · page 13

On May 22 the House of Commons, in pursuance of resolution, attended the special service at St. Margaret's, Westminster, in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of her Majesty's reign. The Times says that the event is…

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York-street Wesleyan Church

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1887 · page 81

The ceremony in connection with the laying of the memorial stones of a new Wesleyan church which is to be built upon the site formerly occupied by the old Wesleyan church in York-street was performed on Saturday afternoon…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 July 1887 · page 8

Under This heading, Sermons by [?]ent preachers are publised in this widely-circulated journal, in order, to presont sound religious literaturo in the colony, and especially in the remote interior. By this means the…

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The Melbourne Scots Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 July 1887 · page 8

AN ELOQUENT DIVINE EXPECTED.—There is every probability of the congregation of Scots Church, Collins-street, Melbourne, securing an eloquent divine from the mother country as…

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St. Thomas's Roman Catholic Church, Petersham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 July 1887 · page 4

A large number of the parishioners of St. Thomas's Roman Catholic Church, Petersham, and other districts, assembled at the Church grounds yesterday afternoon, in accordance with arrangements made for the laying of the…

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The Papal Mission to Ireland

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 July 1887 · page 5

London, Sunday.--Cardinal Persico, who has been dispatched on a special mission to Ireland by the Pope to examine into the position of the Irish priesthood regarding…

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New R.c. Church at Petersham. Cardinal Moran on the Roman Pontiffs

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 July 1887 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon his Eminence Cardinal Moran proceeded to Petersham for the purpose of laying the foundation-stone of a new Roman Catholic Church in that district, the building…

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Mr. Burnett's Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 July 1887 · page 5

FORBES, Tuesday.--Mr. M thew Burnett, the well-known temperance lecturer and social reformer, completed a six days' mission here last night. All the meetings have been well…

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A Catholic Priest on the Papacy. "A Mere Money-making Machine."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 July 1887 · page 5

London, Tuesday.--The Rev. Dr. M'Glynn has delivered a speech in New York which has caused an immense sensation. The speech was almost entirely devoted to the…

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Queensland Church of England Synod

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 July 1887 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Church of England Synod was opened this afternoon by the Bishop of Brisbane, who delivered an exhaustive address to a large attendance of clergy and…

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Pan-anglican Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 July 1887 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--it is understood that the colonial and American bishops will be invited to the Pan-Anglican Conference to be held in London next summer…

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The Churches. the Melbourne Scots' Church

Evening News · Friday 15 July 1887 · page 7

AN ELOQUENT DIVINE EXPECTED.—There is every probability of the congregation of Scots' Church, Collins-street, Melbourne, securing an eloquent divine from the mother country as…

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The British Army and Navy. Important Speech by Lord Randolph Churchill. His Allegations of Blundering and Squandering

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 July 1887 · page 5

The R.M.S. Massilia which arrived at Adelaide on Wednesday night brought from our Loudon correspondent the following special report oi Lord Randolph Churchill's recent…

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Lord R. Churchill on the Army and Navy

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 July 1887 · page 4

By the R.M.S. Massilia, which arrived at Adelaide on Wednesday, we have received from our London correspondent a special report of the famous speech delivered by Lord Randolph…

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What the Churches Are Doing

Illustrated Sydney News · Friday 15 July 1887 · page 13

MATTERS ecclesiastical have been by no means quiescent since our last. On the contrary, the presence of no small amount of visible, and even assertive life, has been manifest, clearly indicating that, busy and secular…

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Catholic. New Church at Petersham

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 17

ON Sunday last, in response to the invitation of the pastor of St. Thomas' Church (the Rev. T. Long), a large number of people—many of them visitors from the city—attended for the purpose…

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Franco-Australian Mission

Evening News · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 4
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

On Friday evening, in the Temperance Hall, the Rev. W. J. Anderson, M.F.A, delivered the first of an annual series of lectures on the progress of evangelisation in Prance. In the…

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Adelaide Catholic Cathedral

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday.--Additions are beng made to the Adelaide Catholic Cathedral, in the shape of a new eastern aisle, and the new portion will be opened by Archbishop Reynolds…

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Catholic. Clerical Changes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 15

WE understand that the Very Rev. Dr. Murphy has been appointed to the Rectorship of St. John's College. The Rev. Father Coonan (late of St. Mary's Cathedral) has been appointed…

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