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Churches, 1887

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Correspondence. St. Thomas's Church (Cow) Bell. to the Editor

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 4

SIR:—For very many years past the residents of Balmain (more particularly the western part of the suburb) have been more or less annoyed by the very…

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Anniversary of the Congregational ChUrch

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 5

The anniversary services of this church were held last Sunday, sermons being preached in the morning by the Rev. Warlow Davies, of Newtown, and in the…

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St. Stephen's Mission Church

Evening News · Monday 1 August 1887 · page 6

The foundation stone of St. Stephen's Mission Church, in Edgecliffe-road, Woollabra, was laid on Saturday by Lady Carrington, in the presence of a large number of distinguished persons…

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St. Stephen's Mission Church, Waverley

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 August 1887 · page 3

The ceremony of laying the corner stone of St. Stephen's Mission Church, which is situated on the Edgecliffe-road, Waverley, was performed by Lady Carrington on Saturday…

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St. Stephen's Mission Church, Edgecliffe-road. Laying the Foundation-stone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 August 1887 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon the foundation-stone of St. Stephen's Mission Church, Edgecliffe-road, was laid by Lady Carrington, the ceremony being witnessed by a large number of ladies and gentlemen, amongst whom were Sir…

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News by Telegraph. New Presbyteria Church

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 August 1887 · page 5

STROUD, Monday.--The foundation stone of the new Presbyterian Church was laid to-day by Mis. J. M'Kay of Cangon, Dungog, the Rev. J. M. Ross aud D. Baird being present…

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An Old Presbyterian Minister

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 August 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The resignation of the Rev. Dr. M'Donald of his charge of the Dorcas-street Church, South Melbourne, was the occasion for a high tribute being paid him…

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Roman Catholic Prelates in the North. Opening of the Waratah Monastery. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 August 1887 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--His Eminence Cardiual Moran--accompanied by Dr. Carr (Arch. bishop of Melbourne), Rev. Dr. Moore (Bishop of Ballarat), Dr. Lanigan (Bishop of Goulburn),…

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The Auburn Church Dispute. Meeting of the Parishioners

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 August 1887 · page 7

A meeting of the parishioners and church-officers of St. Stephen's Church, Rookwood, was held on Monday evening, to consider "the present crisis through which the Church of…

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Rockwood-Auburn Church Dispute a Painful Meeting

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 3 August 1887 · page 3

A LARGE number of the parishioners of Rockwood-cum-Auburn assembled in St. Phillip’s school-church, Auburn, on Friday evening last to take part in a valedictory tea meeting…

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St. Marg[?]s Church, Liverpool, and the Rev. J. Bell Cox. To the Editor

Evening News · Thursday 4 August 1887 · page 7

Sir,—History repeats itself. The persecution to which the Rev. J. Bell Cox has been subjected, culminating in his imprisonment, is simply a repetition of the vindictiveness, dictated by ignorance…

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The Auburn Church Dispute. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 August 1887 · page 3

Sir.--After all that has been cut you on this subject it now becomes my duty to give your readers the other side of the question. A public lecture, which was announce on…

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St. Mary's Mission Church, Mortlake

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 August 1887 · page 3

The abovenamed church is already in a state of partial completion. The structure consists of a neat brick building, in Early English style, pointed with cement dressings, and the windows are of cathedral tinted glass, with coloured[?]…

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Robbing a Church

Evening News · Friday 5 August 1887 · page 5

At the Water Police Court, this morning, George Walsh, on remand, charged with being found on the night of August 1 in the enclosure of St. Philip's Church, Churchhill, for an…

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The Wesleyan Church in Tonga

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 August 1887 · page 4

By the s.s. Labeck, which arrived from Tonga early yesterday morning, the Rev. W. G. R. Stephinson, president of the New South Wales and Queensland Wesleyan Conference,…

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A Horrified Roman Catholic

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 5

Occasionally even men who have been bred from childhood in the Roman superstition are startled by a sudden conviction of its evil teaching which they have been accustomed to…

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Movements of Roman Catholic Prelates

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 4

Seven Roman Catholic prelates took part in the recent opening ceremony of the Redemptorist monastery of St. Alphonsus at Waratah, namely--His Eminence the Cardinal…

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Catholic. the Question of the Knights of Labour

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 17

WE notified last week our intention of re-publishing the admirable letter of Cardinal Gibbons, which has a special significance now that the Holy Sec has declared in favour of the Knights of Labour…

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Orangeism and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Minister. (To the Editor of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 8

SIR,--Seeing a letter from a Mr. McCreadie in reply to the paragraph you had in the Standard on a previous week, and having been supposed to be the person who supplied all the information…

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The Pope's Special Commissioner and the State of Ireland. National View of Mrs. Persico's Mission to Ireland

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 5

Cable messages of a more or less ambiguous character were recently received in Australia relative to the dispatch from Rome of a special Papal commissioner delegated to inquire into the…

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