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Churches, 1887

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Roman Catholic Dignitaries

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 September 1887 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.--Cardinal Moran and Archbishop Carr visited the Exhibition to-day. The latter, with the Bishops of Ballarat and Sale, returned to Melbourne by the afternoon…

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Mission Work Among the Aboriginals. London, Sept. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 September 1887 · page 7

The Tablet states that a foreign prelate told his Holiness the Pope that the Government of New South Wales had offered, as a subsidy to the Roman Catholic Church, if it…

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The Missing Man Churchill

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 September 1887 · page 5

GOULBURN, Monday.--A large number of persons explored the various nooks of the Wollondilly, in the vicinity of the Baw-Baw crossing and Ross' bridge, near Goulburn, on…

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News by Telegraph. Picton Presbyterian Church

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 September 1887 · page 5

PICTON, Tuesday.--The new Presbyterian Church was opened here on Sunday. The building, which is a very handsome structure and holds 200 people, was filled at the three services…

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Congregational Independency: Its Introduction to Queensland, with Reminiscences of the Churches. By George Wight, author of "Queensland, a field for British Labour and Enterprise," "Geology and Genesis," &c. Brisbane: Gordon and Gotch, 1887

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 September 1887 · page 5

Mr. Wight, when occupying the chair of the Queensland Congrogational Union last year, was requested to prepare a small volume embodying a manual of Congregational Church polity, with reminiscences of the…

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The Melbourne Presbyterian Assembly

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 September 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Presbyterian Federal Assembly commenced its annual session to-night. The Rev. Dr. Cameron delivered the opening address, in which he dealt fully with…

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Presbyterian Federal Assembly. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 September 1887 · page 7

The second annual meeting of the Presbyterian Federal Assembly of Australia and Tasmania commenced this evening in the Assembly Hall. After a discourse from the Rev. Dr. Nish, the retiring…

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Mr. Burnett's Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 September 1887 · page 5

COONAMBLE, Thursday.--Mr. Matthew Burnett, the temperance reformer, reached hero yesterday. He was met outside the town by District Deputy Cochrane and the Rev. Mr…

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The Melbourne Exhibition. a Special Annexe for Lancashire. Sir Vincent Barrington's Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 September 1887 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The subject of representation at the Melbourne Exhibition was brought before a meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce yesterday, when it…

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St. James' Church. To the Editor

Evening News · Friday 16 September 1887 · page 6

Sir,—May I be permitted to draw the attention of your readers to oar advertisement inviting contributions towards the restoration, and rearrangement of St. James's Church? We propose…

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Jubilee Home Mission Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 September 1887 · page 6

A public meeting was held in the Bathurst-street Church last evening in aid of the Jubilee Home Mission Fund. The chair was occupied by Mr. W. White…

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Presbyterian Assembly. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 September 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Federal Assembly of the Presbyterian Church entered upon the real business of the session to-day. Considerable time was taken up in clearing away…

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Catholic. St. Vincent's Ball

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 September 1887 · page 14

St. Vincent's Hospital is so firmly established in public favour that the success of the annual ball in aid of the funds of the institution has grown almost into a social proverb. The ball for 1887…

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Mission Work Among the Aboriginals

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 September 1887 · page 15

LONDON, September 12.—The London TABLET states that a foreign prelate told his Holiness the Pope that the Government of New South Wales had offered, as a subsidy to the Roman Catholic…

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Catholic. Two Archbishops Receive the Pallium. Ceremonies at Adelaide, S.a., and Wellington, N.z

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 September 1887 · page 17

ON Sunday last the Most Rev. Dr. Reynolds, Archbishop of Adelaide, had imposed upon him the emblem of Archiepiscopal jurisdiction—"the Pallium from the tomb of the Prince of the…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 September 1887 · page 9

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…

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The Missing Man Churchill

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 September 1887 · page 5

GOULBURN, Saturday.--News reached town this afternoon that the body of the late Mr. Charles Churchill, farmer of Gullen, who was supposed to have been drowned on Friday,…

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Opening of the New Congregational Church at Stockton. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 September 1887 · page 8

At Stockton the new Congregational Church was opened for worship yesterday. The building will seat 300, and the first attendances were large. The Rev. S. Savage preached the opening sermons. The afternoon service was conducted…

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Church Attendance. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 September 1887 · page 6

Sir,--Your correspondent, Mr. Sellors, takes exception to the principal Sunday service being taken as a guide to church attendance as far as the Protestant Churches are concerned, and…

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The Presbyterian Assembly. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 September 1887 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Presbyterian Assembly has adopted a petition to the Queen praying that steps might be taken to put an end to the French occupation of the New…

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