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Churches, 1887

1,113 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 56

Church Bazaars

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 December 1887 · page 6

Yesterday afternoon o fair, in aid of the circuit fund of the Granville Wesleyan Church, was opened in the local School of Arts by Mr. John Booth, at the request of the pastor, Rev…

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Church Bazaar

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 December 1887 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon Mr. J. H. Carruthers, M.P., formally opened a sale of work or bazaar in the Athen[?]um, Duhwich-hill, which has been promoted by the ladies of the congregation to…

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Temperance Mission

Nepean Times · Saturday 10 December 1887 · page 6

On Monday evening last the Temperance Hall was filled to overflowing by persons anxious to hour Mr.Matthew Burnett's discourse on "Father Mathew, Ireland's greatest social reformer." Dean…

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Mission to Romanists

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 10 December 1887 · page 4

There is yet one district in Ireland in which the people's ordinary language is Irish; and amongst the Irish speaking, a mission has been successfully carried on…

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Catholic. "Kent-street Roman Catholic Church Land Sale Bill. (To the Editor of the "Herald.")

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 December 1887 · page 15

THE subjoined letter was, we are informed promised insertion in the HERALD a week ago, but has not yet been published It exposes the misrepresentations of that journal, and no doubt…

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Catholic. the Sacred Heart Missionaries

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 December 1887 · page 18

NEWS has been received from France to the effect that the Right Rev. Dr. Navarre, M.S.H., the new Vicar-Apostolic of Melanesia, who went to France to be consecrated, was raised to the high office of…

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A New Church Tower

Evening News · Saturday 10 December 1887 · page 6

WEST MAITLAND.-A meeting of the members of St. Paul's Church was held on Tuesday night, for the purpose of considering the advisableness of raising a fund to erect a belltower in connec­tion…

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New Bell Tower for St. Paul's Church, Maitland

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 December 1887 · page 1261

The adjourned meeting of the parishioners of St. Paul's was held in the schoolroom, West Maitland, on Tuesday, when there was a large attendance. The Rev. T. D. Warner presided. The chairman stated that since last…

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The Australian Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 December 1887 · page 11

The new Austrahan Church, which has been in the course of erection in Melbourne for the last eleven months, was opened on Sunday last; the preachers being Dr. Charles Strong and the Rev. F…

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The Churches. "Town and Country Journal" Sermon. First Fruits Fund

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 December 1887 · page 11

Tn August last I received from a friend in Inverella letter to the following effect:—"I beg to inclose cheque for £2 2s for sermon fund, feeling satisfied that the sermons reach, and are read by, many who, on account of…

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Mr. Chamberlain's Mission

Evening News · Monday 12 December 1887 · page 3

to Washington as a member of the Fisheries Commission does not excite any special enthusiasm, and nobody seems particularly sanguine about his success. What I feel certain will take…

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The High Church Movement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 December 1887 · page 4

At St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday afternoon the Primate delivered the second of a series of three lectures upon phases in the history of the Church of England during the present century, the subject being "The High…

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Church Centennial Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 December 1887 · page 4
Also in The Australian Star

A luncheon to commemorate the inauguration of the Church Centennial Fund in the Diocese of Sydney was held at the Chapter House on Saturday afternoon. At 2 o'clock between 50 and 60 gentlemen sat down at the invitation of…

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The Church Centennial Fund. Inauguration of the Fund. the Bishop's Luncheon

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 December 1887 · page 3

The Bishop of Sydney entertained a number of clergy and other gentlemen at luncheon on Saturday afternoon at the Chapter House to celebrate the inauguration in the diocese of the…

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Australian. Victoria. a Church Dispute

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 December 1887 · page 8

MELBOURNE, This Day. -- The Rev. Mr. Bell, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church Clarendon-street, South Melbourne, is at loggerheads with the older members of his…

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

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 December 1887 · page 3

Sir,--Mr. P. R. Holdsworth presented a petition to the last Diocesan Synod from the church wardens of Rookwood and Auburn, in the preamble of which I was accused of tampering…

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Ordination of a Roman Catholic Bishop. London, Dec. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 December 1887 · page 9

The Rev. Father Navarre, Superior of the Roman Catholic mission in New Guinea, has been ordained Bishop of Pentacomia…

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THe Brooklyn Congregational Church Pastorale

Evening News · Wednesday 14 December 1887 · page 5

LONDON, December 12.-The Rev. C. A. Berry had declined the pastorate of the Plymouth Congregational Church, in Brooklyn, in succession of the late Henry Ward Beecher…

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The Pastorate of the Brooklyn Congregational Church. London, Dec. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 December 1887 · page 9

The Rev. C. A. Berry, of the Congregational Church, Wolverhampton, has declined the pastorate of the Plymouth Congregational Church, at Brooklyn, in succession to the late…

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