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Churches, 1888

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The Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 March 1888 · page 9

"Sweet day so pure, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky."…

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Presbyterian General Assembly. Fifth Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 March 1888 · page 5

The sittings of the Presbyterian General Assembly were resumed on Saturday, at 10 a.m. PETITIONS FOR LEAVE TO SELL LAND. The report of the, committee on church property, law,…

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A New Roman Catholic School

The Australian Star · Monday 12 March 1888 · page 7

A NEW Roman Catholic School at Newtown, built by the parishioners of St. Joseph's Church, was opened and blessed by Cardinal Moran yesterday afternoon…

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The Presbyterian Assembly. Fifth Day--saturday

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 March 1888 · page 5

The General Assembly met again on Saturday morning, the moderator taking the chair at 10 o'clock. A letter was read from Creelman and Co.,…

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The Presbyterian Assembly. Sixth Day--monday

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 4

The assembly resumed its sittings yesterday, the moderator presiding. PRESBYTERY RECORDS. The reports on presbytery records were…

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The Presbyterian General Assembly. Sixth Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 5

The sittings of the Presbyterian General Assembly were resumed last night, at St. Stephen's Church. PRESBYTERY RECORDS. The reports of the committees on Presbytery records were…

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The Presbyterian General Assembly. Seventh Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1888 · page 11

The sittings of the Presbyterian Assembly were continued yesterday. THE CHAPLAINCY OF BATHURST GAOL. A petition was lodged on behalf of the Rev. A. C…

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The Presbyterian Assembly. Seventh Day,--tuesday. Yesterday the assembly again met, the moderator taking the chair at 10.30 a.m. Chaplaincy of Bathurst Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 March 1888 · page 5

A petition was received from the presbytery of Bathurst asking the assembly to consider the question of the chaplaincy of Bathurst Gaol…

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St. John’s Auxiliary to the Church Society

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1888 · page 1

THE annual meeting of St. John’s Auxiliary to the Church Society was held in the New Schoolroom on Thursday evening. The Venerable Archdeacon Gunther presided, and there…

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The Presbyterian General Assembly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1888 · page 6

The sittings of the Presbyterian General Assembly were continued yesterday. WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' ASSOCIATION. The report of the Widows and Orphans' Association was…

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The Presbyterian General Assembly. Last Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1888 · page 4

The sittings of the Presbyterian General Assembly were continued yesterday. REPRESENTATIVES AT THE FEDERAL ASSEMBLY. The following members were appointed to represent the…

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The Presbyterian Assembly. Eighth Day--wednesday. the Moderator Took the Chair at 10.30 A.m. Widows and Orphans

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 March 1888 · page 3

Rev. R. COLLIE brought forward the report of the Widows and Orphans' Association. It stated that no new claims upon the society's funds had accrued during the past year. After…

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Catholic. the Cathedral Works. Monthly Meetings Resumed

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 15

THE first of the re-established monthly meetings in aid of the completion of St. Mary's building fund was held in the cathedral on Sunday evening. There was a large attendance, and the…

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Mr Home-secretary Matthews Wishing to Subsidize the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland. (To the Editor.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 18

SIR,-Mr. Matthews, the Home Secretary, delivered a speech at Birmingham, as reported in the TIMES, January 27th, in the course of which he was very apologetic for the conduct of Mr. Balfour,…

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The New Hebrides Mission. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 14

The Presbyterians of Victoria repudiate the allegations of inconsistency in reference to the incorporation Of the New Hebrides missions with the Victorian Church. From the first they objected to the…

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The Pope and Ireland. the Church of St. Patrick— Irish Pilgrims at Rome

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 5

On Wednesday, at Rome (says the Dublin NATION, Feb. 4), the Pope received i[?] grand state audience about 300 pilgrims of Irish birth. His Holiness entered the second Loggia shortly…

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St. Patrick's Church in Rome

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 17

It is a matter of special satisfaction that his Holiness Leo XIII, whose sacerdotal jubilee the Universal Church has just celebrated, has vouch-safed to regard the Church of St. Patrick in…

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St. Augustine's Church Concert

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 6

The week's entertainments opened auspiciously on Monday night with the concert which had been arranged by several leading members of St. Augustine's for the…

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The Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 10

" Sweet day so pure, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth, and sky."…

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Latest Cables. Methodist Revival. a Premier Acknowledges His Conversion. London

The Australian Star · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 5

Great success has attended the Methodist Revival Mission in Canada. At a meeting at Ottawa Sir John A. M'Donald, the premier and Lady M'Donald stood up…

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