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Churches, 1888

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A Deserving Catholic Charity

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 8

AMONG the Catholic institutions of this colony there is none more deserving of public support, or that stands more urgently in need of it, than the Convent of the Good Samaritan at Manly…

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Methodist Union. a Proposal

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 16

London, March 24.— The committee of the Wesleyan Conference has passed resolutions in favour of the organic union of delegates from the Primitive Methodist, Bible Christian, Methodist,…

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Doing One's Best; Or Woman's Mission

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 3

On Sunday March 18th, at St. John's Church, Birchgrove Road, the Rev. A. Turnbull preached a sermon in the morning on the above subject from St. Mark 14th…

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Catholic. the Recent Action Against Cardinal Moran

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 8

A DUBLIN paper, February 11, reports:— On Saturday, the Master of the Rolls delivered judgment in the case of the Attorney-General v. Moran. The action had been taken by the…

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Catholic. the Magdalene Ret[?] at Tempe. the Chapel for the Penitents

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 15

ON Sunday afternoon the Carnal-Archbishop performed the ceremonty of laying the foundation-stone of a chaper to be crected at St. Magdalen's Refuge Temple conducted by the Sisters of the…

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Archbishop Croke and the Proposed "Sop" to Catholic Education". How He Regards the Tory Proposal

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 6

His Grace the Archbishop of Cashel took the opportunity on Thursday at a fete in the Ursuline Schools at Thurles (says the Dublin Freeman, February 18), to make a few…

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A Protestant Church Wrecked

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 6

IF, as the Orange and Coercionist papers suggest (says the Dublin Freeman, Feb. 18), the Protestant Church at Letterbreen, near Enniskillen, was wrecked by Catholics, we have only…

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Churchill on the Irish Question

The Australian Star · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 6

Lord Randolph Churchill attended the Oxford Union Debating Society last night and spoke on the Irish question. He declared that Mr. Gladstone's conversion to…

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Other Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 7

Special services were also held at many other churches throughout the city and suburbs. At the Bourke-street Wesleyan Church the day was set apart for the inauguration of a convention for the deepening of spirituul life. The…

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Melbourne Scots' Church. Rey. Alexander Marshall. (See portrait on page 657.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 10

The pulpit of the Scots' Church in Collinsstreet, Melbourne, which has for so long a time been only temporarily supplied (in consequence of unfortunate differences) by ministers from the…

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The Scottish Church Question

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 10

Dr. Walter C. Smith has an article in the CONTEMPORARY REVIEW for February, in which he points out the stage which the Scottish Church question has now reached by consent of all…

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The Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 9

"sweet day so pure, so claim, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky."…

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Woman's Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 April 1888 · page 4

Last evening, in the Pitt-street Congregational Church, the Rev. Dr. Jefferis, in the presence of a crowded congregation, delivered the second of his series of lectures to young…

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From the Press to the Church

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 April 1888 · page 5

MR. SMEATON, the editor of the SOUTHERN ARGUS, published in Goulburn, is about to vacate his present position for the purpose of joining the ministry of the…

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Low Churchmen. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1888 · page 3

Sir,--" Krites" asserts, on personal knowledge, that Bishop Philpott's refusal to institute Gorham was " not because he denied" baptismal regeneration. The following are…

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The Synod, the Bench and the Church Association. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1888 · page 2

Sir.--No: having studied logic in the same school as year gifted correspondence "H.C." and not possesing his superior acumen. I fail entirely to see how the fact that Mr. C. Smart…

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The Churches. the Anglican Churches

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1888 · page 2

In St. John’s church services were held each morning during Passion Week, and on Good Friday at 10 and 11 a.m. The Venerable Archdeacon Gunther preached at the latter…

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The Duke of Norfolk's Mission to the Vatican. London, April 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 April 1888 · page 7

The mission of the Duke of Norfolk to the Vatican at Rome has failed, the Pope having refused to oppose the Nationalist movement in Ireland…

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Balmain United Methodist Free Church Mission

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 4

A public tea meeting and entertainment was held in connection with the above on good Friday in Cox's building, Elliott-street, Balmain. In the afternoon…

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The Anglican Bishop of Guildford

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 10

It cannot be denied that the announcement of the appointment of Archdeacon Earle to the office of coadjutor to the Bishop of London has been received in the west of England with a certain…

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