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Churches, 1888

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St. Mary's Church Army

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 5

An announcement in another column states that the Bishop of Sydney is to hold an enrolment service on Monday night at St, Mary's Church, Balmain East, in connection with…

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The Ladies At the Church

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 26

Dim-lit the aisle. I hear the organ moan, And, quiv'ring on the morning air, its tone Swells out in ecstasy of pulsing throbs, Then dies away again in plaintive sobs…

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The Church of the Future

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 9

The church of the future (said the Providence JOUHNAL) will not be any existing church as it is to-day, but made up by a process of natural selection of whatever element has proved itself useful…

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The Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 9

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

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England and the Pope. the Duke of Norfolk's Second Mission. London

The Australian Star · Monday 9 January 1888 · page 5

It is announced that the mission of the Duke of Norfolk on the second visit which he is making to Rome is of an entirely unofficial character. He is merely the bearer…

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Wesleyan Church, York-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1888 · page 4

The new Wesleyan Church, in York-street, which is now approaching completion, will form a very handsome addition to the church architecture of Sydney. Standing as it does upon tho site of the old church, it occupies the front…

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Pitt-street Congregational Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1888 · page 4

The Rev. F. W. Cox, of Adelaide, preached morning and evening at the above place of worship yesterday. There was a large attendance at each service. In the morning the reverend gentleman took for his text Luke 24, verse…

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The Scots Church, Melbourne. London, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1888 · page 7

The Rev. Alexander Marshall, of Inveresk, has accepted the pastorate of the Scots Church, Collins-street, Melbourne. He will sail for Australia in the P. and O. Company's new…

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Parkes' Junket. He goes to Church on the way back

The Australian Star · Monday 9 January 1888 · page 5

EDEN, This Day.—Sir Henry Parkes has spent the last two days in making a tour of the district. He left Bega early in Saturday morning, and passed through…

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Picnic to Roman Catholic Dignataries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 8

The Roman Catholic community intend entertaining the Archbishop, Bishops, and other ecclesiastical dignitaries who will be present in Sydney during the Centennial week, at a picnic at Cabarita, on Wednesday, 25th January, and a…

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The Church Centennial Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 8

A meeting of the Centennial Board was held at the Chapter House on Friday last. Present—The Most Rev. the Primate, the Bishop of Goulburn, tho Bishop of Riverina, the Archdeacon of Cumberland, the Archdeacon…

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Lord Randolph Churchill. Moscow

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 5

Lord Bandolph Churchill, who has been on a visit to this city during tho last week, returns to St. Petersburg on Tuesday…

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The Melbourne Scots Church. London

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 5

The Rev. Mr, Marshall, of Inverness, has accepted the pastorate the Scots Church, Collins-street, Melbourne…

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Italy and the Pope. the Relations Between the State and Church

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. -- The Riforma, an Italian newspaper, contains an article on the relations between the State and the church, the authorship of which is…

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The Anglican Celebration

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 4

A circular has been addressed by the Primate to the clergy of the Diocese of Sydney announcing the arrangements made for the religious celebration of the centenary by the Church of…

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Latest Cables. the Relief of Emin Bey. Stanley's Mission Accomplished. London

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 5

Intelligence has come to hand that Stanley. the explorer, who started in January last to the relief of Emin Bey in Central Africa, has successfully…

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Lord Randolph Churchill

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Lorn Randolph Churchill is at present on a visit at St. Petersburg…

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Extraordinary Scene in a Church. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--An extraordinary scene took place at a congregational meeting in the Presbyterian Church, Clarendon-street, South Melbourne, last night. Strained…

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Church Dispute at Goulburn. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

GOULBURN, Thursday.--Another church dispute has occurred in this diocese, though scarcely so serious as the cathedral affair. It appears that the Rev. Mr. Amos, the late…

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The Catholic Church Celebration

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 5

We published last Saturday the complete programme as arranged up to that date of the centennial celebrations of the Roman Catholic Church. Since then two or three changes have…

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