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Churches, 1888

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Church of England Centennial Fund

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 2

A meeting in connection with the above fund was held in the Aldolphus-street Scool on Thursday last. The Rev. J. D. Langley, General Secretary of the Fund, attended, and…

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The Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 9

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

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Presbyterian Church. Randwick

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 5

Yesterday morning the Rev. W. S. Frackleton preached a special sermon in connection with the Centenary in the Town-hall, Randwick, on "Elements of National Greatness"…

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"Australia's Mission and Opportunity."

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 5

At the Pitt-street Congregational Church last night the Rev. Dr. Jefferis delivered a special Centennial address on "Australia's Mission and Opportunity," preaching from the…

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Australia's Mission and Opportunity

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 6

The Rev. Dr. Jefferis delivered a discourse last night at the Pitt-street Congregational Church on "Australia's Mission and Opportunity," based upon the 42nd verse of the 19th chapter of Luke (old version)—"If thou hadst…

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Primitive Methodist Camp Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 5

What was described as a "great united Primitive Methodist Centennial camp meeting" was held on a vacant piece of land in Australia street, Kingston, yesterday afternoon. The…

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Church Parade of Metropolitan Forces

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 6

The church yarade of the Metropolitan Forces, ordered for the 29th instant, will be at the Exhibition Building, and not at St. Andrew's Cathedral, as at first announced…

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Other Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 6

Centennial services were conducted yesterday at the following places of worship:—Ashfield Presbyterian Church, morning and evening, the Rev. John Auld, M.A.; St. John's Church, Ashfield, subjects (morning and…

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St. Stephen's Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 6

At St. Stephen's Church yesterday morning the Rev. Dr. Steel, minister of the church, delivered an address on the "Divine Providence in Australian History—A Review of the Century," choosing for his text Isaiah, 26th and 15th—…

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Lord Randolph Churchill. London

The Australian Star · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 5

Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill are now returning to England from Russia. They will make stoppages at Berlin and Paris, en route…

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The Church Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 5

A subscription list of the Church of England Centennial Fund is advertised this morning, showing that over £18,000 has already been raised before the work of canvassing the colony…

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Bourke-street Wesleyan Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 5

The Rev. Dr. Kelynack preached at the Bourke-street Wesleyn Church yesterday morning with reference to the Centenary. The rev. gentleman selected for his text Psalm…

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Roman Catholic Celebration

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 5

At 8 o'clock this evening a public meeting will be held in St. Mary's Cathedral to inaugurate the movement for the completion of that sacred edifice. His Excellency Lord Carrington…

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Sydney Catholic-hall

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 5

By the opening of the, Sydney Catholic-hall, Princes-street, Church-hill, which took place ast night, another commodions concert-room has been added to now widely-distributed…

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Church of England Centennial Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 6

In another column will be found a list of subscribers to the Church of England Centennial Fund to date. Over £18,000 has already been subscribed, by fewer than 200 members of the church. It is proposed to raise £200,000…

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Ecclesiastical. Free Churches in Free States

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 6

The Australian colonies have effectually solved the problem of free Churches in free States. In some respects the senior colony has suffered disadvantages through having to deal with vested interests which…

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The Church of England Centennial Fund. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 10

In connection with the Anglican Centennial Fund an unpleasant complication has arisen here. The Dean of All Saints' Cathedral some time ago started a fund for the liquidation of the debt on the cathedral, amounting to…

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Church Sustentation and Extension Society

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 6

The nineteenth annual meeting of the New South Wales Church Sustentation and Extension Society was held last night in the Bourke-street Church. There was a large attendance. Dr…

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An Historic Church

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 5

On Sunday evening last Archdeacon Gunther, [?] of St. John's Church, Parramatta, in the course of an address after a special form of evensong in honor of the Centenary of the…

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Roman Catholic Picnic

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1888 · page 5

To-day the Roman Carnone party of [?] will give a picnic at Cabarita to their archbishops, bishops and other ecclesiastical dignitaries at present staying here. The steamer…

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