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Churches, 1888

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Jubilee of the Presbyterian Church in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 November 1888 · page 8

At the Presbyterian General Assembly to-day, a committee was appointed to determine the proper time, and make-arrangements for the celebration of the jubilee of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria…

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The Baptist Church

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 November 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.--The Victorian Baptist Fund has been closed with £57,180, £25,000 of which has been given by an individual…

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The Victorian Presbyterian General Assembly. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 November 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--During the progress of the debate on the disposal of the Hastie bequest, at the sitting of the Presbyterian General Assembly to- day, the Rev. Robt…

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Victorian Presbyterian General Assembly

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 November 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Presbyterian General Assembly to-day decided that on Sunday special prayers for rain be offered. The Rev. George Tait, Warraumbool, was appointed…

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In Memoriam. Service at the United Methodist Church

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 17 November 1888 · page 5

The morning of the 9th instant, the natal day of the Prince of Wales, broke brightly and calmly over Balmaia, and found its people renoy, more especially as it was its annual…

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Catholic a Catholic Contemporary on the Late Mr. Dalley.graceful Tributes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 November 1888 · page 8

THE BATHURST RECORD in its issue of November 9 contains a number of graceful references to the late Right Hon. W. B. Dalley, from which we take the following:-…

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The Mission Barque John Williams

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 November 1888 · page 5

The London Missionary Society's barque John Williams arrived in Port Jackson last evening from a cruise among the mission stations in the South Pacific. She left Sydney…

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A Catholic Cathedral for Dublin

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

If the circumstances of the country allowed of it just now(writes the Dublin correspondent of the CATHOLIC TIMES), it would be high time for the citizens of the Irish capital to set about…

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Catholic Young Men's Social Club

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 November 1888 · page 9

THE members of the above celebrated the fourth anniversary of the club by an " invitation soiree" in the Sydney Catholic Hall, Princes-street, on Friday, November 9th. The affair was a most…

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Catholic, the Cardinal's Retuen. Preparing for His Eminence's Reception

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

ON Thursday evening a public meeting was held in the Town Hall, the use of which had been generously granted by his Worship the Mayor, to make arrangements for the reception of…

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Presbyterian General Assembly. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

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

At the Presbyterian General Assembly to-day it was resolved to invite the congregations to meet for the purpose of offering prayers for rain. It was also resolved to renew the protest against the desecration of…

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The First Martyr of the Australian Church

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

LONDON, November 15.—Intelligence from Rome states that his Holiness the Pope has canonized Peter Marie Louis Chanel, the first Marist martyr in Polynesia. The "cause" has been under the…

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Our Illustrations. St. Mary's Church, West Maitland

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 November 1888 · page 1037

This beautiful church is the mother church of West Maitland, and is, we believe, the only ecclesiastical building in the colony which possesses a steeple clock with full set of chimes. The steeple was built during the Jubilee year…

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The Congregation in Church. a Ritualtstic Manuel. V.

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 17 November 1888 · page 3

The fifth chapter of this book is headed "Of certain Catholic Practices." By "Catholic," of course the writer means Romanesque, or anti-Protestant, a…

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Improvement on Church Bazaars

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

The Rev. R. G. Fraser, of St. Thomas's Parish Church, Leith, has started a somewhat novel form of bazuar in aid of the funds of the church. Mr. Fraser has for some years been a well-known…

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The Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 November 1888 · page 9

"O day most calm, most brirth? The week were dark but for thy light."…

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New Wesleyan Church

The Australian Star · Monday 19 November 1888 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The new Wesleyan Church at Carrington is to be opened to-morrow…

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Lord Randolph Churchill at Paddington

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 November 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday. -- Lord Randolph Churchill, addressing a public meeting at Paddington yesterday, spoke of the desirableness of Great Britain maintaining amicable…

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England and America. Speech by Lord Randolph Churchill. Friendly Spirit in the United States Towards England. [By Cablb.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Nov. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 November 1888 · page 7

Lord Randolph Churchill delivered a speech, at Paddington last night, in the course of which he took occasion to refer to the incident in connection with the retirement of Sir…

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Presbyterian Assembly

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 November 1888 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.-- The presoyterian General Assembly resumed its sitting to-day. Amongst important subjects for consideration, was the appointment of…

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