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Churches, 1888

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St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Balmain West

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 5

The annual tea and public meeting in connection with this church were held on Wednesday evening. There was a good attendance including a considerable number of…

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The Catholic Bazaar

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 4

ONE of the most extensive ventures of this class which has been initiated in Parramatta of late years was opened yesterday (Friday) afternoon at the Town Hall, Church-street, by his…

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Catholic the Cathedral Flooded

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 17

ON Sunday morning the clergy and congregation of St. Mary's Cathedral were put to considerable inconvenience by the partial flooding of the build­ing. It appears that the roof drains and down…

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Catholic. the "Evening News" and Cardinal Moran

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 14

The following we take from the EVENING NEWS of Wednesday:—With reference to the cablegram which was published in the EVENING NEWS of September 5 last respecting the late Archbishop…

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A Roman Catholic Opinion Op Bishop Barry

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 9

The Freeman's Journal, the Roman Catholic organ in Sydney, pays the following tribute to Bishop Barry The greatest loser by the Primate's departure is the colony he is about to…

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Christmas Day in the Churches

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 14

PREPARATIONS have been made in nearly all the churches of the city and suburbs for the celebra­tion of the great Christian festival. At the cathedral there is to be, as usual, a grand High…

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Birkenhead Wesleyan Church. Sunday Services

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 5

The new church recently erected in this suburb was opened for public worship last Sunday, and although tho weather was unpropitious there wore very fair…

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General News. Church of England Synod. Resignation of the Primate

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 1291

A special session of the Church of England Synod commenced on the 11th instant and concluded on the 18th, after nix sittings. The special business was the consideration of the report of the select committee appointed last April, to…

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The Congregation in Church. a Ritualistic Manual. Ix

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 3

The remaining "points" of the Ritualistic programme are mere trifles in comparison with that great fundamental superstition which we have considered,…

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How were the Primitive Churches constructed Internally?

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 6

So admirably was the basilica adapted to the Christian ideal of a place of assembly, that it was adopted without change of name or parts. The bishop or presiding elder, sat…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 9

Under this heading, sermons by eminent preachers are puhlished in this widely-circulated paper, in order that, in he remote interior, where there are no churches, and a clergyman is rarely seen, the stockman, the miner, the…

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Opening of a New Church

The Australian Star · Monday 24 December 1888 · page 6

NOWRA, This Day.--A new Union Church was opened at West Cambewarra on Wednesday by Rev. Dr. Grant. There was the customary tea meeting, and at 8…

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St. Alban's Church, Moorfield

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 December 1888 · page 3

The proceedings in connection with the opening of the above edifice took place on Saturday afternoon. The Primate, Bishop Barry, and the Revs. G. E. C…

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The Roman Catholic Cathedral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 December 1888 · page 5

Cardinal Moran presided at the High Mass in St. Mary's Cathedral, of which the Rev. B. M.'Donnell was the celebrant, and the Revs. J. Byrne and M. Glasheen, the deacon, and sub-deacon. Besides the ordinary ornamentation of the…

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Unitarian Church

Evening News · Wednesday 26 December 1888 · page 8

An organ recital was performed at the Unitarian Church on Christmas night, which attracted the attention of a large body of the parishioners. In conjunction with a…

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Wesleyan Church, William-street

Evening News · Wednesday 26 December 1888 · page 8

In this place of worship, two special services, were held on Christmas Day. The Rev. A. J. Clark and the Rev. W. G. Taylor delivered addresses appropriate to the occasion, and in the evening…

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"Why I Left the Church of Rome."

Evening News · Wednesday 26 December 1888 · page 8

This was the title of a lecture by Miss Jessie B. Chapman, delivered on Christmas night at the Protestant Hall, Castlereagh-street. Miss Chapman explained her views on the Roman Catholic…

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Lectures. Miss Chapman on the Church of Rome

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 December 1888 · page 5

"Why I Left the Church of Rome" was the subject o[?] a lecture delivered in the Protestant Hall yesterday evening, by Miss Jessie B. Chapman. There was a good attendance and much interest was taken in the lecture…

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The Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 December 1888 · page 5

Special Christmas services were held yesterday morning and afternoon at churches in the city and suburbs connected with the Anglican and other communions. At St. Andrew's Cathedral the congregations on both occasions…

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Entertainment at the Unitarian Church, Liverpool-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 December 1888 · page 5

A miscellancons entertainment was last night given in the Unitarian Church, Liverpool-street. The promoters of the gathering had two objects in view—one to provide an appropriate entertainment for Christmas night, and the other…

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