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Churches, 1888

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Centenary Service at the Cathedral Great Gathering of Prelates and Priests Cardinal Moran on Ireland's Apostolic Mission

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 February 1888 · page 8

SUNDAY morning saw the last and the grandest of the solemn pageants commemorative of the colony's centenary. Every part of St. Mary's was crowded long before eleven o'clock, and in the front…

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Catholic Centennial Celebrations. Picnicking with the Prelates the Visiting Bishops Entertained by the Laity. a Brilliant Gathering

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 February 1888 · page 7

IN our last issue we gave a necessarily curtailed notice of the entertainment given by the Catholic laity of Sydney in honour of the centennial visit to Sydney of the Archbishops and bishops of the…

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Lord Randolph Churchill at Newcastle-on-tyne

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 4 February 1888 · page 7

Lord Churchill, who has recently gone on a mission to the Czar of Russia, lately made a brilliant speech at Newcastle-on-Tyne, his remarks being directed principally in reply to…

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The Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 February 1888 · page 9

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

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The New Roman Catholic School. Formal Opening by the Cardinal

The Australian Star · Monday 6 February 1888 · page 3

THE new Roman Catholic School, which has been erected in Redfern for the Brothers of St. Patrick, was formally blessed and opened yesterday afternoon by…

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The Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1888 · page 3

The synod of this church commenced its session on Friday last, at 7.30 p.m., in St. George's Church, Castlereagh-street, Sydney. The session was opened by the Rev. S. P…

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Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1888 · page 4

This synod was opened on Friday, the 3rd instant, at 7.30 p.m., in St. George's Church, Castlereagh street Sydney, with a sermon from the Rev. S. P. Stewart, from the 1st chapter of Romans and the 16th verse:—"For I…

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Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1888 · page 6

The synod of the Presbyterian Church, of Eastern Australia resumed on Monday at 3 p.m., the Rev. J. Marshall is the chair The report of the finance committee about placing the…

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Stnod Of. the Presbyterian Church Of. Eastern Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1888 · page 11

On Monday, February 6, at 3p.m., the synod met, and was constituted, the Moderator in the chair. The report of the financial committee respecting the placing of the Ministors' Widows and Orphans Fund under trustees…

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Church of England Association of New South Wales. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1888 · page 7

Sir,—Not feeling well enough to look at the S. M. Herald of Saturday last, on that day, I failed to see an advertisement headed as above for a meeting to take place at St. David's School-hall, Surry Hills, to inaugurale a district…

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The Unionists and the Church. London

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 February 1888 · page 4

Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, in the course of a speech delivered yesterday, besought the Unionists to reform the bonds of the Church before the political pendulum…

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Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia. Tuesday, February 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 February 1888 · page 11

The Synod resumed its sittings and was constituted. The Moderator in the chair. SYNOD MINUTES. The Rev. G. Sutherland verbally reported from the…

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A New Parish

The Australian Star · Friday 10 February 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The Waratah Church of England people have out off from Wickham and established a parish of their own…

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Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1888 · page 3

At the synod of this Church on Tuesday, the moderator in the chair, the report of the committee to print synod minutes of past five sessions was verbally given in by Rev. G. Sutherland,…

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Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 3

The synod of this church met again yesterday. The Moderator in the chair. The discussion on the tenure of church property was resumed, and at length the synod unanimously…

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"Queen Mary" in a Methodist Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 9

Some of the worshippers at an unpretending Methodist Church in Richmond were startled last Sunday night. The minister had got half way through his sermon, and announced a recess for…

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The Mission of Mercy

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 2

Afar hearing Duffy's confession, the Mother Superior lost no time in seeing the Governor, Sir Patrick Jennings, and the Minister of Justice. To each she detailed…

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Presbyterian Cemetery at Liverpool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 7
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A deputation from the Liverpool council, consisting of the Mayor (Alderman N. G. Bull), and Aldermen Clyde, Taylor, Carter, and Ashcroft waited on the Minister for Lands yesterday in connection with the…

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Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia. Thursday, February 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 7

The Synod met and was constituted, the Moderator in the chair. CHURCH PROPERTY. It was unanimously agreed that the Interim Act on…

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