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Churches, 1889

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Crowded Church

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.--Crowded congregations attended the special services at St. John's Church of England at Alexandra on Sunday, when Archdeacon…

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Crowded Church

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.-- Crowded congregations attended the special services at St. John's Church of England at Alexandra on Sunday, when Archdeacon…

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English Roman Catholic Bishops and the Pope

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 3

The following address to Pope Leo XIII. from the Roman Catholic bishops of England, has been sent out by Cardinal Manning: "Most Holy Father.--The undersigned bishops…

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The Free and United Churches of Scotland. London, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 5

Parleyings are being renewed with a view to the union of the Free and United Churches of Scotland…

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The City Coronership. the Church Hill Fire

The Australian Star · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 6

MR. J. C. WOORE, formerly P.M. for Queanbeyan, has been offered the post of Acting City Coroner during the temporary absence of Mr. Shiell. At the…

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Opening of the Tempe Catholic Church

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 5

IT has been arranged for his Eminence Cardinal Moran to open the new Catholic Church at Tempe on Sunday afternoon next, the ceremony beginning at 3 p.m…

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Catholic. St. Maek's, Birkenhead

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 18

THE new church bearing the "name of St. Mark, Greeted by the Catholic residents of Birkenhead, was with the customary solemnities opened for Service by Cardinal Moran on Sunday morning…

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Catholic. Fifty Tears in Australia. the Sisters of Charity Celebrate Golden Jubilee. a Festival of Memories

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 14

There come a tale to Erin's shore. Full fifty years ago; A saintly priest. the message bore From a far off land of wee ;…

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Horror Manufacture Extraordinary. an Outrageous Libel on the Catholic Priesthood an Insurrection and "Terrible Conflict" in Mexico That Never. Took Place

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 9

72 PRIESTS REPORTED TO BE SHOT AND 200 MORE ARRESTED FOR TREASON. THE Sydney Morning Herald came out on New Year's Day with the following " cablegram extraordinary" half [?] highly- sensational…

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The Ritualists and Low Churchmen at Maitland

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 17

The Maitland branch of the Church of England Defence Association (says the Star) had a high time on. Thursday. Its members held a picnic and indulged in a quantity of ultra-Protestant…

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To the Lay Members of the Church of England. Per favor of the Editor of the Protestant Standard

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 8

We have recently heard of the establishing in our midst of the Guild of St. Albans the Martyr, at a meeting of which very lately, they sang that intensely popish ditty," Faith of our Fathers,"…

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How were the Primitive Churches constructed Internally?

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 7

The idea of special holiness being attached to their places of assembly, appears to have originated about the time of Constantino, in the beginning of the fourth century. In the…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 6

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

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The Largest Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 7

The largest church in the world is the basilica of St. Peter's in Rome. Its dimensions are as follow: Length of interior, 613ft; breadth of nave and aisles, 197¾ft; height of the…

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Lord Randolph Churchill

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 43

The personal appearance and parliamentary manner of this still youthful legislator are thus graphically described in the NATIONAL REVIEW: His figure, below the middle height, is far from…

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A New Catholic Chapel

The Australian Star · Monday 7 January 1889 · page 8

ON Sunday afternoon his Eminence Cardinal Moran opened the chapel connected with the Magdalene Refuge at Tempe, which is conducted by the nuns of the…

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Prospects of the New Year. the World and the Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1889 · page 6

Yesterday afternoon, in St. Andrew's Cathedral, to a large congregation, the Primate preached a [?]rmon on " The Prospects of the New [?]ear to the World and to the Church."…

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"The Sister to Science." Sir John Lubbock on the Mission of Art

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 6

Sir John Lubbock's address in distributing the prizes at the Leeds Schools of Science and Art was noteworthy for the following eloquent passages in praise of art:--…

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New Wesley an Church, Waverley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 5

The opening of the new Wesleyan Church at Waverley was celebrated last night by a public meeting, presided over by the Hon. E. Vickery, M.L.C. The trustees engaged Mr. W. Martin as their…

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New Wesleyan Church, Waverley. the Building

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 6

[?] development of Methodism in Waverley has [?]en of such a character during the past few years that it was found necessary some time ago to take steps to extend the church…

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