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Churches, 1889

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United Methodist Free Church Meeting

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 5

On Wednesday evening last a very successful tea meeting was held in the Mission Room, Elliott-street. After the good things provided had been partaken of, a…

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Presbyterian Church of New South Walks. General Assembly—fourth Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 8

Yesterday the ministers and elders constituting the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales, held their fourth daily sitting of the 24th annual session, in St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street…

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Catholic. Death Op Lady Jennings

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 14

IT is no mere figure of speech to say that the public heart, was deeply and tenderly touched by the melancholy announcement of the death of Lady Jennings, which so unexpectedly made its…

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The City Catholic Reading-rooms

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 15

The Catholic Reading-rooms in William-street, comprising a lecture-hall, reading-rooms, and apartments for amusements of different kinds, have been placed at the disposal of the committee…

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Catholic. St. Thomas's School-hall, Petersham

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 18

THE old church at Petersham which for 35 years did duty as the "House of God" for the parishioners has since the erection of the new, more beautiful, and more costly building been transformed…

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A Catholic Bishop on the Recent Evictions

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 6

The Most Rev. Dr. O'Donnell, Bishop of R[?]phoo, in writing to Archbishop Croke to thank him for his contribution on behalf of the evicted tenants of Donegal, says :—…

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A Fashionable Catholic Wedding. Mr. Fitzgerald of Melbourne and Lord North's Daughter

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 18

LAST Wednesday, at the Brompton Oratory, South Kensington (says the London TABLET, Jan. 26), Mr. Francis Fitzgerald, eldest son of the Hon. Nicholas Fitzgerald, member of the…

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Archbishop Carr and the Education Question. the Common Sense of the Catholic Claim

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 16

HIS Grace Archbishop Carr's Lenten pastoral letter was read in the Catholic churches of the Archdiocese ox Melbourne on Sunday. After allusions to various reflections and observances…

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The Rev. Dr. Gilchrist. Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly of New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 9

The Rev. Dr. Gilchrist, the new moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales, is the youngest. son of Mr. Alexander Gilchrist, of the Bank of New South Wales, and was born at…

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Proposed Enlargement of St. Maey's Church, Concord

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 15

AT a meeting of the parishioners of St. Mary's Church, Concord, held on Sunday last in the Burwood Presbytery, and presided over by the Very Rev. Dean M'Carthy, it was decided after a…

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Sacred Concert at Marrickville. Oratorio in the Fassionists' Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 15

THE erection of the new organ in St. Bridget's Church, Marrickville, was celebrated on Tuesday evening by a sacred concert, the performance of the chief numbers of Handel's oratorio of " The…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 8

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

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A Church Jubilee

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 9

Delegates from England, Scotland, and Ireland will attend the celebration to be held in Melbourne in connection with the Jubilee of the Presbyterian Church in Australia. It is understood that the…

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Randwick Presbyterian Church

Evening News · Monday 11 March 1889 · page 6

The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new Presbyterian Church, Randwick, was successfully performed on Saturday afternoon by Mr. Henry Clarke, M.L.A., in the presence of a…

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Presbyterian Assembly

Evening News · Monday 11 March 1889 · page 8

The Presbyterian Assembly continued its sitting on Friday morning. The Rev. J. F. Henderson introduced the report of the committee in connection with the Church and Manse Loan…

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The New Presbyterian Church, Randwick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1889 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon the memorial-stone of the new Presbyterian Church, which is in course of erection at the corner of Allison-road, Randwick, was laid by Mr. Henry Clarke, M.L.A., in the presence of a large…

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Presbyterian Church of New South Wales. General Assembly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1889 · page 4

On Saturday morning the sittings of the General Assembly of the New South Wales Presbyterian Church were resumed in St. Steph[?]'s Church, Phillip-street. The Moderator, the Rev. Dr…

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The Randwick Presbyterian Church. Laying the Memorial Stone

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 March 1889 · page 3

The ceremony of laying the memorial stone of a Presbyterian church now in course of erection at Randwick was performed on Saturday afternoon by Mr. H. Clarke, M.P., in the…

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Presbyterian Assembly. Fourth Day

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 March 1889 · page 3

The Presbyterian Assembly continued its sittings in St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street, on Friday morning. It was decided that a special sitting should…

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The Primate on the Mountains. Dedication of Churches. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1889 · page 8

On Saturday morning the Bishop of Sydney travelled to the mountains and Wentworth Falls, and, after viewing the Falls, dedicated the new church, to be called Holy Trinity, and installed the Rev. E. D. Cranswick…

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