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Churches, 1889

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Church and School Lands Mining

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 24

The Act to amend the law relating to mining on church, and school lands was assented to on July 23; and it is needful to bear that date in mind. The measure itself is a very short one, consisting only of [?]ve…

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The Presbyterian Jubilee in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 August 1889 · page 7

The celebrations in connection with the Presbyterian Jubilee were continued yesterday, when a Sabbath-school demonstration took place in the Town Hall, which was crowded to overflowing…

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Another Temperance Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 August 1889 · page 5

AUCKLAND. Monday.--Mr. Richard Coal, an American temperance lecturer, will arrive here by the R.M.S. Alameda, under engagement to the New Zealand Temperance Alliance…

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Victorian Presbyterian Jubilee. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 August 1889 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Presbyterian jubilee celebrations were continued to-day. The moderator of the assembly held an " at home" at the Grand Coffee Palace, which waa…

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The Presbyterian Jubilee in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 August 1889 · page 5

In connection with the Presbyterian Church Jubilee the Moderator of the General Assembly held a reception this afternoon at the Grand Hotel. To-night a public meeting was held in the Soots…

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Church Bazaar

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 August 1889 · page 6

NARRANDERA, Tuesday.--The bazaar, in aid of the Catholic Church here closed last night, having been open one week from 7 to 11 o'clock ; the total amount of profits…

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Victorian Presbyterian Jubilee. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 August 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The business at the meeting of the Presbyterian Assembly to-day in connection with the jubilee celebrations was mostly of a routine character. A unanimous vote…

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The Presbyterian Jubilee in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 August 1889 · page 7

The Presbyterian Jubilee Celebration was concluded this evening, when the Rev. Dr. M'Gregor preached to a crowded congregation in Scots Church. His text was: "And Paul called…

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Legislative Assembly. The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Answers to Questions. Cummeragunga Mission Station

Evening News · Friday 9 August 1889 · page 3

In reply to a question Sir HENRY PARKES said a report had been received from the Government medical officer for Moama district. Two cases of typhoid fever had occurred among aboriginals at…

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Wesleyan Church, Woolloomooloo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 August 1889 · page 9

On Sunday last special sermons were preached in connection with the Wesleyan Church Sustentation ard Extension Society, in the morning by Rev. C. Jones, and in the evening…

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Catholic. the Samoan Catholic King. Letter to Cardinal Moran

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 August 1889 · page 19

HIS Eminence the Cardinal-Archbishop, speaking at the opening of the Vincentian Fathers’bazaar, at Balmain, on Saturday, said :-That morning he received a letter from no less…

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Bro. G. J. Sampson's Mission

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1889 · page 8

Bro. G. J. Sampson, Grand Lodge Lecturer and Visiting Deputy, has been conducting his mission in the surrounding districts during the week. The inclement state of the weather…

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Poetry. The Mission of Age

Nepean Times · Saturday 10 August 1889 · page 9

We fret and agonise because we must grow old, And each day on life's path reluctant and more slow…

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Conversion of a Roman Catholic Priest. Extraordinary Revelations

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 10 August 1889 · page 10

The Sligo correspondent of the Dublin Express writes:-- A very great sensation has been caused in this town end its neighbourbood, as well as throughout the diocese of Elphin, by the published…

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Catholic. Bishop Higgins at St. Benedict's. Installation Ceremony

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 August 1889 · page 14

THE installation of his Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Higgins in St. Benedict's City Church took place on Sunday morning last, the Solemnities incidental to the ceremonial being witnessed by…

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Nepean Church Column. St. Stephen's, Penrith

Nepean Times · Saturday 10 August 1889 · page 4

We last Sunday evening again looked in at the Church of England place of worship, finding the attendance of those in the flesh, whatever may have been that of those in spirit, somewhat sparse…

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Home and Foreign. Ireland. Bishop O'dwyer and Boycotting. the Closing of the Church at Donoughmore. Comments on the Bishop's Action

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 August 1889 · page 5

We desire says UNITED IRELAND, June 29) to uttor no word [?] to the position of the Most Rev. Dr. O'Dwyor, Lord Bishop of Limerick, but we [?] join in the fulsome…

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Leichhardt Wesleyan Church Anniversary Meeting

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 10 August 1889 · page 3

The first anniversary of the opening of the church was celebrated by a tea and public meeting, on Tuesday evening last. About 150 persons sat down to an excellent…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 August 1889 · page 8

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 clergyman is rarely seen, the stockman, the miner, the…

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The Harp in Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 August 1889 · page 9

The advisableness of using the harp in connection with the organ in Anglican churches is being agitated in England at the present time. A correspondent of the MUSICAL STANDAED, writing on…

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