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Churches, 1889

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A Roman Catholic University for Dublin. London, Aug. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 August 1889 · page 7

The Government propose next session to introduce a bill granting a special charter under a separate endowment for a Roman Catholic University in Dublin. It is…

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United Methodist Free Church Entertainment

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 5

On Wednesday evening a miscellaneous entertainment was given in the Now Masonic Hall, Darling-street west, in aid of the Sunday School Library of this…

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Mr. Varley's Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 9
Also in The Daily Telegraph

In spite of the threatening weather, the success of Mr. Varley's mission continues, and the audiences are now quite as large as on the first night of the mission. The gathering at the New Masonic Hall last night…

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The Irish Question. Catholic Education

Evening News · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 4

LONDON, August 30.—Mr. Balfour, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, has stated that the Government is pledged to bring forward a scheme for the endowment of Catholic education in Ireland…

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The Catholic, Vote and Protection

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 15

MR. John M'Elhone, writing to the S. M. Herald, of Thursday, with reference to the address de­livered by Dr. Garran at the opening of the Freetrade Conference in Sydney, says:—…

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Catholic Teachers in Public Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 4

We cannot pretend to any share of that fantastic political prudery which affects to regard certain subjects of concern to great national interests as…

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Roman Catholic Education. Grant by the British Government. LONDON, August 29

The Australian Star · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 5

In the House of Commons last night the Chief Secretary for Ireland (Mr. A. J. Balfour) pledged his word that the Government would grant a special endowment…

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Election of Poor Law Guardians for the Bantry Union, County Cork, 1886. Terrorism Under Roman Catholic Rule

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 8

The action of the people in the eleven electoral divisions of the Bantry Union, where contests took place between the 18th and 22nd (both days inclusive), was such as to render freedom of action…

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Nepean Church Column. St. Marys Church

Nepean Times · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 6

We inst Sunday morning visited the Church of England place of worship at St. Marys, when the Rev. A. C. Corlette occupied the pulpit, selecting for his text Proverbs XXVII, 19- "As in water face…

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The Growth of the Church in America

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 4

JOHN Gilmary Shea, the famous Catholic historian, in an article recently published on the "Centenary of the Church in America," to be celebrated next November, says :—Nowhere is God's overruling…

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The Church and Politics

The Australian Star · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 3

MR. SLATTERY, M.L.A., has spoken his mind pretty plainly concerning those individuals who have of late so assiduously endeavored to drag sectarianism into politics. That…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 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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Gambling in Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 3

GAMBLING in church is a diversion that few would advocate or excuse, but, incredible as it may seem, a species of gambling is annually carried on at the parish church of St. Ives…

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The Rydalmere R. C. School-church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 2

The announcement that Cardinal Moran was to lay the foundation-stone of a Roman Catholic School-church at Rydalmere on Sunday afternoon last drew a large number of persons to…

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Mr. Varley's Mission

Evening News · Monday 2 September 1889 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. Henry Yarley, the distinguished evangelist, was seen to advantage on Saturday night, when he delivered an able lecture on "The Penalties of Immorality" to a crowded audience…

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Mr. Henry Varley's Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 September 1889 · page 3

The well-known evangelist, Mr. Henry Varley, delivered anothor of his celebrated lectures to men only in the Centenary Hall, York-street, on Saturday evening. The chair was occupied by the Hon. E. Vickery,…

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Catholic Teachers in Public Schools. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 September 1889 · page 6

Sir,--Your leader in this mornings issue on the position of Roman Catholics politically will be read with pleasure and be the means of opening the eyes of hundreds of the "peace at…

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The Summer Hill Congregational Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 September 1889 · page 4

The ceremony of laying the memorial-stone in celebration of the exteusion of the Summer Hill Congregational Church was performed on Saturday by Mr. Josiah Mullens in the presence of a large number of…

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