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Churches, 1889

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A New Wesleyan Church

Evening News · Tuesday 24 September 1889 · page 6

MURRUMBURRAH, Monday.—The Wesleyans in Murrumburrah have decided to erect a new church, the plans and specifications for which have already been drawn out and sent down to…

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Church of England Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 September 1889 · page 4

The annual meeting of members of the Church of England Association of New South Wales was held in the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street, last evening His Honor Mr. Justice Foster presided over a fairly large…

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News by Telegraph. R.c. Church at Crookwell

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 September 1889 · page 5

CROOKWELL, Monday.--A meeting of the Roman Catholics was held here this afternoon at the Roman Catholic presbytery, the Rev. J. J. Galley presiding, when resolutions were…

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Mr. Varley's Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 September 1889 · page 6

The final services in connection with Mr. Henry Varley's recent mission to Sydney were held in the Pitt-street Congregational Church yesterday, and were marked by that intense…

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Roman Catholic University in Ireland. London, Sept. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 September 1889 · page 7

It was rumoured that it was the intention of Mr. Balfour, Secretary of State for Ireland, to recommend the foundation and endowment of a Roman Catholic…

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The Irish Question. That Catholic University. Gladstone on Coercion

Evening News · Wednesday 25 September 1889 · page 4

LONDON, September 23.—Mr. Balfour, the Irish Secretary, denies that the Government intends to found and endow a Catholic University for Ireland…

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The Irish Catholic University. Mr. Balfour Repudiates the Report

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 September 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--Mr. A. J. Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, repudiates the report which has been circulated that the Government intend introducing a bill next…

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Religious Conference at Pitt-street Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 September 1889 · page 3

An all-day conference of members of various denominations of the Christian Church was held in Pitt-street Congregational Church yesterday. The conference was one of a series of final religious services held in this…

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St. Jude's Church, Randwick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 September 1889 · page 9

Last Sunday a continuation of the services associated with the formal opening of St. Jude's Church took place. The sermons were preached by the Bishop of Bathurst and Rev. W. A. Pain respectively. The…

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The Church of England Assembly in Melbourne. the Bishop's Address. the Evil of Gambling. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 September 1889 · page 7

The annual session of the Church of England Assembly commenced yesterday. Bishop Goe, in his address, referred to the loss the Church had sustained in the deaths of Sir W. Stawell, Dr…

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Mr. Gladstone and Land Nationalisation. the Proposed Roman Catholic University. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Sept. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 September 1889 · page 9

Mr. Gladstone, in the course of an address, denounced the policy of land nationalisation as advocated in England by Henry George…

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The Pastor of the Church. Rev. James Buchan, M.a

Evening News · Thursday 26 September 1889 · page 7

The minister of the church, the Rev. James Buchan, M.A., comes of a good Aberdeenshire Congregational stock, and possesses in a high degree those qualities of his race which Dr. Dale…

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Pyrmont Congregational Church

Evening News · Thursday 26 September 1889 · page 7

The increase in the population of Sydney, as a whole, and of that portion of the city and suburbs included in the Pyrmont and Ultimo district in particular, has during the past ten…

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The Church of England Association. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 September 1889 · page 11

Sir,—Allow me to congratulate the worthy prosident of the Church of England Association upon his admirable choice of a motto for that body. It is a prayer in which all soctions of the Church will unite, in…

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The Free Church at Tonga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 September 1889 · page 13

The resident correspondent of the New Zealand Herald at Tonga writes on September 12:—"The annual meeting of the Free Church has just concluded its sitting. It was teh largest, and has been declared…

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Ashfield Presbyterian Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 September 1889 · page 4

On Wednesdav evening the members and adherents of the Ashfield Presbyterian Church attended a social gathering in the schoolroom held under the presidency of the Rev. John Auld, M.A. After several addresses…

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Anglican Centennial Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 September 1889 · page 9

The Church of England Centennial Fund Committee met on a Thursday last to consider the claims of districts where church extension by living agents is needed. After some discussion…

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A Church Sensation. a Canon's Wife Turns Catholic

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 September 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- A sensation has been caused in ecclesiastical circles by the announcement that the wife of the Rev. H. Scott Holland, one of the residentiary Canons…

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A Canon's Wife Turns Catholic

Evening News · Saturday 28 September 1889 · page 4

LONDON, September 27.—A statement is published that the wife of Canon Holland has become a convert to Roman Catholicism. [The lady above referred to is the wife of the Rev…

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Catholic the Little Sisters in Melbourne

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 September 1889 · page 17

AT the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone o£ the new Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor at Northcote near Melbourne, there were present in the great assemblage his Excellency the…

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