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Churches, 1889

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The Election of Primate. the Opinion of the Church Times. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Oct. 5

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

The Church Times, in commenting upon the question as to the validity of the election of the Rev. W. Saumarez Smith as Bishop of Sydney and Primate of…

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Federation of the Churches. Bishop Barry and the Bishop of Ballarat at Cardiff. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Oct. 5

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

The Bishop of Ballarat, Dr. Thornton, speaking at Cardiff, maintained that the Churches in the colonies were separate trees, not branches, of the Church of…

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Church Congress. London, October 5

The Australian Star · Monday 7 October 1889 · page 4

At the Bitting of the Church Congress to-day Dr. Thornton, Bishop of Ballarat, in the course of his address, pointed out that the colonial Church was a distinct body from…

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The Church Congress. English and Colonial Churches. Bishop Barry on the Subject

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 October 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--At the sittings of the Church of England Congress, the Rev. Dr. Thornton, Bishop of Ballarat (Victoria), who is at present in England on a visit,…

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The Roman Catholic Vote. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 October 1889 · page 9

Sir,—The statements of some of your correspondents that a certain vote is always given en bloc is totally at variance with my practical exporience. When contesting Molong, although a stanch supporter of Sir…

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Primitive Methodist Bazaar, Dulwich Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 October 1889 · page 5

The bazaar held on behalf of the funds for a new church was opened in the Athenæum Hall on October 2, by Mrs. Ferguson, and was closed on Saturday evening. The bazaar proved a great success. Every legitimate…

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Burwood Congregational Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 October 1889 · page 8

Last evening the Burwood Congregational Church was filled by a congregation who had assembled for the purpose of extending a welcome to the Rev. George Campbell, under whose pastoral guidance the church will…

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Chinese Mission in Newcastle. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 October 1889 · page 7

Last night, in connection with the Chinese Mission in this district, a tea and public meeting were held in the Presbyterian schoolroom, Bolton-street. Some 60 Chinese sat down to tea, and on equal…

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The Church Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 October 1889 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Church Society was held on Tuesday, in the Chapter House, under the presidency of the Very Rev. the Administrator of the diocese. The following grants were made:—£12…

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The Sydney Pulpit. Ix. the Old Scots' Church

Evening News · Friday 11 October 1889 · page 3

The church of John Dunmore Lang should certainly receive some notice before these, already too protracted, sketches draw to a close. It is, perhaps, too soon yet rightly and impartially to…

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Norte Shore Congregational Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 October 1889 · page 3

A well-attended public meeting was held in the North Shore Congregartional Church last evening, the occasion being the offering of a hearty welcome to the Rev. Joseph Parker, who has accepted the pastorate of…

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St. Paul's Presbyterian Church Anniversary

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 12 October 1889 · page 3

The anniversary services in connection with tins church wore hold on Sunday last. The Rev. J. Falls Henderson of Palmer-street church officiated in the…

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Catholic Education

Evening News · Saturday 12 October 1889 · page 4

The guileless and well-meaning persons who in the goodness of their hearts have been inclined to scout the theory that there is in New South Wales any Irish Catholic party properly so called, and…

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Ireland and Australia. Mr. Dillon's Mission

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 October 1889 · page 6

The Dublin FREEMAN, August 31, reports that Dr. Joseph Kenny, M.P., addressing the Central Meeting of the Irish National League, said:—He wished to refer to his friend Mr. Joseph…

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Catholic. the Late Father J. E. Tenison Woods. Death of a Remarkable Man

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 October 1889 · page 15

WHEN we went to press with our issue of last week we recorded the painful fact that the good and gentle Father Julian E. Tenison Woods was at death's door, and that his life's strength was…

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Mr. Joseph Chamberlain on Lord Randolph Churchill. (To the Editor.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 October 1889 · page 17

SIR,—The following is taken from a speech de-livered by Mr. Chamberlain at Highbury, on Saturday, August 10th, to his West Birmingham constituents, as reported in the TIMES, August…

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Federation of the Churches. London, Oct. [?]

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 October 1889 · page 806

The Bishop of Ballarat, Dr. Thornton, speaking at Cardiff, Maintained that the Churches in the colonies were separate trees, not branches, of the Church of…

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My Experience of the Roman Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 12 October 1889 · page 4

I was brought up a Roman Catholic, and so have personal experience of the Roman Catholic system. One of my earliest recollections is that…

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Centenary of the French Revolution. Confiscation of the Enormous Wealth of the Papal Church. a Warning to Australia

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 12 October 1889 · page 6

In England, France, Portugal, and nearly every country in Europe the Roman Catholic Church in times past absorbed the greater portion of the land and wealth of the people;…

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The Kempsey Church Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 October 1889 · page 5

KEMPSEY, Friday. -- The dispute in connection with the Church of England here has been settled. The Rev. Turner has left on payment of £250. His successor, Rev. Kelly, begins his…

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