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Churches, 1889

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Mr. Varley's Mission in Parramatta

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 4

MR. Henry Varley, the popular evangelist, commenced a five days' mission in the Town Hall, Parramatta, on Monday evening, before a large and mixed audience. On the platform…

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Anglican Bishops and the London Music Halls

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 16

London, October 12.—A great meeting has been held in St. James's Hall, to take measures to support the London Council in purging the music halls in London. The Anglican Bishop of…

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A Governor on Catholic Charities

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 18

HIS Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, accompanied by Lady Onslow, visited the Catho-lic orphanages at Nelson, N.Z., last week. At the girls' orphanage the party were received by…

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The Catholic King of Samoa

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 18

THE brave Mataafa is now the King of the Samoans, the broken-down old man Malietoa having retired in favour of his younger and more vigorous lieutenant. All the actions of this…

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Death of a Catholic Centenarian

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 18

THE funeral of the late Elizabeth Devaney, the centenarian, took place in Panmure, New Zealand on Monday last, and was attended by a number of sympathizing friends. Although…

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A Catholic Magdalene Refuge in Queensland

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 17

WE learn from Brisbane that a new Magdalene Asylum at Lutwyehe, one of the suburbs of Brisbane, was opened by his Excellency the Governor on Sunday. The building…

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Catholic. an Ode to Death. London, 1849

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 14

CALL it not death. Evening has come, But day shines on a distant shore. The sun's bright glory still gees on For evermore…

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An Eminent Catholic Scientist. the Rev. J. E. Tenison Woods

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 29

The late Reverend Julian Edmond Tenison Woods was in many respects a remarkable man. Early connected with the High ChurCh revival in England, he embraced the doctrines of the Roman Catholic…

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Catholic the Approaching Cathedral Celebration. the Completed Sanctuary to Be Blessed in January Next

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 17

HIS Eminence the Cardinal-Archbishop, in addressing the monthly meeting on Sunday night in aid of the Cathedral building fund, announced that the celebration of the completion of the…

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It Was Reported I Was a Roman Catholic, and I Was Consequently Defeated. (To the Editor.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 15

SIR,—I read Mr. F. B. Freehill's reply to Mr. B. R. Wise, with reference to his slanderous attacks on the Irish Catholics, which, appeared in this week's FREEMAN, taken from the CENTENNIAL…

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Home and Foreign. Ireland. "The Red Herring of the Home Rule Path." Mr. Balfour's Catholic University Scheme

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 5

The political talk of the week (says the PALL MALL GAZETTE, September 5) has been all the the Government's Catholic University policy which Mr. Balfour sprung upon the House just…

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At the Passionists' Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 14

IN honour of the Feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin, High Mass was celebrated in St. Budget's, Marrickville. The church was crowded to the doors long before the mass commenced,…

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Church and State

Evening News · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 4

LONDON, October 17.-? Sir W. Vernon Harcourt, speaking at Carnarvon last night, said that the connection between the Church of Wales and the State must cease…

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Union of the Churches. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The council of the Congregational Union and Mission of Victoria to-night passed a resolution proposed by the Rev. Dr. Bevan, "That while sympathising…

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Scene in a Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 19

At Lambeth (London) Police Court on August 29, a singular-looking woman, who refused her name and address, was charged with having been drunk and disorderly in St. James's Church,…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 9

Under thia 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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New Church at Hurstville

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 10

On Saturday afternoon the Dean of Sydney, assisted by the Rev. James Clarke (incumbent of the parish) and the Revs. J. D. Langley, J. Manning, W. H. A. Saunders, W. Hough, and C…

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Cable News. Union of Methodist Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 October 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The United Methodist Free Church and that section of the Church known as the New Connection are uniting…

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Mr. R. Crabb's Temperance Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 October 1889 · page 4

Under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars, the first of a series of addresses w[?]last evening delivered in the Centenary Hall, York-street, by Mr. R. Crabb, who has largely…

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Good Templar Mission. Brother Crabb Cracking Nuts

Evening News · Monday 21 October 1889 · page 4

Last night, at the Centenary Hall, York-street, Mr. R. Crabb, the popular temperance orator and lecturer of the Good Templars' organisation, com­menced a series of Good Templar mission…

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