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Churches, 1889

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A London Church Scandal

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 9

The London correspondent of the Manchester GUARDIAN has referred to a scandal with which the Bishop of London is being urgently called upon to deal in connection with St. Ethelburga…

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Catholic and Non-catholic Candidates. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 5

Sir,—I notice advertisements that electors to be true to themselves must vote for the non-Catholic candidates. They go on to say—but why need I go further? Now, Sir, that such a thing…

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The Irish Question a Catholic Priest Imprisoned. Molloy Arrested for Perjury. the Imprisonment of Mr. O'brien. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 7

Edward Molloy, an Invincible, who recently gave evidence before the TimesParnell Commission, has been arrested on a charge of having committed perjury…

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Catholic School Burned

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.--On Sunday morning a fire broke out in St. Joseph's Roman Catholic School, Sandridge. A good deal of property was destroyed,…

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The New Roman Catholic Church at Moruya. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Moruya

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 7

A handsome new Roman Catholic church at Moruya was opened and solemnly consecrated by Cardinal Moran yesterday. The Rev. Father Cassidy, parish priest, celebrated high mass, and the sermon…

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Wesleyan Church Sustentation and Extension Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 5

The annual meeting in connection with the above was held in the Centenary Hall, York-street, last evening. The body of the hall was well filled, and a large number of the ministers and representatives…

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An Old Church Destroyed. London, February 5

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 5

A fine ancient Gothic church at Hanmer, in Flintshire, has been burned to the ground…

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Church Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 3

On Tuesday night last the annual meeting of the Annandale Primitive Methodist Church was hold. An excellent tea was provided by the ladies in the new school-hall adjoining…

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The Roman Catholic Church. (Melbourne ARGUS, February 6.)

Evening News · Friday 8 February 1889 · page 7

A disinterested observer is occasionally surprised at the unnecessary narrowness of view which is sometimes displayed by the prelates of the Roman Catholic Church. It is only natural…

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The African Mission. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Friday 8 February 1889 · page 8

Dear Sir, -- Before the close of the African Mission collection in Narrabri, permit me to give public expression to the…

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IFree Church of Scotland

Evening News · Friday 8 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, February 7.- The Edinburgh presbytery of the Free Church of Scotland has, by majority of five, agreed to transmit professor blackie's overture, asking the General Assemble…

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The Free Church of Scotland. London, Feb. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1889 · page 5

The Edinburgh Presbytery of the Free Church of Scotland has, by a majority of five, agreed to transmit Professor Blackie's overture, asking the General Assembly to…

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Catholic. Clerical Appointments

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 14

THE Rev. Patrick Ryan, who has been for some time Administration of St.Francis' city district, having accepted the position of parish priest of Wollongong in succession to the Venerable…

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The Catholic Manifesto

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 9

DURING the last few clays the wire-pullers of the freetrade party have asserted and pretended to believe that Catholies have separated themselves from the public life of the colony, and have voted…

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Meetings. Primitive Methodist District Services

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 8

The first of the Annual Assembly meetings of the Primitive Methodist connexion of New South Wales took place in the Primitive Methodist Church, Albionstreet, Surry Hills, last evening, when a…

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Election Sermons at Penrith Wesleyan Church

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 4

On Sunday morning last, at the Wesleyan Church Penrith, the Rev. J. Phillips delivered a sermon the selected subject of which was "Your Election." Those who attended with the expectation of…

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St. Stephen's Church

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 4

On Sunday evening the Rev. Gr. Brown (Rural Dean) preached a special sermon at St. Stephen's, when the subject chosen was " The Christian at the Ballot Box, or our duty at the General Election."…

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Evening Session. Report on Church Propbrty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 8

The Rev. J. B. Waterhouse presented the report on church property, which was received. The regulations were taken seriatim and discussed. After revision in several derails the report was adopted…

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The New Church at Moruya

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 305

A handsome new Roman Catholic church a Moruya was opened and solemnly consecrated by Cardinal Moran on Sunday. The Rev. Father Cassidy, parish priest, celebrated high mass, and the sermon…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 8

Under this heading, sermons hy 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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