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Churches, 1889

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Woolloomooloo Presbyterian Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 November 1889 · page 5

The annual meeting in connection with the celebration of the anniversary of the above church was held last evening. The anniversary sermous were preached in the church, Palmer-street, Woolloomooloo, in the…

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Mr. Tarley's Mission

Evening News · Wednesday 13 November 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—Mr. Henry Varley's mission to Newcastle is regarded by the Young Men's Christian Association as a remarkable success. The attendance at the evening addresses…

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Victorian Presbyterian General Assembly

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 November 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE Tuesday--The General Assembly of the Preshyterian Church opened as annual session to-day. The Rev. Professor M'Donald, the new moderator, was installed and…

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Paddington Catholic Literary and Debating Society

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 November 1889 · page 7

The regular weekly meeting of this society was held on Monday last in the Franciscan schoolroom. The Rev. Fathers Lawler and Fitzgerald were present during…

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The Presbyterian General Assembly of Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 November 1889 · page 7

The annual session of the Presbyterian General Assembly was commenced to-day. The Very Rev. D. Mackenzie, the retiring Moderator, preached the sermon. The Rev. Professor Macdonald,…

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Summer Hill Congregational Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 November 1889 · page 5

A largely attended social gathering of the members and adherents of the Summer Hill Congregational Church was held in that church last evening. The gathering was held in connection with the reopening…

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St. Peter's Church of England Parsonage, Mount Victoria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 November 1889 · page 5

A large party of friends and sympathisers assembled on Saturday to witness the laying of the foundationstone of St. Peter's parsonage, on the site given,by Mrs. Henry Bell. The Rev. G. Brown, rural dean,…

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The New Church

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 November 1889 · page 3

Among the most remarkable spitirs of modern times was undoubtedly the founder of what is generally known as the New Church, which regards the interpretation of the…

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Primitive Methodist Celebration

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 November 1889 · page 7

THE thirteenth anniversary of the Primitive Methodist Church, Harris-street, Pyrmont, was held on Sunday last. The church presented a very pretty appearance, several…

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Australian. Victoria. Baptist Foreign Mission Society

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 November 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The annual breakfast of the Baptist Foreign Mission Society was held at the Ahenæum Club yesterday. It was a brilliant gathering,…

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Passionists' Bazaar, Newtown. Cardinal Moran and the "Presbyterian Gazette." Also Mr. D. O'CONNOR

Evening News · Thursday 14 November 1889 · page 3

On Wednesday afternoon Cardinal Moran opened a bazaar in the Troeadero Hall, Newtown, in aid of the funds of the Passionist Fathers Institution at Marrickville…

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The Presbyterian General Assembly of Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 7

The Presbyterian General Assembly to-day decided to present the Governor (Sir Henry Loch) with a farewell address. The report of the Home Mission Committee, embracing a new scheme…

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Good Templar Mission

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 2

This week a crusade against the liquor traffic has taken place ia Balmain, the chief part in which has been borne by Mr R. Crabb, the well-known exponent of…

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England. the Proposed Anglican Monks

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 7

I am much interested (says Labouchere in TRUTH, Oct. 3) in this scheme of Archdeacon Farrar for a new order of Friars, to restore the " lapsed millions" of our great cities to the fold…

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Catholic. the Cardinal at St. Francis

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 17

THE well-known city church, bearing the name of St. Francis, having been renovated and a new secristy having been added to the building his Eminence the Cardinal-Archbishop was on…

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Justin M'carthy and the Irish Catholic University Trick

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 5

Mr. Justin M'Carthy, M.P. in his admirable article in the CONTEMPORARY REVIEW, embodies the views of the vast majority of Irish Nation. alists on the subject of Catholic University…

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A Minister Charged with Slander. a Catholic Mayor Obtains Damages

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 16

COOMA, Tuesday.— At the District Court to-day great interest was taken in the slander case Faulkner v. Hay, heard by Judge Backhouse without a jury. The court was crowded throughout…

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Catholic. Death of Father Gonsalvo Kavanagh. the Dominican Preacher Dies Returning to Australia

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 14

ON Wednesday, Mr. Valentine Heaton received a telegram from Adelaide, conveying the melancholy intelligence of the death of the Very Rev, Gonsalvo Kavanagh, O.P., who was returning to…

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Tea Meeting and Concert at Emu. in Aid of the Wesleyan Church

Nepean Times · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 4

The township of Emu presented quite a lively appearance on, Saturday last the occasion bring the holding of a tea meeting and concert, in Towle's Assembly Hall, the proceeds of which are to be…

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Meetings. Church of England Temperance Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 8

The recent monthly meeting of the Central Committee was rendered interesting by the reading of two reports. The first was that of the organising secretary, giving a carefully compiled account of the present…

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