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Churches, 1889

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Ebenezer Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 7

Johnson's dab-and-wattle church, built in 1793, and the first regular place of worship in these colonies, had but a brief existence. The demolition of its successor, the " old St. Philip's," begun by…

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The Church Oe Rome a Party

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 4

The Church of Borne is of the character of a party, and the Protestant Church is not ; because that is indefinite, and ours is definite. Our Church lays down…

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From the Curate to the Convent. Chapter Xlvii. a Sample of Church Discipline in the Good Old Times

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 10

Some time after Mr. Steele's interview with Sforza in hie vestry, he was one evening, just after ten, playing with his children in the drawing-room, as be was accustomed to do previous to…

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Church of England Temperance Society

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 6

At the ordinary monthly meeting of the central committee of the Church of England Temperance Society on Wednesday, after transaction of the usual business, two reports…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 6

A public meeting preceded by a social tea as held at the Summerhill Congregational Church on Wednesday evening, in celebration of the re-opening of the church after the…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 8

Under this 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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Lord R. Churchill, M.p., on the "Devilish Liquor Traffic."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 2

IN a speech of Social Reforms at a great meeting in Walsall on Monday July 29th, in connection with apolitical tour in the Midlands, Lord Randolph…

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Granville Congregational Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 8

ON Monday evening the Young Peoples' Society meeting was held. In spite of the dark mid threatening night Micro was a large attendance of adults as well as children. The…

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Sydney City Mission

Evening News · Monday 18 November 1889 · page 2

An interesting meeting was held in the Mission Troll, Queen-street, Chippendale, on Wednesday evening'. The missionary, Mr. Seddon, saw that many of the poor were not in a position to enjoy…

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Mr. Varley's Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 November 1889 · page 4

After a successful mission at Newcastle, Mr. Henry Varley yesterday resumed meetings in Sydney, In the afternoon and evening he conducted largely attended services in the Protestant Hall, taking as his subject…

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Catholic Association Regatta

Evening News · Monday 18 November 1889 · page 3

The third annual regatta of the Catholic Young Men's Association took place on Saturday afternoon, the course being from Bradley's Bead to Robertson's Point. The following were the results:…

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Mr. Varley's Newcastle Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 November 1889 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Mr. Henry Varley, the evangelist, closed his mission at Newcastle on Friday night. During his stay in this city Mr. Varley has addressed 80 meetings, all of…

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Workingmen and the Churches

Evening News · Monday 18 November 1889 · page 4

THE Rev. Dr. JEFFERIS is perhaps the bes reported clergyman in Sydney. Whether he succeeds in shedding light around the various subjects "which he brings before…

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Goold Memorial Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 November 1889 · page 5

The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the new Primitive Methodist Church at the corner of Botany and Raglan streets, Waterloo, was performed by Mrs. Fergusson, of Potts Point, on Saturday…

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Mission to the Chinese

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 November 1889 · page 4

A meeting in support of the mission to the Chinese was held last evening in the schoolroom attached to St. John's Church, Darlinghurst, and was under the auspices of the Board of Missions. The Rev. A. W…

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Church Excursion

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 November 1889 · page 2

BY the private subscription of members of the committee and some lady members of the congregation of the Free Church of England, Kogarah, a complimentary harbor…

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Wellington New R.c. Church

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 November 1889 · page 5

WELLINGTON, Monday.--The now Roman Catholic Convent, woe opened yesterday by his Lordship Bishop Byrne, of Bathurst. During the service Miss Josephine O'Brien, of…

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Good Templar Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 November 1889 · page 4

Mr. R. Crabb, the well-known temperance lecturer, commenced a mission in the Oddfellows' Hall, Waverley, on Friday. Mr. G. D. Clark occupied the chair, and there was a very large attendance. The…

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Good Templar Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 November 1889 · page 6

Mr. R. Crabb, the well-known temperance lecturer, commenced a mission in the Odd-fellows'-hall, Wavorley, on Friday last. Mr. G D. Clark occupied the chair, and there was a…

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"Catholic" Policemen in Ireland

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 November 1889 · page 5

The character of the Catholics whom the Government in Ireland gets to do its work there may be understood from the following letter addressed to United IRESLAND by a Sergeant of…

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