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Churches, 1890

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COUNTRY. Church Dissension

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

ORANGE, Friday. -- The debt on Trinity Church is over L3000, and it has led to a lot of bickering between the incumbent, the Rev. C. C. Dunstan, and the congregation…

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Church Ventilation. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 6

Sir,--At the present time, when so much is being written in your paper about church attendance, I think a little about church ventilation won't be amiss. A great thing against…

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The Brazilian State Church. Abolished by the Republic

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The new Republican Government has abolished the State Church in Brazil, The established religion of Brazil under the…

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The "Presbyterian Review."

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 9

The most scholarly and in every way ablest theological review in the English tongue, after an honorable existence of ten years, ceases to exist with the October number (said the CHRISTIAN…

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Catholic. St. Mary's Cathedral Sanctuary. Solemn Dedication. Triduum and Festival

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 17

IN our last issue we briefly sketched the order of special ceremonies which are to take place in connection with the blessing of the now completed sanctuary portion of St. Mary's Cathedral. The…

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The Irish Delegates and Their Mission. What They Have Effected in Australasia

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 7

WE take the following from a New Zealand paper, the Canterbury TIMES:—In Christchurch we have had a taste of the manner in which this great revolution has been…

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Repairs to St. Stephen's Church of England

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 4

The repairs which are being executed upon St. Stephen's Church are sadly needed, but, after an inspection of the building we think it scarcely wise to continue in the patchwork manner that at…

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Police Watching the Churches

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 6

The latest secret instructions received by the police throughout the country are, we are informed (says the Dublin FREEMAN), that some members are to closely watch chapel gates on…

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The Canon Law OF The Church of Rome. an Analysis As Affecting the Loyalty of English Romanists. Continued

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 5

Popes Nicholas I. and Hadrian II. quoted these Epistles as genuine documents. Pope Nicholas insisted that all of them should be received as law. The French Bishops,…

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Romanism and the Second Commandment. (To the Editor of the English Churchman.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 10

SIR,--Romanists and their so-called Protestant sympathizers profess to be very indignant when we charge them with blotting out the Second Commandment from the decalogue because of its…

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The Churches Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1890 · 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 cle[?]ryxnan is rarely seen, the stockman, the miner, the…

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Masonic Ceremony at Stockton. Laying the Memorial Stone of St. Paul's Church. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1890 · page 7

Yesterday afternoon the ceremony of laying the memorial stone of St. Paul's Church, Stockton, was carried out with great eclat. Large numbers assembled, it being understood that the Masonic fraternity had…

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St. Paul's Church Stockton. Imposing Masonic Ceremony. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1890 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Yesterday afternoon a ceremony long looked forward to in Stockton took place--viz., the laying of the memorial stone of tho new church of St. Paul's Church of…

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The Mission Schooner Dayspring

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 4

The Presbyterian mission schooner Dayspring is just now in New Zealand waters, having arrived at Dunedin on January 6 from the New Hebrides group. Her arrival was hailed with…

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Sydney City Mission

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 January 1890 · page 8

THE Rev. J. W. Inglis, of Leichhardt, delivered his lecture on " Burns, the Post and the Man," at the Mission Hall, Chippendale, on Wednesday evening, when, in…

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Picnic to the Catholic Hierarchy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1890 · page 5

A preliminary meeting of the Catholic laity of the archdiocese of Sydney was held in the boardroom of St. Joseph's Building Society last night. Mr. J. T. Toohey occupied the chair, and amongst those present…

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Proposed Picnic to the Catholic Hierarchy

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 January 1890 · page 7

A PRELIMINARY meeting of the Catholic laity of the Archdiocese of Sydney was held last night in the board-room of St. Joseph's Building Society, Elizabeth-street,…

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The Visit of the Roman Catholic Dignitaries

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1890 · page 6

A meeting of, the leading members of tho Roman Catholic laity mot in St. Joseph's Building Sodety's-rooms, Elizabeth-street, last veuing, to make arrangements for entertaining…

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Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 3

Last Wednesday evening a crowded audience greeted the Rev. J. W. Inglis, of Leichhardt, at the City Mission Hail, Chippendale, when he delivered a lecture on "Borns, the Poet and the Man;" the…

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Church of England Temperance Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 3

The monthly central committee meeting was held at their room on the 8th instant, Mr. W. Crane, J.P., in the chair. Reports were presented of visits between branches, and from the Women's Union,…

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