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Churches, 1890

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The Church Home and Women's Union

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 May 1890 · page 3

The fifth annual meeting of the Church Home-was held ut the Chapter House yesterday afternoon, the Rev. C. H. Rich in the chair. A number of ladies were included in the…

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Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 May 1890 · page 3
Also in The Australian Star

The Mission Hall in Queen-street was crowded on Wednesday evening, when the third of the series of winter entertainments was given. Alderman Beveridge presided, and in his address thanked the mission for…

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The Melanesian Mission. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 May 1890 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Thursday.--Bishop and Mrs. Selwyn have contributed £3000 towards building a new auxiliary steam vessel for the Melanesian mission. Plans have been drawn for a…

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Cablegrams. (From Our Correspondent.) the English Presbyterian Church. London, April 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 May 1890 · page 5

The Rev. John Thompson, of Newcastle, has been elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in England for the present year…

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The Melanesian Mission. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 May 1890 · page 6

Bishop and Mrs. Selwyn have given a donation of £3000 towards the cost of a new vessel for the Melanesian Mission…

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Catholic. the Mission Op the Passionist Fathers at Corowa

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 17

ON Sunday, the 20th April (writes our correspondent), a Mission conducted by the Rev. Father Colman and the Rev. Father Ambrose was commenced in St. Mary's R. C. Church, Corowa. The…

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Catholic. the Diocesan Synod

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 14

NEARLY 100 priests attended the Synod of the Diocesan clergy held at St. Mary's Cathedral on Wednesday morning. The Mass was celebrated by the Right Rev. Dr. Higgins, Auxiliary Bishop…

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Joe Biggar's Successor. a Protestant Home Ruler for Catholic Cavan

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 5

Cavan County met in Convention last Tuesday (says UNITED IRELAND, March 22) for the purpose of fulfilling a sad but imperative public obligation—that of choosing a successor to their…

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School-church at Wilcannia

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 14

THE Right Rev. Dr. Dunne, "Bishop of Wilcannia, on Sunday performed the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the school-church at Wilcannia before a large congregation. The Bishop…

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Meetings. the Church Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 8

A meeting of the collectors of the Church Society for the diocese of Sydney was held in the Chapter House yesterday afternoon, under the presidency of the Dean of Sydney. Amongst those present were the Rev…

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The Poets' Corner. The-Minister's Baby at Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 29

She was ready for church—our little Prue— In her gown so pretty and white. It was the first time we'd taken her there, And her eyes expectant and bright,…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 9

Under this heading, sermona by eminent preachers are published in this widely circulated paper, in order that, in the remoto interior, where there are no churches, and a clergyman is rarely seen, the stockman, the miner, the…

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A New Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 9

Our correspondent writes under date April 25 from Maclean: The foundation-stone of the new Wesleyan Church was laid at Maclean last week by Mrs. James Watson, of the South Arm. The…

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Lecture at the Congregational Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 8

THE Rev. F. Hastings, of Adelaide, delivered an address in the Congregational Church, Parramatta, on Tuesday evening, on behalf of the Home Mission Fund of the Congregational…

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An Interesting Church Festival at Granville

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 2

The festival of St. Mark, Evangelist and Martyr, was duly observed on Friday evening last at St. Mark's, at Granville. The priest's part in the…

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The Scotch Church

Evening News · Monday 5 May 1890 · page 4

LONDON, May 3.-In the House of Commons last night the bill for the disestablishment of the Church of Scotland, introduced by Dr. Charles Cameron, M.P. for the…

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The Minister's Baby at Church

Evening News · Monday 5 May 1890 · page 7

She was ready for church-our little Prue-In her gown so pretty and white. It was the first time we'd taken her there, And her eyes expectant and bright,…

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Cablegrams. (From Our Correspondent.) Church Disestablishment in Scotland. London, May 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 May 1890 · page 5

In the House of Commons last night Dr. Charles Cameron, M.P. for the College Division of Glasgow, introduced a bill for the Disestablishment of the Church of…

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Divorce Extension. Mr. Shiels, M.L.A., Interviewed. History of the Movement. Opposition of the Churches

The Australian Star · Monday 5 May 1890 · page 3

AUSTRALIA has made up its mind that its divorce laws must be amended, and Lord Knutsford has intimated that the Cabinet will no longer stand between them and their…

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