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Churches, 1890

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A Church Thief Caught

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 15

ON Wednesday afternoon an impudent robbery was perpetrated in St. Mary's Church, Newcastle. A sailor named George Oliver, during the absence of the caretaker, walked into the church and with…

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The Land of Long Pastorates and Strong Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 5

Rev, Robert Day, secretary o the New South Wales Congregational Union, who has been absent in Tasmania for the past three weeks attending the annual meetings of the…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 5

A tea-meeting and concert in aid of the funds of St. Mutthias' Church, Padlington, was held on Thursday night in St. Mattias' Hall Upwards of 400 people sat down to tea the…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 9

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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Paddington Mission Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 July 1890 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon a ceremony specially interesting to those engaged in city mission work took place in William-street, Paddington, the foundation-stone of a new mission-hall or…

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Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 July 1890 · page 9

The labours of the Sydney City Mission in the Suburb of Paddington have been so successful that it has been found necessary to erect a mission hall in which to hold services, as the committee of the mission…

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Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 July 1890 · page 3

An interesting lantern entertainment was given in St. Michael's schoolroom, Fitzroy-street, in connection with the Surry Hills branch of the above mission on Tuesday night, by the Rev. J. Hargrave, of…

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Australian. Victoria. a Church Robbed

The Australian Star · Thursday 17 July 1890 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- St. James' Church, Carlton, was' ransacked by thieves, who escaped during a great crush…

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Sydney City Mission

The Australian Star · Friday 18 July 1890 · page 3

THE seventh lecture of the winter course in connection with the Chippendale brunch of the Sydney City Misson, under the charge of Mr. Seddon, missionary, was delivered on…

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Lectures. Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 July 1890 · page 3

The seventh lecture of the winter course in connection with the Chippendale branch of the Sydney City Mission, under the charge of Mr. Seddon, missionary, was dolivered on Wednesday evening in the Mission…

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Church of England Temperance Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 July 1890 · page 6

A committee meeting of ladies who intend to take part in the approaching sale of work was held in the Chapter House on Wednesday afternoon. A number of letters were read from ladies promibing support and assistance…

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Church of England Defence Association. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 July 1890 · page 5

Last night Mr. J. G. Chapman, organising secretary of the Maitland branch of the Church of England Defence Association, delivered a lecture in the Wesleyan Church to a moderately large audience on the…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 July 1890 · page 3

On Wednesday evening an organ recital was given in, St. Thomas', Balmain. The occasion presented an opportunity of introducing to the congregation Mr. E. Arthur Morris, late…

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Primitive Methodist Church. Anniversary Services

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 7

On Sunday last, Anniversary Sermons were preached in Penrith in connection with the Primitive Methodist Church. Three services were conducted by the Rev. J. W…

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Catholic. Clerical Conference

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 15

THE Winter Conference of the clergy of the Diocese of Sydney will be held in St. Mary's Cathedral on July 21st. The conference will commence at…

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Catholic Churches and the Bourke Belief Fund

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 15

THE list of the collections made in the chuaches of the Diocese of Sydney in aid of the sufferers by the Bourke flood appears in another part of this issue. The collections amounted to £429 Os 4d…

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A Roman Catholic Priest's Oath

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 5

Ex-priest Seguin, of Chicago, U.S., publishes a monthly sheet in the interestss of the reformed faith, called the True Protestant. There is no mistaking the tone of his paper. It is a thorns…

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The Humours of the Twelfth of July. an Orangemen's Tribute to the Catholic Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 16

THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, in its report of the "Twelfth of July" celebration which was held on the 14th at the Exhibition Building, says:—"Probaby owingto the fact that a charge for…

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The Party Processions Act and the Catholic Societies. (To the Editor.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 14

SIR,—In the course of the debate in the Legislative Assembly on the proposed repeal of the Party Processions Act, it became manifest that the principal reason which the promoters of the…

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The Church and the Press

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 5

The most unobservant person who takes up such very opposite papers as Punch, the Daily News, and sometimes even the Standard, will at once be struck by a very curious phenomenon,…

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