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Churches, 1890

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Presbyterian Federal Council. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 6

HOBART, Wednesday.--The Presbyterian Federal Council to-day adopted a loyal address to the Governor and a committee presented the same. It was decided to submit to the…

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The Wesleyan Methodist Conference of New South Wales and Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 4

The annual sittings of the conference of the Wesleyan Methodists of New South Wales and Queensland were commenced in the Centenary Hall, York-street, last evening. There was a large attendance of…

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Election of Trustees for Christ Church Enmore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 3

On Monday evening last a public meeting of the scat-holders, subscribers, and parishioners of Christ Church, Enmore, was held for the purpose of electing trustees for the parish and church property. The…

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St. Stephen's Church

The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 5

BATHURST, Friday. -- The annual meeting of the parishioners of St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church was held on Wednesday night, Dr. Geekie was in the…

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A Bishop in a Presbyterian Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 9

Truth says:--" The Bishop of Ripon visited Glasgow the other day, in order that he might preach at the re-opening of the Glasgow University Chapel, and he delivered a…

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Catholic. the Cathedral Festival

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 15

THE dedication of the completed sanctuary of St. Mary's Cathedral will take place on Sunday morning next. The event is to be marked in festival fashion, and the ceremonies are to be of…

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St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral. As It Will Be When Completed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 9

worship here, we have placed this (St. Mary's) cathedral in such a condition that the community at large will never now be satisfied until roof and spire--until highest cross and…

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Catholic. St. Mary's Cathedral. a Description of the Building. the New Works

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 17

UNLIKE St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, of which, we gave some particulars last week, our Cathedral of St. Mary's is incomplete. "When the fact, however, is taken into consideration, that St…

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St. James' R. C. Church, Forest Lodge. (To the Editor.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 7

Sir,—Permit me to state that the paragraph under the above heading in your issue of last week is untrue. With the erection of the railing iu question the gentlemen mentioned bad…

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The Church Society of the Diocese of Goulburn. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 11

The annual meeting of the Church Society of the diocese was held last evening, the Bishop of Goulburn presiding. The report showed that the total income of the society last year amounted to £4098 4s. 5d.; the…

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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 25 January 1890 · page 7

But in their enthusiasm, the compilers of the " Gloss " on the chapter on the authority of Popes claimed as successors of St. Peter go beyond this, for Popes can even dispense, not…

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Imprisoned for Life in 1889. a Young Girl of 18 Years of Age. Fathers and Mothers are requested to read the following account:-- the Laws of the Church of Rome Upon the Imprisonment of Nuns

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 6

The Decrees of the Council of Trent state as follows:--" The Holy Synod enjoins on all Bishops, that in all monasteries subject to them, they take especial care that the…

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Goulburn Church Society. the Election of Dr. Saumaurez Smith. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 5

GOULBURN, Friday.--The annual meeting of the Church Society of the Diocese of Goulburn was held last night under the presidency of the Bishop of Goulburn. The report gave the total…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 8

Under this bending, 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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The Church of England in Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1890 · page 4

At the historic church of St. John's, Parramatta, yesterday morning, Archdencon Giinther, the incumbent, gave some interesting data of the history of the Church of England in…

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Destroying Church Literature

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1890 · page 6

At the Parramatta Court, on Saturday, before Mr. J. Giles, P.M., William E. Cowling (14 years), George Cowling (12½ years) and George Castles (10 years), were charged with…

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Trinity Congregational Church, Strathfield

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1890 · page 5

The Trinity Congregational Church, Strathfield, which has been in course of erection since November last, was opened yesterday for religious worship. To celebrate the…

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Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1890 · page 7

Last Sunday was observed as a special temperance Sunday by the City Mission. Mr. Crabb, the popular lecturer of the Independent Order of Good Templars, preached in the Waterloo Ragged School in the morning,…

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The Portuguese Difficulty. Major Pinto on Another Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.-- Major Serpa Pinto, the Portuguese explorer whose action on the Zambesi River in South- eastern Africa was the cause of the recent difficulty between…

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Picnic to the Catholic Hierarchy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1890 · page 9

Yesterday a picnic to the Catholic hierarchy was given by the Roman Catholic laity of Sydney in honour of the visit to this city of the Catholic prelates who took part in the festival last Sunday which marked the…

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