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Churches, 1890

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The Sydney Pulpit. Second Series. Trinity Congregational Church, Strathfield. Rev. Geo. Littlemore

Evening News · Monday 8 September 1890 · page 3

It may be safely predicted that few churches in Sydney or its suburbs present what has been called the " sweet reasonableness " of Christianity more thoroughly…

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Sydney City Mission

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 September 1890 · page 7

LAST Sunday afternoon the Chippendale branch of the Sydney City Mission, in conjunction with the Independent Order of Good Templars, conducted the second of the…

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Glebe Presbyterian Church. The Rev. A. Gardiner's Successor

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 September 1890 · page 3

AT a meeting of the parishioners of the Glebe Presbyterian Church it was decided to send a call to the Rev. Mr. M'Crea, of Croydon, England. Mr. M'Crea was out…

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The Ritualistic Movement. a Roman Catholic Bishop's Views

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 September 1890 · page 7

AT the conference last week (says the English Churchman of July 10) of the Roman Truth Society, Bishop Vaughan, of Salford, brother of the late Archbishop Vaughan,…

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Meetings. Church Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 September 1890 · page 6

The annual meeting of St. John's (Darlinghurst) Auxiliary to the Church Society was held in the schoolroom of St. John's last night. The very Rev. the Dean of Sydney occupied the chair, and there were…

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Catholic. at a Catholic Orphanage. Cardinal Moran in Nudgee

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 18

RECORDING the visit of the Cardinal-Archbishop and party to St. Vincent's Orphanage, Nudgee, Queensland, the AUSTRALIAN says:— The visitors repaired to the infant school,…

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A Presbyterian Minister in Disgrace

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 9

THE Presbytery of Sydney on Tuesday evening dealt with the case of the Rev. Andrew Gardiner, M. A., whose wife lately obtained a divorce. The accused did not attend, but sent a letter pleading…

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A Gallant Catholic Military Chaplain

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 17

THE London GAZETTE, August 1, notifies the promotion (of the Rev. R. F. Collins, Chaplain to the Forces Third Class, to be Chaplain to the Forces Second Class. "This is the priest," writes the…

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Catholic. the Cardinal Newman Requiem

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 14

IT is expected there will be a large gathering of prelates, clergymen, and laity at the Requiem in St. Mary's Cathedral on Thursday morning next. The choir, under Mr. Delany, have been preparing…

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The Bishop of Manchester. and Women's Mission

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 34

The Bishop of Manchester recently gave an eloquent address to the girls attending the Preston High Schools (England) on the higher education of women. Among his remarks he said that the objections to high…

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Precedence to Roman Catholic Princes. Protestants Indignant

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 6

The precedence accorded to Cardinal Manning over the Lord Mayor of London and the Archbishop of Canterbury at State gatherings is exciting…

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Improvements to the Church at Young

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 18

THE local papar draws attention to the great improvements in the St. Mary's Church, Young, made both by the Rev. Father M'Grath, during the time he had charge, but more particularly…

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Bishop Donnelly on Church Music in Australia. His Opinions and Suggestions

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 18

THE Right Rev. Dr. Donnelly in the LYRA ECCLESIASTICA—the gazette of the Irish Society of St. Cecilia—writes under the non de plume of "Globe Trotter" his impressions of Australia in…

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The Church and the Bishops

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 7

At last the See of St. Albans has been filled by the nomination of the Rev. Prebendary John Wogan Festing, the Vicar of Christ Church, Albany-street, to succeed Bishop…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 7

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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The Church, of England. Is It Going Romeward

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 8

At the conference, last week (said the ENGLISH CHURCHMAN of July 10), of the Roman Catholic truth Society, Bishop Vaughan (of Salford) read a paper, in the course of which he said that in…

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The Sydney Pulpit. Second Series. St. Michael's Church, Sukey Hills. Rev. E. D. MADGWICK

Evening News · Monday 15 September 1890 · page 2

The Protestant population of Sorry Hills is decidedly evangelical; and the services of St. Michael's are, of course, in keeping' with the prevailing ecclesiastical…

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Creating a Disturbance in a Church. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 September 1890 · page 5

A well-known coloured man, of powerful build, named Joachin Pierres, entered the Presbyterian Church, Watt-street, on Friday night, and created a disturbance. Upon being ejected he struck Mr. John…

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Sydney City Mission

The Australian Star · Wednesday 17 September 1890 · page 7

LAST Monday evening the Ragged School, Waterloo, was packed on the occasion of the first annual distribution of prizes in connection with the Sunday school of the Waterloo…

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Meetings. Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 September 1890 · page 9

On Monday evening in the Ranged School, Waterloo, the first annual distribution of prizes in connection with the Sunday School of the Waterloo branch of the Sydney City Mission took place. Mr. William White…

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