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Churches, 1890

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Young Folks. Just About Jesus. (Lines written for a little girl who wanted to recite at a Church concert.)

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 709

I am asked to recite, but I'm sure I can't tell What you'd like me, dear friends, to rotate. I feel rather nervous—but that can't be helped — I'll only get worse if I wait…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 6

The anniversary of the Wesleyan Church at Dural was celebrated on Sunday and Monday last, the Rev. G. Martin being the officiating minister. At the social reunion on Monday…

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Miscellaneous News. the Churches and the Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 5

Beside the effort made by a large number of ministers to bring about a settlement of the strike, wo are informed that in some of the churches special prayer meetings have been held…

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Wesleyan Church Anniversary

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 4

THE members of the Wesleyan Church, Macquarie-street, celebrated their fifth anniversary on Sunday last. The services were conducted by the Rev. Raneford Bavin. The…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 September 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 clergyman is rarely seen, the stockman, the miner, the…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 9

The stipends of Congregational ministers in the country districts of Victoria are in some cases £180, in no case more than £200 per year, and they have charge of perhaps four or five churches…

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Parramatta Wesleyan Church. Anniversary "At Home."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 2

THE anniversary services of the Parramatta Wesleyan Church were held on Sunday last, the Rev. J. Bavin preaching morning and evening. There was a largo congregation in the…

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Adelaide Anglican Cathedral. Adelaide

The Australian Star · Monday 29 September 1890 · page 7

The Earl of Kintore laid the foundation stone of the extension of St. Peter's Anglican Cathedral on Saturday in the presence of about 4000 spectators, including the…

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Extension of the Anglican Cathedral, Adelaide. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 September 1890 · page 5

The foundation-stone of the extension of St. Peter's Anglican Cathedral was laid by the Earl of Kintore with full Masonic honours on Saturday afternoon, in the presence of about 4000…

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COUNTRY. Church Parade

The Australian Star · Monday 29 September 1890 · page 5

PARRAMATTA, Monday.-- The church parade of friendly societies at Parramatta yesterday (Sunday) resulted less successfully sp far as the main issue was concerned…

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New Guinea Mission Work

The Australian Star · Tuesday 30 September 1890 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday.-- At a meeting last night, at which the Governor occupied the chair, and Bishop Webber and other influential persons were present, resolutions…

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Temperance Mission

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 October 1890 · page 5

NOWRA, Wednesday.-- The Rev. B. Smith, of Leichhardt, Sydney, concluded a very successful temperance mission on Monday night. His meetings on Saturday,…

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Sydney City Mission

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 October 1890 · page 7

LAST Monday evening a picturesque entertainment was given in the Ragged School, Waterloo, in connection with the Waterloo branch of the Sydney City Mission, there…

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The Friendly Societies’ Church Parade

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 1 October 1890 · page 2

The annual Church Parade of the Parramatta and District Friendly. Societies was held on Sunday last, and looking at it from the point of attendance at the ceremony and the…

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Fancy Fair at Newtown. Cardinal Moran on Catholic Education

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 October 1890 · page 6

A fancy fair in aid of the funds of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Macdonaldtown, was opened in t[?] St. George's Hall, Newtown, yesterday afternoon. There was a moderate attendance of the…

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A Woman Crusader. Miss Ackerman's World's Mission. the Work of the W.c.t.u

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 October 1890 · page 5

Miss Jessie R. Ackerman, the globe-touring organiser connected with that now powerful combination the Women's Christian Temperance Union, is certainly not unknown to the…

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Meetings. the City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 October 1890 · page 6

The new City Mission Hall, William-street, Paddington, was openod on Sunday afternoon, September 28 The Rev. John Furdyce, M.A., conducted the opening service. His address was of a practical…

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The New Anglican Primate

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 October 1890 · page 10

THE new Anglican Primate, Dr. Smith, arrived in Sydney on Tuesday, and received an enthusiastic welcome. In the afternoon an address of welcome was presented…

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Death of a Catholic Artist

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 October 1890 · page 17

JOSEPH Augustin Clarke, one of the best known men in artistic and literary circles in Brisbane, has passed away. Mr. Clarke was at the time of his death in his 51st year. He came to Australia…

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A Victory for Catholic Education

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 October 1890 · page 5

A victory has been scored on the Education question. Thanks to the Archbishop of Dublin's unfailing persistence in pressing the claim of the Denominational Trailing College to…

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