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Churches, 1891

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Presbyterian Assembly. Fourth Day

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 6

The Moderator took the chair at 10 a.m. Rev. Dr. STEEL drew attention to the omission of the name of the Rev. J. Ogilvie from the list of ministers admitted, which was…

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Presbyterian General Assembly. Third Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 7

The sittings of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales were continued in St. Stephen's Church on Thursday. The Rev. the Moderator presided…

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The Vincentian Mission at St. Mary's

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 15

THE Vincentian Fathers' mission at St. Mary's Cathedral has proved a wonderful success. The zealous missioners have preached to overflowing congregations during the week, and the…

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Catholic. the Franciscan Friary. Corner-stone Ceremony. a New Institution Happily Commenced

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 17

A BEAUTIFUL day, a large and distinguished gathering, and a noble display of generosity, were the leading features of the Franciscan Fathers' ceremony at Waverly on Sunday last. It is…

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Catholic. an Attack on 'The Passionist Fathers. a Cowardly Calumney-more Unfounded Statement

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 14

HAVING in our issue of last week completely exposed the Carmelite convent "sensa[?]n" which was got up for the silly season with charac-teristic clumsiness by a Sydney paper called the…

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Practical Christianity and Pure Theology. Published for the Benefit of Non-church Goers

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 3

True Christian Roligion, intelligently understood, comes not to add to men's burdons but to remove them. "For God sent not His Son into the world, to condemn…

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The Free Church

Evening News · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 4

LONDON, March 6.—At the meeting of the Commission of Assembly, yesterday, the Rev. Thomas Smith, D.D., Professor of Evangelistic Theology at New College,…

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Church Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 7

On Thursday evening the annual meeting of St. John's (Parramatta) Auxiliary to the Church Society was held in St. John's Schoolroom, the Ven. Archdeacon Gunther presiding. The balance-sheet showed…

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The Storyteller. St. Katherine's by the Tower. Part Ii. Chapter Iii.—the Church Service

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 526

You have now learned in what perilous waters we were all embarked. Sylvia, poor child, distraught and sick ot death; George lying also under the visitation of Heaven (unless the wise woman was right, and he was…

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What Is the Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 6

The following paper was read by the Rev. Dr. Wilkinson at the Church Association Meeting, Leamington, Jan. 8, 1891. In common language a building is…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 6

The Congregationalists of Watson's Bay have determined to erect a building to seat about 300 persons. For this purpose a site has been selected fronting the main road near the ferry…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 8

Under this healing 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 7 March 1891 · page 10

The foundation-stone of the new R.C. preshytery was laid at Muswellbrook on Sunday by Dr. Murray, Bishop of Maitland. Rev. Canon Anderson, of Hughenden, North…

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Queensland Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 9

Our Brisbane correspondent writes under data March 2: The Rev. J. Southey, rector of St. Pauls Anglican Church, Ipswich, who is leaving Queensland for mission work in China, preached his…

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St. John's Auxiliary to the Church Society. Annual Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 2

THE annual meeting of St. John's (Parramatta) Auxiliary to the Church Society was held in St. John's schoolroom on Thursday evening. The Von. Archdeacon Gunthor…

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Presbyterian Assembly

The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 3

THE Presbyterian Assembly sat on Saturday. The report of the treasury committee was presented. The statement of ledger balances December 31, 1890, showed credit balances…

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Presbyterian Assembly. Fifth Day

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 3

The Moderator took the chair shortly after 10 a.m. The report of the treasurership committee was presented by Mr. James Anderson. It…

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Presbyterian General Assembly. [Fifth Day, Saturday, March 7.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 11

The sittings of the Presbyterian General Assembly were continued in St. Stephen's Church on Saturday, the Very Rev. the Moderator in the chair. The report of the treasurership committee was brought…

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Cablegrams. (From Our Correspondent.) the Free Church of Scotland. London, March 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 7

Professor Thomas Smith, D.D., has been elected Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland. [Dr. Thomas Smith is Professor of Evangelistic…

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Presbyterian Assembly

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 March 1891 · page 3

THE chair was taken yesterday by the Rev. Robert Collie, moderator, at 10 o'clock. The report of the committee on church property, law and documents was presented by…

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