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Churches, 1891

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A Church Jubilee

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 April 1891 · page 6

The 50th anniversary of the opening of St. Bartholomew's, Prospect, was celebrated on Sunday. The church was decorated, and the walls adorned with texts. There was a very…

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Anglican Synod

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 April 1891 · page 4

It is proposed to hold a special session of the eighth synod of the diocese of Sydney on Tuesday, April 28, to receive the "report of the select committee to whom was referred on…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 April 1891 · page 4

The annual meeting of St. Philip's Church, Auburn, was held on Monday evening, the Rev. E. A. Colvin, incumbent, presiding. Increases were reported in the contributions and…

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General Meetings. Church of England Lay Readers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 April 1891 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Church of England Lay Readers' Association was held on Tuesday, at the Chapter House, when the annual report was presented and adopted. The report…

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Catholic Weddings

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 19

AMIDST a profusion of fair and flagrant flowers and with music leading its romantic charm Miss Grace M'Donold was married to Mr. Percy M'Donnell in the church of our Lady of the…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 15

THE bazaar in aid of St. Joseph's Providence, which was to have been held in November last, but had to be postponed in consequence of the strike, will be held in June this year…

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Catholic Federation Delegates

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 15

THERE were five Catholic delegates, four of them Irishmen, at the Federation. Convention just closed in Sydney. New South Wales was represented by Sir Patrick Jennings, Queensland by the…

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Catholic. Passionist Missions

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 15

WE learn from the diocese of Wilcannia that Father Ambrose, C.P., opened a series of minions on Sunday, which ate to include Cobar, Nymagee, and Nyngan. On the same day Father Patrick…

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Primitive Methodist Bazaar

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 7

This undertaking was opened on Wednesday afternoon under most unauspicious circumstances. The weather of the two days previous had been of a drizzly and…

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Zenana Bible and Medical Mission

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 9

The work of the Zenana, Bible, and Medical Mission has peculiar claims on the sympathy and Pecuniary support of Evangelical Christians. It is not ashamed to call itself a Protestant Society,…

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'Tributes to a Catholic Statesman

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 15

"WHILE in Sydney Sir Samuel Griffith, Premier of Queensland, received a telegram from the Earl of Kintore, from Port Darwin, saying was much shocked to hear of Mr. Macrosan's sudden death…

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Some Baptist Mission Work in China

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 8

Of the Baptist Mission at Tsing Chow Fee, Mr. Glover, one of the representatives of the English committee, says: " It seemed to us to be work of the best kind, pursued with great vigor, and…

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Catholic. St. Mary's Cathedral. the Annual Building Fund Meeting. Speech by the Catholic Mayor of Sydney

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 18

The annual building fund meeting was held in St. Mary's Cathedral after Benediction on Sunday evening last. As in former years, the sanctuary was temporarily used as a platform. His…

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A Voice Prom the Apostolic Church of Rome to the Modern Papal Church of Rome. (Continued.) Roman Catholic Brethren

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 7

You are informed by your spiritual guides that for the sins committed by you after baptism and against grace yon owe a temporal penalty to the divine justice, although the…

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The New Mayor of Sydney. a Catholic Native Elected

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 16

A SPECIAL meeting of the Municipal Council of Sydney was held in the Town Hall last Friday, for the purpose of electing a Mayor. The Acting-Mayor (Mr. Burdekin) presided, and the whole of…

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Practical Christianity and Pure Theology. Published for This Bunefit of Non-church Goers

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 7

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

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The Bank and the Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 15

MR. John Hughes, one of the hon. treasurers of St. Mary's Cathedral Building Fund, speaking at the annual meeting on Sunday evening, remarked that although the treasurers found themselves at…

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Musical Service at the Conference of the Church Association, February 10Th, 1891

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 6

On Friday morning the Conference was resumed, Mr. E. C. Boville presiding. After the singing of a hymn, prayer was offered by the Rev. W. Wallace…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 10

A tea meeting to welcome the Rev. T. E. Clouston, B.A., as minister in the Glebe Presbyterian Church was held in the hall under the church on Thursday aud proved a great success,…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 8

The new Roman Catholic Church at Crookwell will be formally blessed and opened on Sunday next by Dr. Lanigan, Bishop of Goulburn. The New Zealand Congregational Union set…

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