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Churches, 1891

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Church Finances. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 May 1891 · page 9

Sir,—As the Primate intimated by circular a few weeks ago that he would soon hold a conference of clergy, churchwardens, and others interested, to consider the question of church finances, perhaps you…

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The Mission Barque John Williams

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 May 1891 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Pratt, the agent in Sydney for the London Mission Society, yesterday received advice from Captain Turpie of the safe arrival of the barque John Williams at…

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The Russian Jews. Joining the Lutheran Church. Emigration to Uruguay

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 May 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--To avoid further persecution, thousands of Russian Jews have expressed their desire to join the Lutheran Church. An edict has been…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 18

ST. Mary's, West Melbourne, being too small for the district, a new church on Gothic lines is to be built. The annual opposition of the relies of St…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 15

MOTHER Mary Kennedy has been appointed first provincial of the Good Shepherd nuns in Australia. She will in future reside at Abbotsford, near Melbourne. THE Rev. D. Nealon, of Essendon, diocese of…

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The Livingstonia Mission

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 9

The Livingstonia Mission of the Free Church, of Scotland in Nyassaland has a remarkable history, and gives promise of a singularly interesting future, (says an English contemporary). The…

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Hew Guinea Mission

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 9

A pleasant harbor excursion to Fern Bay took place on Saturday afternoon, complimentary to the Rev. Mark Guy Pearse and the Wesleyan Mission Party. About 1200 ministers and friends…

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Catholic Cadet Corps

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 15

MR. F. Shawelhood has been appointed drill-instructor to the various schools in the city and suburbs conducted by the Marist Brothers, in connection with, which cadet corps have been…

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A Presbyterian Divinity Hall

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 9

The question of a divinity hall for the training of Presbyterian ministers, otherwise than at St. Andrew's College, is discussed in the organ of the Presbyterian Church; and while thankfully…

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The China Inland Mission

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 9

The following incidents haye been published by the council: In response to the Rev. Hudson Taylor's appeal for evangelists for China, more than a year ago, the Rev. F. Frauson, the pastor of a…

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Sydney and Provincial Social Items, &c. St. Mary's Anglican Church, West Maitland

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 4

This Cathedral-looking Church is one of the most noteworthy ecclesiastical edifices north of Sydney, being of great architectural beauty. The foundation-stone was…

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Sydney and Provincial Social Items, &c. St. Mary's Anglican Church, West Maitland

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 4

This Cathedral-looking Church is one of the most noteworthy ecclesiastical edifices north of Sydneys being of great architectural beauty. The foundation-stone was…

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New Mission to Irish Romanists

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 9

The Banner of the Truth (the organ of the Irish Church Missions) says that a new itinerating mission has been set on foot by the committee. It is proposed to send workers by two…

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Catholic. a Protestant Bishop's Tribute to Catholic Self Sacrifice. Dr. Moorhouse on Religious Education

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 15

SAID Archbishop Carr in his speech at St. Patrick's, Melbourne, on Sunday evening last- " Have yon read that splendid testimony of Catholic faith and Catholic brotherhood and Catholic…

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Did General Sherman Die a Roman Catholic?

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 7

The report on Thursday that Rev. Father Byrnes bad administered extreme unction to General Sherman has raised some discussion as to the General's relation to the Roman…

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Attack on a Mission Station in China. London, May 14

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 1144

Intelligence has been received from Hongkong, to the effect that the Chinese attacked the Roman Catholic mission station at Wuhu, on the river…

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The Wesleyan Mission to New Guinea. (See illustration on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 19

The arrival in Sydney, and sojourn en route to New Guinea, of so large a mission party as was reported in our last week's issue, together with the numerous meetings held in the city, the…

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The African Slave Trade. Fearful Atrocities and Cannibalism. a Roman Catholic Expedition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night. -- From Zanzibar it is reported that Cardinal Lavigerie, with a caravan of 400 people, has started inland for the mission station on…

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Catholic. Father Gallagher on Federation and Culture. the True Greatness of a People

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 17

THE Very Rev. John Gallagher, ex-President of St. Patrick's College, Goulburn, and now Administrator of the Goulburn diocese, in the course of an eloquent address at Wagga Wagga last week…

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

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 7

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

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