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Churches, 1891

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The Goulburn Anglican Synod

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 5

GOULBURN, Thursday.--At the synod meeting this afternoon Mr. Isaac Shepherd asked who was the proper person to institute proceedings should a person be found guilty of…

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Miss Ackerman's Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 3

In the Balmain Skating Rink on Tuesday evening, Miss Ackerman addressed a crowded audience on the subject of her travels in relation to the temperance question. On Wednesday afternoon in the same building, a…

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Amusements. Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 6

On Wednesday evening the Minnionp-hall, Chippendale, was crowded on the occasion of the first entertainment arranged by the missionary, Mr. Seddon, for the year 1891. Mr. W. Bowen presided, and a…

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The Church of England and the Unemployed. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 3

Sir,--There is a natural diffidence in all of us, I suppose, to say anything in deprecation of a scheme which is motived by an honest desire to do something to alleviate distress ; but I do…

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The Anglican Priest

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 10

I Love the Church of England, Her Liturgy stiblime, Her Rubrics and her Articles, A gift of olden time…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 15

AT St. Patrick's Ecclesiastical Seminary, Manly, studies will be resumed on Saturday, 14th February, when the Christmas vacation ends. THE half-yearly meeting of A. H. C. Guild will…

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Sydney City Mission

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 2

LAST Wednesday evening the Mission Hall, Chippendale, was crowded on the occasion of the first entertainment arranged by the missionary, Mr. Seddon, for the year 1891…

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Catholic. the Catholic Missionaries in New Guinea. a Tribute From Sir William Macgregor

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 17

IN the annual report of the Administrator for British New Guinea, Sir William Macgregor pays the following tribute to the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart:—…

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The Parish Priest of Scone. the Ceremony by Bishop Murray

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 17

THE Catholic community of Scone (writes our correspondent) were all astir on the occasion of the official visit of his Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Murray, Bishop of Maitland. Three masses…

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A Catholic Hospital for Melbourne. the Sisters of Charity

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 15

WE understand that the Sisters of Charity will, as soon as circumstances permit, commence the erection of an hospital for the sick of Melbourne. To found such an institution (says the ADVOCATE)…

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Catholic. the Cardinal and the Cathedral. a Memorial to Archpriest Therry and Archdeacon M'encroe

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 14

HIS Eminence the Cardinal-Archbishop, addressing the monthly meeting in connection with St. Mary's Building Fund, on Sunday evening last gratefully reviewed the work of the past year, and…

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New Church at Milton

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 15

THE ceremony of the formal opening and dedication of the new church at Milton will be performed by the Right Re. Dr. Higgins on Sunday, the 18th inst. The ceremony will be followed by…

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The Church of England and the Unemployed

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 3

"We feel much sympathy with the effort of a number of clergymen of the English Church to do something to alleviate the distress which arises from scarcity of…

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A Scene in a Church. a Religious Maniac

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 9

At the Fitzroy (Melbourne) Police Court on Monday, a middle-aged man of respectable appearance, was charged with obstructing divine service at St. Mark's Church, Fitzroy, on Sunday…

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Church of England Temperance Society

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 8

The usual monthly meeting of the Church of England Temperance Society was held in St. Peter's Schoolroom, Woolloomooloo, on Monday evening. There was a large attendance. The…

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Lord Randolph Churchill

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 7

The following passage was originally written nearly two years ago:--"The English, said Montesquieu, like a man to be a man. There in in that phrase a hint of the…

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Church of England and Unemployed. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 9

Sir, -- Whenever any new departure comes before the public there are a great number of persons ready to anticipate difficulties which may never arise, and even if they do are no…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 6

Rey, W. G. Taylor, of the York-street Wesleyan Church, and the Rev. H. R. Pigott, of the Baptist Missionary Society, Colombo, Ceylon, are announced to preach to-morrow…

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Congregational Church, South Head

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 10

A tea meeting was held at Watson's Bay, on January 14, under the presidency of the Rev. Dr. Roseby, chairman of the Congregational Union. The music was given by members of the Petersham Social G[?]…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 10

The Primate preached for the first time in St. Michael's, Moore Park, on Sunday evening. It is contemplated to amalgamate the Sydney and Newcastle official organs of the Primitive…

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