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Churches, 1891

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Catholic. Death of Father Michael Kelly, S.

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 14

ON Friday last the earth closed over the remains of a most devoted and [?] hearted priest, and in the poetry cemetery of Gore Bill at North Sydney-priest and laymen who knew and loved…

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Important Missions in St. Benedict's Parish. the Vincentian Fathers and Their Work

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 15

PROBABLY few outside the parish itself are aware of the success that attended the devoted labours of the Vincentian Fathers during the four weeks which trade the fine old church of St. Benedict's…

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Catholic. Cardinal Moran and the Persecuted Jews. a Letter of Sympathy

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 17

IN acknowledgment of pamphlets on the persecutions of the Jews in Russia, which have been sent by the Honorary Secretary (Mr. Coleman P. Hyman) of the Sydney branch of the…

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

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 June 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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Outrages in China. a Missionary Church Destroyed

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 9

CABLE reports from China still continue to coms to hand, stating that outrages have been com-mitted on Europeans. The French missionaries church at Loochow was destroyed by the Chinese mob…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 10

Dr. Camidge, Bishop of Bathurst, held three services in St. Barnebas's Church, Coonamble, on Sunday. At the afternoon service confirmation was administered, and in the evening a Masonic…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 9

Under this, [?]ling 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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Queensland Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 10

Our Brisbane correspondent writes under date June 8: On Sunday evening last a " people's service " was held in the Albert-street Wesleyan Church.The choir sang Stainer's anthem,…

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The Presbyterian Manse, Manley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 June 1891 · page 3

The ceremony of laving the foundation-stone of the above took place on Saturday afternoon. The occasion and the glorious weather combined to draw out a considerable number of the church members and…

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The English Presbyterian Synod

Evening News · Wednesday 17 June 1891 · page 2

It is 15 years (says a London contemporary) since the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of England was formed at Liverpool, through the union of two branches of the denomination…

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Queensland Churches

Evening News · Wednesday 17 June 1891 · page 5

Our Brisbane correspondent writes under date June 16: The Rev. G. D. Buchanan, pastor of the Wickham Terace Presbyterian Church, who recently retained from a visit to the south, preached…

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English Church News

Evening News · Wednesday 17 June 1891 · page 3

The Baptist and Congregational Union committees of England appear to be of one mind on the educational question, the following motion appearing in the programme of the annual…

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Church Robberies

The Australian Star · Thursday 18 June 1891 · page 6

WORKING jewellers are warned to be careful about receiving portions of church plate. Numerous churches have been robbed recently, and gold and silver vessels and…

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Launch of a Mission Vessel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 June 1891 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon witnessed the launch of a new vessel, built by Messrs. Ford Brothers, of Berry's Bay, North Shore, to the order of the Australasian Wesleyan…

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Launch of a New Mission Vessel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 June 1891 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon witnessed the launch of a new vessel, built by Messrs. Ford Bros., of Harry's Bay, North Shore, to the order of the Australasian Wesleyan Missionari Society. The christening ceremony (minus the usual bottle of…

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The Help the Mission Ten. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 June 1891 · page 6

Sir,—I read with great interest your leader in Saturday's issue on the work of the "Ladies' Evangelistic Association" and "King's Daughters." Your suggestion in regard to lectures for women…

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Church Robberies

The Australian Star · Friday 19 June 1891 · page 6

WORKING jewellers are warned to be careful about receiving portions of church plate. Numerous churches have been robbed recently, and gold and silver Vessels and…

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Russian Church Agents. Bribes and Converts. London, June 18

The Australian Star · Friday 19 June 1891 · page 5

A proselytising mission is being carried on by the Russian Church agents, who are offering wholesale bribes to secure converts. The efforts are directed mainly towards…

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The Russian Church. Wholesale Bribery of Converts

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 June 1891 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.--It is reported that Russian Church agents are carrying on a proselytising mission, and are offering wholesale bribes to secure converts…

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The Anglican Church in America

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 9

The Tablet, March 7th, 1891, publishes an article by the R.C. Canon Moyes, upon the teaching of the Anglican Episcopal Church in America, which there fills the place of the…

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