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Churches, 1891

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Nunnery Life in the Church of England. (Chapter I Continued.) My Reasons for Becoming a Sister

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 9

My mother waited another year, and came this time to the convent without writing, so that I might not be influenced beforehand. Oh ! mothers, little do you know the influence…

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Irish Churchmen to English Dissenters

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 3

The writer of the following letter was an Irish clergyman; the person to whom it was written was a Baptist minister in England, who had been brought to a…

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Questions for Sacerdotalists. Now No Sacrificing Priest--no Altar--no Sin Offering, in the Church of God

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 5

"Behold, we have our victim above, our priest above, our sacrifice above. Therefore let us offer such sacrifice as can be presented on that altar. No longer sheep and oxen--no…

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The Church and the Theatre

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 5

"Divers opinions with reference to the attitude of the Church to the theatre were expressed at the clerical conference held at the Chapter House last night.--DAILY…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 4

In connection with the Congregational Church Anniversary, Sutherland, a public meeting was held on Thursday evening. The building was beautifully decorated, and an…

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The Congregational Conference. Dr. Bevan on the Church in Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--At yesterday's sitting of the CEcumenical Conference of the Congregational Church the Rev. Dr. Bevan, of Melbourne, was among the…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 10

After his consecration as Bishop of Northern Queensland, Canon Barlow has expressed his intention of visiting England. Our Congregational friends report new churches…

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Principal Rainy and the Free Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 10

Nothing (says an English Church paper) in the proceedings of the Scotch Assemblies this year has been so notable as the ascendency of Principal Rainy. No English Church has…

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Queensland Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 10

Our Brisbane correspondent writes under date July 13: Sittings of the Presbyterian General Assembly of Queensland were continued at the Wickham Terrace Church-during the week under…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 9

Under this heading 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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Roman Catholic Charity Organisation

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 July 1891 · page 4

The society of St. Vincent de Paul was 10 years old yesterday, and the celebration of this founding of this charity organisation, which now numbers 20 branches in the city…

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The Anglican Synod

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 July 1891 · page 4

Summonses were yesterday issued for the meeting of the third session of the Diocesan Synod to open on Tuesday, August 4. The members are to meet in the Cathedral at 11…

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Eighth Anglican Synod

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 July 1891 · page 5

THE third session of the eighth synod of the Diocese of Sydney will be hold on Tuesday, August 5. The members of the synod are requested to meet at the Cathedral at 11…

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Church of England Temperance Society

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 July 1891 · page 7

The inauguration of the eighteenth anniversary of the Church of England Temperance Society was celebrated last night by divine service in the Cathedral. There was…

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A Catholic Mission to Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 July 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday, Noon. -- The Irish Order of St. Augustine has decided to send Father Anderson to Australia to collect funds towards tho erection of a National…

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The church and Labor

Evening News · Wednesday 22 July 1891 · page 4

LONDON, July 20.—The Rev. Thomas Roseby, Sydney, today read a paper before the Congregational Union Conference, in which he insisted upon the necessity of…

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Church Of England Temperance Society

Evening News · Wednesday 22 July 1891 · page 5

A choral service was held in St. Andrew's Cathedral on Monday evening, in connection with the annual testival of the Church of England Temperance Society. There was a good…

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Congregational Conference. the Church in Australia. London, July 21

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 July 1891 · page 5

At the meeting of the Congregational Conference to-day the Mr. J. Mullens, of Sydney, during the course of an address, stated that the Congregational…

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A National Church. London, July 21

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 July 1891 · page 5

The Irish Order of St. Augustine has decided to send the Rev. Father Anderson on a mission to the Australian colonies for the purpose of collecting funds for the erection…

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The Anglican Church and Spiritual Power. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 July 1891 · page 6

Sir,—Everywhere we observe signs of discontent, and nowhere more so than in the Church—not, indeed, exclusively the Church of England, but the Church universal. But it is with the communion which…

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