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Churches, 1891

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Catholic Claims in New Zealand. the Private Schools Bill Defeated

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 17

ONCE again (says the CATHOLIC TIMES, Wellington), the Parliament of New Zealand, asked to render commonest justice to a persecuted section of the community, has demonstrated that it has…

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Mr. Santley and the Handel Festival. a Triumph for the Great Catholic Artist

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 18

THE London papers to hand by the mail have great accounts of the three days' Handel Festival. The strength of the chorus was 3000 voices, and the orchestra was composed of 497 picked…

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

Nepean Times · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 2

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

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Father Therry's Church in Hobart. a Proposed Jubilee Celebration

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 15

ALMOST every Catholic who has visited Hobart, Tasmania, knows the old church built by Father Therry. St. Joaeph's was opened on Christmas, 1841, by a midnight Missa Cantata, celebrated by…

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A Church Picture

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 15

SENIOR Loureiro has just completed a most interesting picture, destined for the Church of St. Francis, Melbourne, and executed to the order of a gentleman who does not wish his name made…

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Nunnery Life in the Church of England. Chapter Iv. the Vow of Chastity

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 6

The Vow of Chastity is broken by allowing any part of the arm to be seen above the wrist, so that if we should be engaged in clearing furniture, or scrubbing floors, or…

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Church Feast

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 11

THE feast of the Portiuncula in St. Joseph's Church, Woollahra, on Sunday last, was kept observed with appropriate solemnity. Large numbers visited the…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 6

The anniversary of the induction of Rev. J. W. Inglis as minister of St. Andrew's Church, Parramatta, was celebrated by special services in the church on Sunday last…

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Mr. Parnell's Position. Opposition of Church and Press

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night. -- Dr. Walsh, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, has again expressed his condemnation of Mr. Parnell's claim to the continued…

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Queensland Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 10

Our Brisbane correspondent writes under date August 3: Special efforts are being made by the Bible in State Schools League for the purpose of obtaining such a change in the law as to provide…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 9

Under this healing 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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Scene in the Wesleyan Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 3

MANY people acquainted with that eccentric old fellow, Ben. Denning, will regret to hear of the misfortune that has overtaken him. He was always regarded as peculiar, but recently…

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St. Andrew's Church, Parramatta. Anniversary of the Settlement of Rev. J. W. Inglis

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 7

DURING the week the first anniversary of the settlement of the Rev. J. W. Inglis as Minister of St. Andrew's Church, Parramatta, was celebrated. On Sunday morning the Rev. W. S…

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A Fight in a Pulpit. "Scene" in a Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 9

A SCANDALOUS scene took place in a Baptist Church at Mandalin, New York, on May 3 between the pastor and trustees. Eight months ago the…

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Anglican Synod

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 August 1891 · page 7

The third session of the eighth synod of the Diocese of Sydney was held at the Chapter House, Bathurst-street, on four evenings of last week, under the presidency of the Primate (Dr. Sanmaroz…

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The Anglican Synod and the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 August 1891 · page 6

Sir,—The remarks made by Messrs. EvansJones and Garnsey at the Anglican Synod should not be allowed to pass unnoticed, and I trust that in the interests of the general public—Dissenters as well as…

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A Church of England School for Girls. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 August 1891 · page 8

Sir,—In glancing through to-day's paper I was delighted to see that at last the Church of England people are waking up to the necessity of the establishing of a school for our girls. I do think for our girls a…

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The Church Synod and Mr. Spurgeon

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 August 1891 · page 6

The Rev. George Walters delivered a discourse last night in the Unitarian Church on "The Second Creation Story and the Legend of the Fall of Man." There was a crowded…

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Young News. Good Templars Mission. Bad Roads. YOUNG

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 August 1891 · page 6

The Rev. C. T. Tucker, G.L.V.D. Good Templars, commenced a two nights' mission at the Temperance Hall here last evening in connection with the Star of…

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The Anglican Synod and Mr. Spurgeon. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 August 1891 · page 3

Sir, -- I venture to think that whatever good Church work may have been accomplished during the sittings of the late Anglican Synod it has been nullified by the…

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