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Churches, 1891

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“Church Finance”—A Lecture

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening last a lecture was delivered in St. John’s schoolroom, Parramatta, by the Rev. J. Dixon, on “ Church Finance.” The lecture was delivered in connection with the…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 10

The Revs. J. Berry, W. Morley, and Mr. A Caughtley, the New Zealand delegates to the Wesleyan Methodist Ecumenical Conference at Chicago, left Auckland for America on Monday…

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The Established Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 10

Af the jubilee meeting of the colonial bishop[?]ics' fund, held in June last, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone made a very interesting speech on the growth of the Church of England in the…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 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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Queensland Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 9

Our Brisbane correspondent writes under date August 17: A very successful people's service was held on Sunday evening at the Albert-street Wesleyan…

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Cadet Church Parade

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 45

The public school cadets of Sydney and suburbs attended a church parade on Sunday. There were 1557 of all ranks present, including contingents from the Roman Catholic colleges…

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Aborigines Mission. London, August 22

The Australian Star · Monday 24 August 1891 · page 5

Miss Clark read a paper at the last meeting of the British Association at Cardiff dealing with the aborigines of West Australia. She asserted that the mission…

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Profaning a Church

Evening News · Monday 24 August 1891 · page 4

LONDON, August 22.-A rising took place at Assigonia, Greece, arising out of the action of a number of Turkish. soldiers in profaning a Christian church, in the town…

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Roman Catholic Reforms. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 August 1891 · page 3

Sir,--I can with safety endorse every word of the two letters in Saturday's Telegraph re the management of our schools in the archdiocese. It is much to be regretted that his…

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Church and State. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 August 1891 · page 6

Sir,—Being utterly opposed to State interference in religious matters, I am sorry I did not hear the lecture on "The desirability of an Established Church," by the Rev. H. L. Jackson, on Sunday afternoon. Upon…

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Anglican Church Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 August 1891 · page 5

A fairly well attended conference of clergymen and laity connected with the Anglican Church, which is to last three days, was commonced at St. David's Church, Surry Hills, yesterday afternoon, under…

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Church Conference

Evening News · Wednesday 26 August 1891 · page 3

A conference for the promotion of the spiritual life of the Church of England was commenced in St. David's Church on Tuesday afternoon. The subject of the conference, which is to extend…

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Extraordinary Outrage. a Church Burnt Down

Evening News · Wednesday 26 August 1891 · page 3

ALBURY, Wednesday.-All outrage of an extraordinary character is reported from Moyhu, a place on the other side of the "Murray. It appears that a pariy of young men, well known in…

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The Established Church

Evening News · Wednesday 26 August 1891 · page 6

At the jubilee meeting of the colonial bishoprics' fund, held in June last, the Eight Hon. W. E. Gladstone made a very interesting speech on the growth of the Church of England in the…

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An Extraordinary Outrage. a Church Burned Down

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 August 1891 · page 5

ALBURY, Tuesday.--An extraordinary occurrence is reported from across the border, in the locality of Moyhu, known as the "Kelly country," through being the…

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A Church Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 August 1891 · page 6

A conference for the promotion of the spiritual life of the Church of England, much on the lines which for years past have been adopted and carried out by other churches,…

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The Wesleyan Mission at New Guinea

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 August 1891 · page 4

News has been received in Sydney of the death of three of the Wesleyan mission party at Dobu, New Guinea, viz., two native women and a child. The whole of the party…

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Sir Alfred Stephen and Anglican Dogma. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 August 1891 · page 8

Sir,—When the subject of the extension of causes for divorce was under discussion in the Legislative Council during its session last year, you kindly published two letters I wrote to you in reference…

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Church Conference

Evening News · Thursday 27 August 1891 · page 5

The sittings of the conference in connection with the Church of England were continued at St. David's Church, Surry Hills, on Wednesday. Rev. T. B. Tress presided in the afternoon, when…

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Closing a Church

Evening News · Thursday 27 August 1891 · page 6

LONDON, August 25.-In consequence of the stench, arising from the numerous corpses hurled in the vaults beneath the building, the Church of St. Mary…

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