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Churches, 1892

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Outrage in a Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 16

THE soldier Alsino, who, on Good Friday, secreted himself in a church at Anglesoa, in Spain, and during service attacked the priest in a brutal manner, afterwards shooting a woman in…

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Church and State in France

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 16

PRESIDENT Carnot has stopped the payment of the salaries of the Archbishops of Avignon and Nimes for disobeying his order interdicting the clergy from referring to political questions in the pulpit…

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Church Labour Farm. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 10

Sir,—I read with deep interest your account in yesterday's issue of the Church labour farm or settlement inaugurated by the Rev. J. D. Langley. The undertaking has a true ring about it that should…

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A Powerful Sermon. Albury Wesleyan Church

The Methodist · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 7

A correspondent who was present says:—"On Sunday morning, May 1st, there was a small congregation, numbering about 65, including children…

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Church News

The Methodist · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 5

Bourke.—A social gathering was held on 26th ult. A good number attended, and a delightful evening was spent in friendly intercourse. Messrs…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 3

A social gathering of the parishioners of St. Thomas', Balmain, was held on Thursday evening in the school-hall. The hall was neatly decorated and the attendance large…

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Prospect. St. Bartholomew’s Church. Anniversary

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 3

The fifty-first anniversary of this interesting old Church was celebrated with every demonstration of reverent rejoicing on Sunday, May 1st, when the Rev. George Middleton, the…

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Congregational Church. Departure of the Rev. C. Taylor

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 6

ON Sunday last the Rev. Charles Taylor, pastor of the Congregational Church, Parramatta, held his farewell services—prior to his departure for his new pariah, South Melbourne,…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 10

The Presbyterian General Assembly of Queensland held its annual session last weet. The Very Rev. Dean Slattery, late of Cooma, was inducted as parish priest of Newtown on…

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Church and State in France. the Pope's Letter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 10

LONDON, May 7.—The Pope has issued a further pastoral letter to the French cardinals on the subject of their attitude towards the State. He urges upon the…

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Queensland Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 10

The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland met in the Wickham Terrace Church, Brisbane, on the evening of May 3, when the Rev. Alexander Hay, D.D., retiring…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 9

Under this heading sermons by eminent preachers are published in this widely-circulated paper, n 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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North Sydney Churches. No. III. (See illustrations'on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 19

The French have a saying respecting the' British race which delicately satirises the humid climate of Great Britain as well as hints the destructive nature of its inhabitants: " Its a fine…

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Anti-opium Crusade. Cheok Hong Cheong's Mission

The Australian Star · Monday 16 May 1892 · page 3

A NUMBER of members of Parliament assembled in one of the committee-rooms of the House of Commons on March 21, under the presidency of Sir J. Pease, to hear an…

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Arrival of Mr. Playford at Brisbane. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) His Views on the Kanaka Labour Question Misrepresented. His Mission to India. Suitable Labour for Tropical Australia. the Transcontinental Railway. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 May 1892 · page 6

Mr. Thomas Playford, who was a passenger by the Airlie, arrived in Brisbane to-night. Sir Thomas M'Hwraith, the Colonial Treasurer, acaccompanied by several other gentlemen,…

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The Church Dispute at Goulburn. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 May 1892 · page 6

The churchwarden difficulty continues, and Canon Puddicombe is not to preach at St. Saviour's Cathedral to-morrow. In reference to the request of a number of parishioners, Canon Paddicombe has…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 May 1892 · page 4

Anniversary services in connection with the Point Piper-road Congregational Church were held yesterday. At the morning service the Rev. J. G. Fraser, M.A., principal of Camden…

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The City Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 May 1892 · page 6

The thirtieth annual meeting of the City Mission was held in the Y.M.C.A.-hall last evening, the chair being occupied by Judge Wilkinson and the hall fairly well filled…

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Sydney City Mission

Evening News · Tuesday 17 May 1892 · page 7

His Honor Judge Wilkinson presided at the annual meeting of the above mission, held at the Y.M.C.A. rooms last night, There was a good attendance. The report, which was road by the…

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Meetings. Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 May 1892 · page 6

The thirteenth annual meeting of the Sydney City Mission was held in the main hall of the Young Men's Christian Association rooms last evening Mr. Justice Wilkinson presided, and there was a…

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