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Churches, 1893

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 18

THE handsome new convent at Warwick, Queensland, is now in the hands of the Sisters of Mercy, although the building will not be formally opened until Sunday, March 19…

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Mission Service at Spring Hill

The Methodist · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 9

The Rev. Joseph Walker opened a ten days' mission in the Spring Hill Church on Monday evening, the 30th ult. The weather was…

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Catholic. the Cardinal and the Christening

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 15

A CHRISTENING by a Cardinal is something of a novelty in Australia. On Thursday of last week, at St. Mary's Cathedral, Cardinal Moran, with much ceremonial, bestowed the baptismal…

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Catholic. the Priest and the Organ

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 18

THE Sydney, correspondent of the CATHOLIC STANDARD, Tasmania, is responsible for the following ridiculous comment:- " At St. Patrick's, M. Wiegand is responsible for…

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Church of England Association

Evening News · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 7

The annual meeting of this association was held on Tuesday afternoon at the rooms of the association. Elizabeth-street. Mr. Justice Foster presided. Mr. Edmund Burton proposed, and Mr…

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Anglicanism Up to Date. Church Preferment

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 7

" A valuable living for sale in the suburbs of London Sale urgent. Prospects of early possession. Net income, £900. Light work. The best society. Practically no poor. Beautiful modern…

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New Church at Wingen

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 15

AMONG other zealous pastors who are keeping apace with the times, the name of the Rev. Fr. M'Grath, of Scone, is deserving at special recognition. Ever anxious to meet the growing wants…

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Church Property Affairs. No. Iii. Debts Crescendo

The Methodist · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 2

As against the gratifying facts re­ferred to in my last there have to be set off two considerations, which are the reverse of encouraging. The first…

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New Church Opening. Bell's Swamp (Armidale Circuit.)

The Methodist · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 2

A most successful picnic and tea meeting was held on Wednesday, Feb. 1st, to celebrate the opening of the new church in the above-named locality…

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Foreign Church News

The Methodist · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 1

The Leeds Central Mission is succeeding so well that scores are turned away every Sunday night. At one of the last Sacramental Services there were…

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Church News

The Methodist · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 5

Mudgee.—A successful circuit tea meeting was held in the school-room on Tuesday, 31st ult. On the previous Sabbath the Rev. R. Dyson preached…

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Great Flood in Queensland. Bundamba, Ipswich, and Goodna Under Water. Churches and Other Buildings, Submerged. People Fleeing to the Hills. Seven Men Drowned in a Submerged Mine. Four of a Family Drowned. the Highest Flood on Record

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 7

TOOWOOMBA, Sunday, 1 p.m.--Communication has been cut off from Brisbane since Friday afternoon, and no news is to hand from the capital of any sort. The following…

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The Church of Rome and the Children

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 7

Rome never loses sight of its children. The orphan may starve and the Church will not interfere, but let a kind-hearted Protestant pity the sufferer and at once the Church…

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"Bethany." a Church of England Deaconess' Institution

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 11

The above Institution was opened on August 17th, 1891. It may be considered a Branch of the great parent stem of Kaiserswerth, where Pastor Fliedner…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 9

Under this heading sermons by eminent preachers are published in this widely-circulated paper, in order that, in the remote interior, where the[?]e are no churches, and a clergyman is rarely seen, the stockman, the miner, the…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 9

The Church of England, Cullinga, held their annual picnic on February 1. The Rev. J. T. Warlowv Davies, M.A., pastor of the Newtown Congregational Church, intends…

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Waverley Wesleyan Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 9

On Sunday last anniversary services in conuoction with the Waverley Wesleyan Church were held, the Rev. W. G. Taylor preaching in the morning, and the Rev. J. A. Nolan in the evening,…

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Ashfield Presbyterian Church

Evening News · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Ashfield Presbyterian Church, Mr. J. A. Aitken, sessions clerk, in his report pointed oat that there were 204 communicants daring the past year as against 220…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 6

The Primitive Methodist Sabbath-school, Chapel-street, Marrickville, celebrated their anniversary on Sunday, the 5th inst., when the president of the conference (the Rev. W…

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Goulburn Gossip. a Municipal Muddle. Protection and Free-trade. Church Affairs. The Parkes Purchase -- An Unsatisfactory Transaction --Daring Burglary

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 8

A carious complication has arisen over the recent municipal elections, and one which is likely to be brought before the law courts. A short time ago one of the aldermen died,…

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