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Churches, 1893

2,190 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 110

The Churches. Council of Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 12

The monthly meeting of the Council of the Churches was held on Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Y.M.C.A. rooms. The meeting, in consequence of the Easter holidays,…

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Prospect. St. Bartholomew’s Church Anniversary

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 3

THE fifty-second anniversary of St. Bartholomew’s Church was commemorated on Sunday last, when also a harvest thanksgiving :service took place. .. The Rev. P. Anderson officiated,…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 10

For the erection of a parsonage in connection with St. Luke's C. E., Concord, the tender of Mr. J. Tapish has been accepted for the sum of £1239…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 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 there are no churches, and a clergyman is rarely seen, the stockman, the miner, the…

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Easter Vestry Meetings. St. Phillips Church, Auburn

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 8

THE annual vestry meeting of St. Phillips Church, Auburn, was held on Monday last. The vicar (Rev. E. A. Colvin) presided and their was a good attendance of parishioners…

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Old St. John's. Ninetieth Anniversary. The Old Records. How the Church Was Built and Altered. The First marriage. The Obituary Panel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 7

SPECIAL reference was made in this church on Sunday last to the anniversary of the opening of the first substantial church in this town, April 10, 1893. The preacher (Archdeacon…

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The Sweating Evil. Meeting in the Wesley Church. Melboubne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1893 · page 5

A public meeting was held at the Wesley Church this afternoon for the discussion of the sweating evil from its social, moral, and spiritnal aspect. The church was thronged…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 April 1893 · page 4

The first anniversary of the Church of the Covenant was celebrated with special services on Sunday, the 16th inst., at the temporary church, Abercrombie-street, Redfern…

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Sydney City Mission

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 April 1893 · page 7

A very successful week of special meetings in connection with the Waterloo and Alexandria branch of the Sydney City Mission was brought to a close on Sunday night in…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 April 1893 · page 4

A successful week of special meetings in connection with the Waterloo and Alexandria branch of the Sydney City Mission was brought to a close on Sunday night, when…

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The Church and the Social Problem

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 April 1893 · page 3

The Rev. George Walters delivered a sermon on Sunday evening, in the Hyde Park Unitarian Church, on "The Church and the Social Problem." He said it was time that…

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Central Methodist Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 5

A reunion of the Central Methodist Committee, Evangelists, Sisters of the Mission, and Workers, was held at the Centenary Hall, York-street, last night. Tea was provided at 6.30, and a large…

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Hews by Cable. Panic in a Church. Women and Children Crushed to Death

Evening News · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 4

LONDON, April 25.—A terrible panic occurred yesterday in, a church in Naples. During divine service a fire was discovered in the building, and led to a panic among…

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Panic in a Church. Women and Children Crushed to Death. London, April 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 7

A fire broke out in a church in Naples, and led to a panic amongst the worshippers. Five children and eight women were crushed to death in the stampede…

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Church of England Sunday-school Institute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Church of England Sunday-school Institute was held in the Chapter[?] house last evening. The Primate, Dr. S[?]marez Smith, presided. The attendance, which numbered…

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Fire in a Church. a Panic-stricken Congregation. Women and Children Trampled to Death. LONDON, April 25

The Australian Star · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 5

During the progress of service in a church at Naples a fire broke out in the edifice. The congregation became panic-stricken, and during the rush for the doors which…

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Panic in a Church. Women and Children Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday, Noon.--Telegrams from Naples report that a fatal panic has occurred in a church in that city. Fire was discovered in the church, and in the…

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Outrage in a Belfast Ironworks. Attempt to Hang a Roman Catholic Workman

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--From Belfast it is reported that a number of Orangemen employed in an ironworks yesterday attempted to hang a fellow-workman…

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A Roman Catholic Panic in Belfast. Hundrfds of Workmen Leaving the Town. Factory Girls Stoned and Threatened

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.-- Hundreds of Roman Catholic workmen have left Belfast to find employment elsewhere, as they wore in fear of their lives from the…

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The Church om Finance

Evening News · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 2

Lecturing on the words "Do Justly," the Rev. P. M. Flerin (Church of England), at Tarago, said that the churches are afraid to condemn such crimes as are included in financial frauds,…

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