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Churches, 1893

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Church News

The Methodist · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 3

Corinda—Belford (Singleton Circuit)—A very successful Tea Meeting, was held on Queen's Birthday, with a concert in the evening, at which…

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Foreign Church News

The Methodist · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 1

The Wesley Memorial Fund now amounts to £9,200. It is hoped that the next District Meetings will make the sum up to £10,000…

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"Bethany." a Church of England Deaconess Institution

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 9

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 Church or the Kingdom of God. (Continued.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 7

O 'church of Christ, for thee I seek, Faithful, unwordly, pure, and meek, And like thy King in heart and mind, Doing the work by Him assigned…

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"Are the Churches a Failure? "

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 7

The first of a series of lectures to be delivered under the auspices of the Y.M.C.A., tho subject being "Are the Churches a Failure?" was given last…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 9

The religious and literary branch of the Church Guild met in.'St. James's Presbyterian Church, Burwood, on Wednesday evening last, the Rev. J. Ewen in the chair. Three…

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The Free Church of Scotland. Bequest From an Australian

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--Mr. Joseph Macdonald, formerly a grazier in New South Wales, has bequeathed the sum of £25,000 to the Free Church of Scotland…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 June 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 ore 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 17 June 1893 · page 9

A call to the permanent pastorate of the Woollahra Baptist Church has been accepted by the Rev. J. Hodgson. The Rev. James Worboys, of Manilla, has…

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Gamblers and Churches. to the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 7

SIR,—The Rev. Mr. Gainford in a sermon recently published in this journal, denounced in terms none too strong the tote and other gambling propensities of our youth, but he…

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Central Methodist Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 June 1893 · page 2

The announcement that Mme. Antoinette Sterling would take part in the "Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Service" at the Centenary-hall, York-street, yesterday, naturally…

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Debating Institutes. the Glebe Presbyterian Institute

The Australian Star · Monday 19 June 1893 · page 8

The above society met as usual on Monday, June 12, when the subject set down on the syllabus was "An Elocutionary Evening," arranged by Mr. Chandler. A very…

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Sunday Concerts. Protest by the Churches. Deputation to the Victorian Premier

The Australian Star · Monday 19 June 1893 · page 2

A large deputation, consisting of a number of clergymen, members of Parliament and others, and representing the Lota's Day Observance Society, the Council of Churches,…

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L.o.g.t. Mission Work

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 2

The grand chief templar, Mr. W. L. Dash, J.P., presided at the last monthly meeting of the executive council of the Grand Lodge of New South Wales I.O.G.T.,…

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Armenia. the Attack on the Mission

Evening News · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 4

LONDON, June 19.—Seventeen Armenians have been sentenced to death at Angora, Asiatic Turkey, including two professors of the Marsovan College, for being…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 2

The eleventh anniversary of St. John's Church of England (Balmain North) was celebrated on Sunday. The incumbent, the Rev. W. A. Charlton, delivered an…

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The Goulburn Cathedral Dispute. Church of England Property Trust V. Rossi

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 3

The long-deferred suit, in which the authorities of the Church of England, Diocese of Goulburn seek to obtain a judicial decision respecting the merits of the dispute…

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"The Nearer the Church," &c

Evening News · Wednesday 21 June 1893 · page 6

The tobacconist shop of Henry Heinze, at No. 10 Elizabeth-street, at the corner of Hunter-street, was broken into by thieves on Monday night Access was gained to the back premises, and the back…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 June 1893 · page 6

At a recent convention under the auspices of the Primitive Methodist Sunday-school Union held in the Albion-street Primitive Methodist Church there was a gratifying…

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Terrible Panic in a Church. Great Loss of Life

Evening News · Friday 23 June 1893 · page 4

LONDON, June 22.—A terrible panic oc­curred yesterday in a church near Moscow, in consequence of which 136 men and women were suffocated on a staircase…

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