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Churches, 1893

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Catholic. Society of St. Vincent De Paul. the Annual Gathering. Address by Bishop Higgins

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 18

ON Sunday morning the members of the city and Guburban Conferences of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to the the number of 300 assembled at St. Brigids, Marrickville. For…

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The Church "Offertory " Up to Date

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 7

A country clergyman in England, tired of farthings and brass buttons, has started an annual offertory, held on a Sunday in Spring, to which fresh eggs are contributed by his parishioners, to…

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Public Services for To-morrow. (As Advertised in the S. M. Herald.) Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 7

St. Andrew's Cathedral.—8 and 11 a.m., holy comm[?]nion, 11, the Primate; 3.15, Canon Sharp; 7, the Precent[?]r. St. Matthew's, Bondi.—11, Rev. J. Best; 7, Rev. J. W…

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Church News

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 7
Also in The Methodist

Many here will be interested to know that the Rev. Dr. Parker has completed 24 year's pastorate at the City Temple, London. It may also interest church m[?]n to learn that a Congregational Church…

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Foreign Church News

The Methodist · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 1

Dr. D. J. Waller, as the representative of the British Wesleyan. Conference has been called upon on three different occasions to give evidence…

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"Bethany." a Church of England Deaconess' Institution

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 29 July 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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Necessary Chances in the Church of England. Lav Help

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 4

A few simple changes would materially assist the clergy, and be of benefit to the laity. The church of England may be said to be over clericalized, under laicized;…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 3

The annual dedication service and social tea were held at Ryde on Wednesday last. The Primate preached in the parish church at 5.30 p.m., and the tea was held in St…

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Christ Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 7

Is the name of the little wooden building built by Anglican residents for public worship, Sunday School work, and so forth. The place was locked up, so its interior could not be…

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The Congregational Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 7

To anyone present, who had been accustomed to visit the Parramatta Congregational Church eighteen months or two years ago, the sight, when the Rev…

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Among the Churches. St. John’s

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 7

At St. John’s (C.E.), the pulpit was occupied, on Sunday morning last, by the Rev. E. S. Wilkinson. The incumbent of the parish, the Ven…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 10

The Roman Catholic Church at Wellington is now being renovated and re-roofed at a cost of about £600. The Catholic Bishop of Grafton, Dr. Doyle,…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 9

Under this heading sermons by eminent preachers are published in this wldely-circulated paper, in order that, in the remote interior, where there are no churched, and a clergyman is rarely seen, the stockman, the minor, the…

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Dedication of St. Anne's Church, Strathfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 July 1893 · page 6

On Saturday afternoon the Primate dedicated the new Church of St. Anne at Strathfield, in the presence of a large congregation. The new building, which is beautifully situated on rising ground, commanding…

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Dedication of a New Church. St. Anne's at Strathfield

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 July 1893 · page 3

The dedication service in connection with the opening of the new church of St. Anne's, Strathfield, took place on Saturday afternoon, the Primate (Dr. Saumarez Smith),…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 July 1893 · page 3

The first meeting of the newly formed Teachers' Mutual Improvement Association in connection with the Primitive Methodist Sunday-school Union was held on Friday…

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China. More Anti-mission Riots

Evening News · Tuesday 1 August 1893 · page 4

LONDON, July 31.—The Chinese have destroyed the Roman Catholic mission station at Meingan, near Hankow, China…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. Anti-christian Outbreak in China. a Mission Station Destroyed. London, July 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 August 1893 · page 5

The Chinese have destroyed the Roman Catholic mission station at Meinyan, in the Hangkow district, China…

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Wesleyan Methodist Foreign Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 August 1893 · page 5

The Rev. B. Danks, secretary for Victoria and Tasmania of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Foreign Mission, delivered a lecture in the Wesleyon Schoolroom, Waverloy, last night. The Hon. E…

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