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Churches, 1893

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The Canterbury Presbyterian Church

The Australian Star · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 2

The reopening of the Canterbury Presbyterian Church, which has stood closed for over three years, took place on Sunday afternoon in the presence of a large congregation…

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Sydney City Mission

The Australian Star · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 7

The anniversary services of the Sydney City Mission Sunday-school (Waterloo and Alexandria branch) were held in the Mission Hall, Mitchell-road, Alexandria, last…

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A Church Dispute. a Small Collection

The Australian Star · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 8

At Marylebone on December 13, Alfred Benjamin Fox, a builder and undertaker, of 76 Weedington-road, Kentish Town, was summoned by the Rev. J. G. Medland,…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 3

Canterbury Presbyterian Church, which has been closed for a number of years, was reopened on Sunday afternoon by the Rev. W. Dill Macky, of Scots Church, a large…

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Protestantism in Madrid. Rioting Against the Opening of a Church

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Serious rioting has taken place in Madrid in connection with the opening of the first Protestant Church in that city. The populace violently…

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Granville Presbyterian Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 8

The annual congregational meeting of the Granville Presbyterian Church was held in the school church, Hutchinson-street, on Monday evening. The Rev. R. Jackson, M.A.,minister of the church,…

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The Pigeon's Mission

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 2

For days the shipwrecked crew had been starving in an open boat at sea, and no hope of seeing land had dawned for them. Among the passengers was an orphan, Lilla…

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Ashfield Presbyterian Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1893 · page 8

The annual business meeting of the Ashfield Presbyterian Church was held on Tuesday evening. The Rev. J. Auld, M. A., presided. The report of the session, read by Mr. J. A. Aitken, session clerk,…

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Ocean-street Congregational Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1893 · page 7

The anniversary meeting of the Ocean-street Congregational Church was held on Wednesday evening. The pastor (the Rev. C. Moon) was in the chair. There were also on the platform the Revs. J…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1893 · page 2

The half-yearly meeting of the Leichhardt and District Ministerial Association was held in the Presbyterian Church, Marion-street, on Monday, the chair being occupied…

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The Scotch and Welsh Churches. Immediate Disestablishment Demanded

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The Scotch and Welsh members of the House of Commons demand the immediate introduction of legislation for the disestablishment of the…

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Presbyterian Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 2

The annual congregational meeting of the Granville Presbyterian Church was held in the school church, Hutchinson-street, on Monday evening. The…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 15

ARCHBISHOP Murphy on Sunday laid the foun-dation stone of the new Church at Inveresk, Tas-mania. He was presented with several addresses welcoming him on his return from Rome…

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The Churches. Primitive Methodist Conference

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 9

Last week we recorded the common cement of the annual Conference of the Primitive Methodist Church in the Sydney District. On Sunday, January 22, it was intended to hold a camp…

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The Angel's Mission

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 249

A poet, slumbering, dreamed That a form celestial swept, From the spheres above that gleamed, To the couch whereon he slept…

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Catholic. Sydney Diocesan Retreat

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 15

THE Cardinal Archbishop and some 80 priests of the Diocese of Sydney attended the annual rotreat at St. Patrick's seminary, Manly, last week. The religious exercises, which commenced on Monday…

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A Fragment of Methodist History

The Methodist · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 7

In the Year Book of New South Wales for 1893 the following statement is met with in the introduction to information given respecting the Wesleyan…

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Catholic. the Vincentian Fathers' Bazaar. Opened by the Cardinal-archbishop

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 18

THE " Jubilee Bazaar," a name s[?]ected in honour of the celebration this year of the Holy Father's Jubilee, was opened is Balmain on Saturday atternoon by the Cardinal Archbishop. The…

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Australian Holy Catholic Guild. St. Patrick's Branch/ Parramatta.HALF-YEARLY MEETING

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 3

THE half-yearly meeting of the A.B.C. Guild, Parramatta, Was held in the Marist Brothers’ .schoolroom on Tuesday night. There was a large attendance…

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Riots in Madrid. Opening of a Protestant Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 15

SERIOUS rioting is 'reported by cable, Jan. 30, from Madrid in connection with the opening of the first Protestant Church in that city, pertmission for which was recently given. The…

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