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Churches, 1894

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Destruction of a Mission Station

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 4

By the steamer Balmain, which arrived from the New Hebrides yesterday, there re turned to Sydney Dr. Lamb and the members of his mission party, who have been…

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New Hebrides Mission Synod. (From Our Correspondent.) Fila Harbour, May 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 3

The 1894 session of the New Hebrides Mission Synod has just closed. There was a good attendance of members, and a warm feeling of good fellowship prevailed. The mission party met this…

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Queensland. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) a Mission Trip in New Guinea. Thursday Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 6

The Rev. J.Chalmers reports having called at all the mission stations, thence proceeding up the Fly River, to visit the tribes that have given trouble in the past…

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The Wesleyan General Conference. the Question of Methodist Union. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 6

At the sitting of the Wesleyan Conference last night before the question of Methodist Union came on it was decided that the time limit regarding the speeches be not enforced in the Methodist…

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Church of England Association of N.s.w

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the committee was held on Wednesday afternoon at the rooms of the association, 11 Barristers'-court. Mr.Justice Foster occupied the chair. It was resolved to subscribe the sum of…

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Country News. (From Our Correspondents.) a Church in Financial Difficulties. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 6

A meeting of the parishioners of St. Michael's Church of England was held last evening, Mr. C.S. Alexander presiding, for the purpose of discussing financial matters. It was stated by the chairman…

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The Return of Dr. Jefferis. His Views on Church Life in England. a Wave of Sacerdotalism

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 5

The Rev. Dr. J. Jefferis, the well-known Congregational minister, formerly of Sydney, who has returned to South Australia to take charge for the second time of the…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 2

On Tuesday evening the anniversary of the Burton-street Tabernacle Baptist Sunday-school was celebrated by the holding of au anniversary festival. The Rev. W. R…

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Church News. Anglican

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 10

Tim Bishop of Riverina, who had been suffering from a severe illness, died in Melbourne on Tuesday evening last. His remains were interred in Boorandara Cemetery (Kew) on Thursday afternoon. The…

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Presbyterian

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 10

By the action of the Presbytery of Sydney, acting under the direction of the General Assembly, the congregations of St. Luke's and Church of the Covenant, Redfern, have became amalgamated. The…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 19

FATHER Hilary of the Pasionists is giving a mission at Oamaru, N. Z. The Rev. Fr. successful mission at st…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 16

FROM Goulburn we learn that the hospital and Catholic Orphanage have received $40 each the proceeds of a recent chanty ball. FOUR hundred and fifty-one pounds was the…

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Roman Catholic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 10

Cardinal Moran preached iu St. Mary's Cathedral on Sunday morning last. To-morrow Bishop Higgins is to occupy the pulpit in the interests of the Society of St. vincent de Paul…

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Catholic. the Cardinal

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 15

HIS Eminence presided at the High Mass in St. Mary's Cathedral on Sunday last and preached the sermon on the Feast of Pentecost…

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A Catholic Pawnshop

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 14

The most extraordinary revelations that the winding-up of insolvent companies has yet brought out out come from n certainly unexpected quarter. One can understand…

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Mission at St. Patrick's

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 15

LAST week the Redemptorist Fathers conducted a children's mission in St. Patrick's parish, Sydney. This week the Rev. Fathers Vaughan, Burke, and Mangan have been giving a general mission,…

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A Successful Concert in Aid of the Presbyterian Church

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 3

On Wednesday night last, long before the appointed time for commencing the concert given by local amateurs in aid of the funds of the Presbyterian Church, every front seat…

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The Catholic Divorce Court

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 15

London Truth, Mr. Labouchere's journal, published a letter from its Paris correspondent, which has aroused some controversy. It is headed "The Catholic Divorce Court," a catching…

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Mission Work at the Islands

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 5

Mr. T. Pratt, agent for the London Missionary Society, has received a telegram from the Rev. J. Chalmers, the well-known New Guinea missionary,…

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Catholic Libraries. (To the Editor.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 19

SIR— The Central Catholic Library at Lyndhurst Chambers, Elizabeth-street is, as you know, intended as a feeder for affiliated district libraries in Sydney and the suburbs, and is under the…

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