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Churches, 1895

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Prior Vaughan. His Mission to Australia. The Heathen at Home. A New Order of Missionaries--An Agreeable Variety of Fellow-Passengers

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 9

Prior Vaughan, who is on a beneficent mission to Australia, tells some interesting experiences of the voyage out to an Adelaide interviewer. This ecclesiastic, who is a…

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A Noble Band of Brothers. (We reprint from our Melbourne contemporary, The Spectator, the following account of a worthy old Methodist family. As there are some relatives

The Methodist · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 1

IN the year 1842, soon after I commenced my work as a Methodist minister, there came to Parramatta, N.S.W., four youngmen who had just arrived from England…

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The Church in New Zealand. Impressions of Two Visiting Priests

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 15

THE Rev. T. Rogers, of Branxton, and the Rev. J., Collins, who have been on a visit to New Zealand, returned to Sydney on Monday. Both priests are greatly benefited in health by their trip, and both…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 10

St. Andrew's Cathedral.—8 and 11, Holy Communion; 11, the Primate; 3.15 Canon Kemmis; 7, the Precentor. All Saints'. Woo[?]hra.—Rev. J. C. Corlette, D.D., 11; Rev. H. Wallace Mort, M.A., 7.30…

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Church News

The Methodist · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 6

NEWTOWN.—During the past week the annual services and public meetings in connection with the Foreign Missionary Society have been held…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 6

The annual report of the Presbyterian Church, Ashfield, shows that the names on the roll at the end of the year numbered 215, the accession to the congregation during the year…

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Wesleyan Church, Parramatta

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 4

The service at the Wesleyan Church, Macquarie-street, Parramatta, on, Sunday, was unique in character. It was what might be termed a “song service,” for want of more…

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Parramatta Baptist Church. Sunday School Anniversary Services

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 3

The anniversary of the Baptist Sunday School, Parramatta, was celebrated on Sunday last. The Rev. P. J. Stephen conducted the morning service and preached a practical…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 9

Under this heading sermons by eminent preachers are published in this widelycirculated paper, in order that in the remote interior, where there are no…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 10

The Bishop of Goulburn (Dr. Chalmers) has recently visited for episcopal purposes Jindera, Cooma, and Nimitybelle. The half-yearly meetings of the…

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Quetta Memorial Church. (See illustrations on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 21

Our illustrations of the Quetta Memorial Church show its interior, and its position in the township, Thursday Island, The Anglican Church…

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The Welsh Church Bill. London, Friday Night

Truth · Sunday 3 March 1895 · page 5

In the House of Commons the Weigh [?]establishment Bill has been read the [?] time. Mr. James Bryce, President of the Board of Trade, in supporting the Bill…

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The Mission Steamer John Williams

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 4

The London Missionary Society's steam yacht John Williams was floated out of dock on Saturday, and berthed at Towns' Wharf, where she will take in mission…

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Hunter-baillie Church

Evening News · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 8

The ninth anniversary of the Hunter-Baillie Memorial Church was celebrated by special services on Sunday last. The morning service was conducted by the…

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A Church Thief. Robbing Collection Boxes

Evening News · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 6

Plain-clothes Constables House and Donovan, of No. 1 Station, yesterday afternoon arrested a young man named James Davidson at St. Andrew's Cathedral,…

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The Rev. James Clarke. Disappointed Congregations. Churches Guarded by the Police

Evening News · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 7

A large but disappointed congregation assembled at St. Paul's, Kogarah, on Sunday morning, expecting to hear the Rev. James Clarke preach after his recent…

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The Unitarian Church. Address by Rev. Charles Strong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 6

The Rev. Charles Strong, D.D., of Melbourne delivered an address in the Unitarian Church list evening, his subject being "The Development of Religion." The rev. gentleman, after reviewing the…

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The Rev. James Clarke. The Church Militant

The Australian Star · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 3

Numerous inquiries were made yesterday as to the whereabouts of the Rev. James Clarke, as it was fully expected that he would have appeared as usual to conduct…

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Sussex-street Mission Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 6

A number of ladies met in the Town Hall yesterday morning, under the presidency of the Mayoress (Mrs. Lees), when it was resolved to have a sale of work on the second Tuesday of May, for the purpose…

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Sussex-street Mission

Evening News · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 3

A meeting of ladies was held in the Town Hall yesterday morning, under the presidency of the Mayoress (Mrs. Lees), in connection with the Sussex-street…

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