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Churches, 1895

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Church News

The Methodist · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 4

BELLS' SWAMP (Armidale Circuit.)—Tuesday, 12th instant, though not exactly an anniversary day, was pressed into the service and made to do the…

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General News. Woman's Position in the Church

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 618

At the Wesleyan Conference on the 14th, a discussion took place as to the right of women to become circuit stewards, and, inferentially, their eligibility to sit as members of the district synods,…

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Painful Scene in a Churchyard

The Australian Workman · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 1

A PAINFUL scene was enacted in the Northwich Churchyard on Saturday afternoon. The remains of an elderly woman named Stagg had been interred…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 6

The annual missionary meeting in connection with the Balmain Central Methodist Mission was held on Wednesday evening In the Central-hall, Darling- street, when the Rev. Dr…

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General Meetings. Church of England Temperance Society

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the C.E.T.S. was held in the Chapter House on Wednesday last Mr. W. E. Toose in the chair. The subject of the quarterly conference was discussed and it…

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The Welsh Church. the Disestablishment Bill in the Commons

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night. --In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Asquith, the Home Secretary, moved the second reading of the bill to disestablish the…

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References in Local Churches

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 8

At St. John’s Church, Parramatta, the pulpit, lectern, and reading-desk were draped throughout Sunday. During morning service, the prayers of the congregation were desired…

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St. Andrew’s Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 4

The first meeting of the newly-elected committee of management of St. Andrew’s Church was held on Monday evening last in the School Hall The Rev. J. Paterson…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 7

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 23 March 1895 · page 8

The new precentor of St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, the Rev. P. J. Simpson, is to enter upon his duties on May 1 next. The Rev. Jos. Shearman, of St. Thomas',…

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Granville Holy Trinity Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 2

THE Parramatta Town Hall was well [?] on Tuesday evening, the o[?] of the concert so kindly arranged by M[?] Chair bennet Kellemaun in aid of Holy Trinity…

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Chow Town. Spread of the Yellow Leper. China's Peaceful Annexation of Australia. in the Chinese Quarter. Foetid Hons and Filthy Alloys--The Fan-tan Fiend -- Opium Ogres. Their Female Victims --White Woman and Yellow Man. Leprosy and Lechery Let Loose. Pak-a-pu Shops. Chinese Restaurants--Mission Men and Mongols -- Klistian John--His Gulleful Games--"How Willie Smokes." the Chinkie and His Missus

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 4

CHINA is the oldest nation on the earth. This probably accounts for the antique smell which…

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Bowral Methodist Church

Evening News · Monday 25 March 1895 · page 3

A social evening was held in the Primitive Methodist Church, Bowral, on Wednesday evening to celebrate the opening of the new classrooms…

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City Mission

Evening News · Monday 25 March 1895 · page 2

Special services in connection with the Sunday school anniversary of the Waterloo and Alexandra branch of the Sydney City Mission were held in the Alexandria…

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Church News. City Mission Anniversary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1895 · page 3

Yesterday the anniversary of the Sunday school in connection with the Alexandria branch of the City Mission was celebrated by special services, In the afternoon the preacher was the Rev. J. Bennett…

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A Mission Yacht

Evening News · Monday 25 March 1895 · page 7

When the Mararoa was at Auckland on Wednesday last the Melanesian Mission yacht Southern Cross was in port there. She had just returned after a cruise round…

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A Chinese Mission

Evening News · Monday 25 March 1895 · page 2

About nine months ago a mission among the Chinese was inaugurated by Mr. Geo. Coffey. The work has progressed steadily, and the gatherings on Sunday evenings…

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Canada. the Catholic Schools

Evening News · Monday 25 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, March 23.— The "Toronto Globe," commenting on the action of the Canadian Government in connection with the Catholic education…

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Annandale Methodist S.s

Evening News · Monday 25 March 1895 · page 2

The fourteenth anniversary of the Primitive Methodist Sunday School, Annandale, was celebrated by special services yesterday. There were large…

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The Mission Yacht Southern Cross

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 March 1895 · page 4

The Mclanesian Mission yacht Southern Cross was at Auckland when the Mararoa left there for Sydney last Wednesday. The yacht had just returned after a cruise…

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