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In the Bourke-street Wesleyan Church the Rev. George Lane preached from the passage in Romans xii., 9, " Abhor that which is evil." No one could dispute the prevalence of gambling, and he held that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Rev. Samuel Savage in the course of his sermon yesterday remarked that the Council of the Churches had his fullest sympathy in their action with reference to the suppression of gambling…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Rev.J. Fordyce stated that at the request of the Council of the Churches he asked the attention of the people to the subject of gambling. He professed no special knowledge of details: he asked them…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Perils of the City" was the title under which the Rev. James Hill, M.A., preached a sermon against gambling in the Bourke-street Congregational Church last night. There was a large…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the Pitt-street Congregational Church last night the Rev. E. T. Dunstan preached a sermon on gambling. The preacher took as his text the words, "Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At Scots' Church, Church-hill, yesterday the Rev. W. M. Dill Macky chose for his text, " The faithful man shall abound with blessings, but he that make the haste to be rich shall not be innocent." The preach of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Periodically efforts are made by churchmen to suppress gambling, and a movement recently set on foot by the Council of the Churches to urge the Government to take action in the matter, and to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sermons were preached in most of the city and suburban churches yesterday in which gambling was severely denounced. The Council of the Churches had recontly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reference was made in a number of the churches in the western suburbs yesterday to the gambling evil. In St. Andrew's Church of England, Summer-hill, the Rev. J…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Rev. J. T. Warlow Davies, M.A., preached a sermon at the Newtown Congregational Church, last night, entitled "An Address to Young Men on Gambling." The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"The Crucifixion," by Sir John Stainer, was sung at All Saints' Church, Woollahra, yesterday after evensong. Mr. L. T. Foenan- der was the tenor soloist, and the principal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Rev. Geo. Preston last evening, at the Devonshire-street Congregational Church, discoursed on the reasons why the ancient Greeks and Romans suppressed gambling…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Council of the Churches, at a recent meeting, passed a resolution requesting the ministers in the various churches to preach against gambling, and in a large number of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Discoursing on gambling at the Cleveland- street Wesleyan Church lost evening, the Rev. J. S. Austin said the love of money was the chief root of this national curse…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The anniversay of the Balmain United Methodist Free Church was celebrated on Sunday by special services in the hall, Elliott- street, the congregations at all the services being large. The Rev.R.Allen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Catholic Plenary Council of Australia, which sat at Sydney in November last, recommended to Pope Leo XIII. that several new sees…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The sixth anniversary of the settlement of the Rev. F.Binns as pastor of the Redfern Congregational Church was celebrated by special services on Sunday, which were largely attended. In the morning…
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