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Churches, 1897

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Presbyterian

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 12

The Rev. John Ayling, of Pitt Town, who is at present in New Zealand, is seriously ill. In a communication received from Brisbane it is stated that the Rev. Dr. M'Swaine has not in any…

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Central Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 15

The meeting at the Centenary Hall on Monday evening, to inaugurate the "new departure," was well attended and resulted in the scheme for the…

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Catholic Union

The Catholic Press · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 13

The Catholics of this Colony have every reason to be glad at the turn which political events have taken during the last few weeks. However…

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Roman Catholic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 12

On Sunday afternoon Cardinal Moran will lay the foundation-stone of the new convent of the Sisters of Loretto at Wahroonga. A special train for the convenience of visitors will leave Milson's Point at 3…

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Methodist Union

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 9

The debate on Methodist Union does not come on in the Wesleyan Conference now in session at the Centenary-hall, York-street, until Tuesday afternoon. In the meantime it is interesting to…

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Primitive Methodist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 12

The Balmain Primitive Methodist Church, which during 1896 has been associated with the Albion-street Church, has now been made by the Assembly the principal church of a new circuit, which will…

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New Presbyterian Church At East Carlingford

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 14

On Saturday afternoon the opening ceremony in connection with the new Presbyterian Church was performed by the Rev. John Ferguson in the presence of a very fair…

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East Carlingford. Opening of the Presbyterian Church

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 10

The new Presbyterian Church was opened on Saturday as announced, when a fair congregation assembled. The Rev. John Ferguson from St. Stephen's, Sydney, preached an…

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Primitive Methodist Assembly

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The annual Assembly of the Primitive Methodist Church in New South Wales commenced its business sessions on February 20 in the Albion-st. Church, Sydney, at 9 a.m., when about sixty…

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A Bold Presbyterian Utterance

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 16

PREACHING in the Mildura Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening, the Rev. George Hay said that as a Protestant, holding the true principles of civil and religious liberty set up at the Reformation, he…

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South Australia. Methodist Union

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Friday.—At a meeting of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference to-day a motion in favor of Methodist union was carried amid excitement by 69 votes to 26. This resolution…

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Central Mission. a New Departure

The Methodist · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 1

The Central Mission is committing is itself to a new enterprise—one which will have far-reaching results, and which will tell most powerfully upon the general…

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Methodist Union. to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 6

Dear Sir,—It would give me great satisfaction to reply in detail to the letter in your last issue but the limits of your space forbid it. I must however refer to a few…

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Anti-catholic Bigotry. Statement by the Cardinal

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 15

THE following letter appeared in Monday's DAILY TELEGRAPH:— Sir,—1 have learned with surprise that not a few of our citizens have misinterpreted some words of…

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Readings in Catholic Doctrine. How to Die

The Catholic Press · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 3

Anybody can die. That is true; ana more than that, everybody must die; and that is just the reason why every body ought to know how to die…

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Catholic. Archdiocese of Sydney. Lenten Indult for 1897

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 14

IN accordance with the spirit of the Church, and in the exercise of special powers granted by the Apostolic See, the following indulgence in the law of Fasting and Abstinence is granted for the…

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Catholic Literary ami Debating Societies St. Francis. Haymarket

The Catholic Press · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 7

The weekly meeting of the above society took place at St. Francis' Hall, on Monday evening, February In. Mr. William Hogan was in the chair…

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The Voting on Methodist Union. to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 6

DEAR SIR,—Under the above heading there appears in last week's Methodist a letter by the Rev. B. J. Meek. The writer is old enough to form hie own opinions, and…

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Correspondence. A Remonstrance. (To the Editor of the "Catholic Press.")

The Catholic Press · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 12

Sir,—Is your interpretation of Cardinal Logue's letter, given in the second column, page 7, of the "Catholic Press," 20th inst., correct? The Cardinal…

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