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Churches, 1897

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Mission to Abyssinia. London, February 28

The Australian Star · Monday 1 March 1897 · page 3

It is expected that the British mission to King Menelik of Abyssinia, which has been undertaken by Mr. J. B. Rodd, in connection with the settlement of…

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Great Britain and Abyssinia. the British Mission

Evening News · Monday 1 March 1897 · page 6

LONDON, February 28.-It is expected that the special mission to Abyssinia [?] James Rennell Rodd will result in the establishment of a permanent one…

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Great Britain and Abyssinia. the British Mission. London, Feb. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1897 · page 5

It is expected that the British mission to Abyssinia, undertaken by Mr. James Rennell Rodd, C.M.G., one of the secretaries to Lord Cromer, the British…

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England and Abyssinia. Mr. Rodd's Special Mission. a Permanent Agreement Expected

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday. -- It is exported that the special mission with which Mr. James R. Rodd has been entrusted to the King of Abyssinia will secure a permanent…

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Disturbing a Church Service

Evening News · Monday 1 March 1897 · page 5

LAWSON, Monday.—A disturbance occurred here yesterday morning at the Congregational Church. A number of traveller were camped near the church, and when the service began…

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Sydney City Mission

Evening News · Tuesday 2 March 1897 · page 3

A largely attended flower service was held in the Alexandria Mission Hall on Sunday afternoon in connection with the Waterloo and Alexandria Branch Sunday School of the Sydney City Mission. The Rev…

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Representatives at Work. Foreign Mission Work. Indian Coolies in Fiji

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1897 · page 6

When the representatives got to work yesterday afternoon in the Centenary-hall, the Rev. W. G. Taylor (ex-president) presented a memorial oh behalf of the Bathurst Circuit…

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Carlingford. Presbyterian Church

The Cumberland Free Press · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 2

The committee of the Carlingford Presbyterian Church must certainly be congratulated both on the excellence of their arrangements in connection with the social held in their…

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Methodist Union

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 4
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Among the more interesting and exciting questions which have occupied the attention of the Wesleyan Conference both this year and last, has been that of organic union with other…

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United Methodist Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--A united conference of the Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, and Bible Christian Conferences was held to-day. The united conference resolved to do all in its power…

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Victoria. Wesleyan Methodist Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Victoria and Tasmania was commenced to-day, in the Wesley Church. The retiring president, the Rev. E. S…

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Methodist Union. Debate at the Wesleyan Conference

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 3

The representative session of the Wesleyan Conference was opened shortly after 2.20 at the Centenary Hall yesterday afternoon. The question under…

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Methodist Union. Organic or Otherwise. Initiation of the Debate. Temperate Speeches for and Against

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 7

The Wesleyans have their hands quite full just at present. In common with other Churches they are concerned to a certain extent in opposing the Cardinal's candidature for the Federal…

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Methodist Union. Debate in the Wesleyan Conference. an Animated Discussion. Opposition to Organic Union. a Federal Union Suggested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 5

At the afternoon session of the Wesleyan Conference yesterday at the Centenary Hall the subject of Methodist union was taken up, and gave rise to long debate…

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St. James's Church

Evening News · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 4

At St. James's Church, King-street, there was a communion service at 8 a.m. and litany and commination at 11 a.m. The vicar (Rev. J. Carr Smith) will officiate at the midday service (from 1.25 to 1.50…

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The Convention Campaign. Prayer and the Election Advocates. The Establishment of a Federal Church

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 3

In the Mildura Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening the Rev. George Hay preached with special reference to the Protestant ministers' deliverances,…

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The Council of the Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 9

At its January meeting the Council of the Churches had under consideration the question of approaching the Federal Convention, with a view to securing the…

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Methodist Union. Decision of the Wesleyan Conference. the Question Postponed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 3

The sitting of the Wesleyan Conference yesterday was devoted to the conclusion of the debate on the proposal submitted by the Rev. W. W. Rutledge for the organic union of the Methodist Churches, to…

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Wesleyans in Conference. the Cause of Methodist Union. Receives a Decided Check. How the Debate Terminated

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 3

It may fairly be stated as the result of yesterday's debate in the Wesleyan Conference that the cause of Methodist Union has received a decided check. At tho commencement of the…

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