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Churches, 1897

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Federation. This Is Polling Day. Arrangements for the Voting. Posting the Results. How the Totals Will Change. an Alleged Catholic Bunch. an Absolute Denial Given

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 5

This is polling day for the election of representatives to the Federal Convention. The elections will be taking place simultaneously in all the participating colonies except West Australia…

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The Council of the Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 6

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 embodiment in the Federal…

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Bathurst-street Baptist Church

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 7

An anniversary tea and public meeting was held at the Bathurst-street Baptist Church on Tuesday, in connection with the services in commemoration of the church having attained the 60th year of its…

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Methodist Union

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1897 · page 4

The difficulty of federating the Methodist bodies is exemplified again by the refusal of the Wesleyan Conference to agree to union a day or two ago. When the proposal was…

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Church News. Anglican

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 12

The Primate on Sunday morning dedicated the cularged portion of St. Aidan's Annaudale; in the afternoon he addressed the Sunday-school teachers and scholars; in the evening preached at All Souls,…

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Carlingford. Presbyterian Church

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 4

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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Presbyterian

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 12

The Rev. James Ewan will return from New Zealand to-day, and will occupy his pulpit at Burwood on Sunday. The Rev. W. M. Dill Macky is rapidly recovering…

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Roman Catholic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 12

An attractive ceremeny took place at the new exhibition hall, at the rear of St. Mary's Cathedral, yesterday morning, when the chilren of the cathedral schools assembled to celebrate the twenty-fifth…

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Anti-catholic Vandalism

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 7

Washington, December 16.—The beautiful statue of Father Marquette, the Jesuit, over which there was so much controversy when it was placed in the Capitol by the State of Wisconsin, has been badly…

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Primitive Methodist Assembly

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 8

The Primitive Methodist Assembly continued in session during the first three days of last week, concluding its business on Thursday morning. A large amount of the routine of church work came…

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Mission at Forest Lodge

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 14

FATHERS O'Neill and Hunt of the Redemptorist Order, opened a Mission at St. James', Forest Lodge, on Sunday last. The Mission will be continued next week…

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The Anglican Bishop's Mitre. Protest and Answer

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 6

The following interesting letter appears in the Catholic Times, January 22 :— Sir,—At Bow Church an anti-Catholic lecturer and pamphleteer named Kensit objected to the…

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The Catholic Debating Societies Union

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 15

THE usual weekly meeting of St. Joseph's Literary and Debating Society was held on Monday evening, the president, Mr. Mulquiny, occupied the chair. Mr. Phegan informed the meeting that the Catholic…

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Catholic. St. Mary's Convent Schools, Grafton

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 19

Now that the final results for the year 1896 have been published, we may give a brief summary of the doings of the above schools during the past year, which has been in every way successful…

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Methodist Union. Opening of the Debate

The Methodist · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 6

There was a large attendance on Tuesday afternoon last of both ministers and laymen, with a good muster of visitors in the gallery, including both ladies and gentlemen, who…

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The "Federal Ten" Repudiated. a Liberal Presbyterian Minister

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 16

AT the Presbyterian Church, Bathurst, on Sunday night the Rev. J. Kinghorn (for years the much-respected Presbyterian Minister at Richmond) referred to a letter he had received from the…

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Readings in Catholic Doctrine. How to Keep Lent

The Catholic Press · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 17

You are well aware, my dear reader, the Holy Church has set apart each year a certain time called Lent,in which she enjoins on her children to practise…

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A Correction The Editor of the " Catholic Press"

The Catholic Press · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 12

Sir,— The writer of your " Hore and There" notes in last issue amply exemplifies a sentence of mine appearing in this paper some time back:—"What do they…

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The Cardinal's Candidature. Non-Catholic Opinion. "The Drum Ecclesiastic."

The Catholic Press · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 10

Cock-a-doodle-doo! War is declared by ordained rev. servants of the Prince of Peace against a chief of their own garb who dares, on the invitation of…

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The Philistine Foxes. (To the Editor of the "CatholicPress.")

The Catholic Press · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 12

Sir,—Referring to tho 300 foxes tied by tho tails—as Cardinal Moran informed our reporters—and then let loose in tho vine-yards and gardens of tho Philistines, I think…

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