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Churches, 1897

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St. Andrew's Church

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 9

Three new and beautiful stained glass windows have just been inserted in the places of the plain ones which were recently shattered by the hail. The designs show the emblematic…

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Church Music and Harvest Festivals

The Methodist · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 3

Some time ago, a correspondent sent us a communication on the above subject, but it was at the time crowded out by Conference matter. OUr correspondent thinks that…

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STONE-BREAKING. Another Important Industry. To be Started by Government. The Church and School Lands--Some Doubt About the Value of the Work

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 5

From shifting sand to stone-breaking is, of course, an easy transition for some people, but Independent of that fact it serves at present to show the wonderful…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 8

The Montefiore Jewish Home in Melbourne has been opened, free of debt. The Rev. J. G. Fenton, recently curate of St. Michael's, Surry Hills, has now been licensed as…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 7

Under this heading sermons by eminent preachers are published in this widely-circulated paper, in order that in the remote interior, where there are no chufches, and a clergyman is rarely seen, the stockman,…

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Prayers for Rain. A Fruit grower Attacks the Churches—and Cries about Hypocrisy. to the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 7

SIR,—There is no disputing that this colony is now, and has for the last 12 months been, suffering from want of rain—in fact, a drought, and a severe one, as these engaged in…

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Newcastle. Congregational Mission Churches. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 April 1897 · page 6

The sale of work organised in aid of the funds of the Stockton and Islington Congregational Mission Churches, which was opened in the Y.M.C.A. Hall by the Mayoress on Thursday last, was brought to a…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 April 1897 · page 5

A number of parishioners gathered at St. Paul's Church of England, Kogarah, yesterday, to witness the ceremony of laying the cornerstone of the new portion to bo added to the…

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Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 April 1897 · page 3
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The Band of Hope children, to the number of 200, attending the Brisbane-street district, were taken to Coogee on Friday by special tram. A thoroughly pleasant day was spent with games, &c., and a…

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Church News. Sydney Church Choir Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 April 1897 · page 3

The annunl meeting of the above association took place yesterday at the Cathedral choir vestry. Mr. Montague Younger presided. The election of officers resulted in the following being selected:—…

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Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 April 1897 · page 5

The ladies' committee of the Sydney City Mission met on Monday afternoon in the mission office, 320 Pitt-street. The president, Mrs. John Marks, occupied the chair, and there were also present Mesdames…

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Mission to Abyssinia

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 April 1897 · page 10

The Queen has appointed Mr. Rennell Rodd, C.M.G., to be her Majesty's Special Envoy to King Menelik. The following officers will be attached to the mission: -- Lieut.-Col. Wingate, C.B.,…

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Church Missionary Association the Annual Meeting

Evening News · Wednesday 7 April 1897 · page 3

The annual meeting of the New South Wales Church Missionary Association was held at the Y.M.C.A. Hall last evening. There was a large, audience present. The Ven. Archdeacon Langley…

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N.s.w. Church Missionary Association. Annual Meeting at the Y.m.c.a. Hall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 April 1897 · page 5

There was a very large attendance at the Y.M.C.A. Hall last evening on the occasion of the annual meeting of the New South Wales Church Missionary Association. The Ven. Archdeacon…

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Church Missionary Association. Annual Public Meeting. Addresses by Missionaries

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 April 1897 · page 3

There was no lack of enthusiasm at the annual meeting of the Church Missionary Association held last night at the Y.M.C.A.-hall, Pitt-street. The large hall of the association was crowded,…

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The Council of Churches. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 April 1897 · page 6

Sir, -- The cat's out of the bag. The Council of Churches are trying to get for themselves what Cardinal Moran wished to get for the Roman Church. They want God to be recognised in the…

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Glebe Presbyterian Church

Evening News · Thursday 8 April 1897 · page 3

In commemoration of the sixth anniversary of the induction of the Rev. T. E. Ciouston, the members of the Glebe Presbyterian Church held a tea meeting and social evening in the Glebe…

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Wesleyan Church, Paddington. Industrial and Artistic Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 April 1897 · page 7

An industrial and artistic exhibition was opened in the school-hall, Paddington, last evening, in the presence of a very large attendance. The president (the Rev. C. W. Graham) conducted the devotional…

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The Outer World. Spring in the English Lanes, Eastertide In Europe. Religion In Germany--Confirmation of the Children--The Church and Childhood. LONDON, February 26

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 April 1897 · page 5

By the time this, article appears in the "Australian Star" our English spring will be here to make us glad-- at least, we trust that may be its…

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