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Churches, 1897

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The Mission Schooner Meda

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1897 · page 4

The Wesleyan mission schooner Meda arrived last evening, after a visit to Fiji. New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago. Captain Williams reports that the vessel left Sydney on September 25 from Suva, and…

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Arrival of the Mission Schooner Meda

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1897 · page 4

The Wesleyan Mission schooner Meda anchored in Johnstone's Bay last evening, after a cruise among the Islands. The schooner left Sydney…

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Bathurst Federal League. Proposed Special Sermons in the Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1897 · page 6

BATHURST, Thursday.--A special meeting of the Federal League was held to-night, and several questions hearing on the forthcoming statutory convention were considered. Dr. Machattie…

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Church News. Anglican

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 7

The Primate arrived at Wallerawang on Thursday afternoon week: on Friday he was present at a conversazione held in the Carrington Hall; on Saturday afternoon he consecrated the Church…

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Presbyterian

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 7

The Rev. J.D. Landels Presbyterian Missionary, in connection with the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales, on the island of Malo in the New Hebrides. Mrs. Landels and family are on their way…

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Anglican and Infidel Teaching

The Catholic Press · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 23

We ("Catholic Times," December 4) sympathise very earnestly with the members of the Church of England who held a meeting last week in St…

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The Catholic Press

The Catholic Press · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 13

MATTER intended for publication in THE CATHOLIC PRESS should be addressed to the Editor, and forwarded as early as possible in the week, which commences with us on…

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Catholic. Clerical Retreat

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 14

THE annual Retreat of the clergy of the Diocese Of Sydney opens at St. Patrick's College Manly, on Monday, the 25th inst. The exercises will be conducted by the Rev. Father Hughes, S.J…

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Methodist Union. Queensland

The Methodist · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 9

THE voting on the question of Methodist Union in Queensland is practically complete. In one Primitive Methodist circuit the vote has not been taken…

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The Catholic Book Shelf

The Catholic Press · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 16

The perusal of books at home, after the early scholastic period, is but a natural complement to the early mental training. An eminent living novelist…

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Was Burton a Catholic ?

The Catholic Press · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 4

The old controversy as to Sir Richard Burton's faith will be stirred up afresh by the new biography of the great traveller written by his niece, Mrs. Stisted. The…

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The Wealth of Anglican Prelates and Clerics

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 7

Anglican Archbishops, big though their salaries be, do not seem to have the faculty of accumulating wealth which some of the minor dignitaries of the Anglican Church have displayed. It seems…

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Methodist Union. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 3

Sir,—Many of your Wesleyan readers are by this time familiar with the extreme use of the chairman's casting vote which has repeatedly been made in the existing struggle about…

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Readings in Catholic Doctrine. Baptism. Its Necessity

The Catholic Press · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 4

Baptism is not only the first, but also the most necessary of all the sacraments. No unbaptized person can ever enter heaven, unless by an extraordinary grace. Unless a…

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Catholic Literary and Debating Societies St. Francis (Haymarket)

The Catholic Press · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 10

The first half yearly meeting of the above society was held at St. Francis' Hall on Monday evening, Mr. William Hogan occupying the chair. The Secretary…

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Literature and the Fine Arts. "The Australasian Catholic Record."

The Catholic Press · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 7

The January number of this popular periodical has just been published, and it is, as usual, replete with learned articles on various current subjects of…

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Mission Work in New Guinea. Interview with the Rev. J. T. Field

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 11

The Rev. J. T. Field, a missionary stationed at Tubetube, in the Engineer Group, arrived in Sydney on Thursday by the schooner Meda, and was seen at the Grand Central Coffee Palace by a…

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Australian Produce. Mr. Twopenny's Mission in London. an Important Conference. Formation of Committees

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--Mr. R. E. N. Twopenny, the editor and proprietor of the "Australian Pastoralists' Review." is in London with the object of organising co-operation…

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Religious. Baptist Church

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 5

Rev. J. D. Brown will hold Special Services at the Baptist Church, Rooty Hill, every Sunday morning at ll a.m. and evening at 7 p.m., for the next few weeks…

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St. Maroun's Church. (To the Editor.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 9

SIR,—I have read the report of the consecration and blessing of St. Maroun's Church, Elizabeth-street, Redfern, by his Eminence the Cardinal, both in your esteemed paper and serveral other. I find…

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