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Churches, 1898

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The Church and School Lands Tenants. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 April 1898 · page 4

Sir,--In matters of the land administration, as well as other things, the unexpected is what frequently takes place, and such is the case as regards the Church and School Lands Act, which…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 April 1898 · page 9

Parish festival services were held on Sunday at St. John's, Globe Point. The Archbishop of Sydney preached in the morning, taking for his text Isaiah, chap. 63, ver. 9, "In all their affliction He was afflicted; the angel…

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Vestry Meetings Christ Church, Gladesville

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1898 · page 8

The annual vestry meeting was held in the Protestant Hall on April 20, the Rev W. Lumdaine being in the chair. Mr. G. E. Herring was appointed…

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Sydney Mission to Seamen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 April 1898 · page 6

On Thursday evening Miss Alice Kendall and frieuds gave a concert to a large and appreciative audience of seamen. Mr. George Hellings was twice encored for his humorous songs, "Ach[?] (the…

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Driving Past Churches

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 April 1898 · page 6

The question of omnibuses being driven past churches during divine service to the annoyance of the congregation assembled came before the Transit Commission to-day,…

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Church News. Anglican

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 12

The Archbishop preached on Sunday morning at St. John's, Bishopthorpe; on Monday evening presided at a social gathering of the parishioners in the parish Record Reign Hall; on…

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Presbyterian

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 12

The General Assembly will meet at 7 o'clock on Tuesday evening at St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street. The Rev. John Burgess, M.A. (Kiama), the Moderate elect, has been appointed to the position…

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Bathurst Anglican Synod

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 7

The second session of the ninth Anglican Synod; of the diocese of Bathurst was opened by Bishop Camidge on the morning of April 19, in All Saints schoolroom, when there was a good attendance of…

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Roman Catholic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 12

Cardinal Moran will bless and open the new convent for the Sisters of Charity at Concord on Sunday afternoon. On Monday the Cardinal will visit Leichhardt, and open St. Fiacre's fair, which is to…

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Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 12

The second series of the special meetings have been held at Erskineville this week. The Wesleyan Mission Church, has been kindly granted for the meetings. The city missionaries from other districts…

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Central Mission Notes

The Methodist · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 9

WE have special pleasure in directing the attention of our readers to the following important resolution passed by a unanimous vote at the recent…

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The Catholic Church in the United States

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 6

In completion of the statistics published ty the Propaganda, the following additional figures may prove interesting. They, refer to the Catholics in the North American Republic at the end of 1897. The…

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Catholic Archbishop and the Salvation Army

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 6

The New York FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, publishes the following:— The Right Rev. John J. Kain, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Louis, has written…

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Federation Should the Churches Be Neutral ? "NO ! A. Thousand Times No !" By the Hon. Henry Copeland, M.P. Special, for "Catholic Press."

The Catholic Press · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 7

As a layman I wish to say a word to the clergymen of all denominations, whether Christian or otherwise, on this, at present the one vital question of "Federation " or…

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The Cardinal's Great Sermon. At the Golden Jubilee. Bishop Lanigan's Career and Fifty Years in the Life of the Catholic Church. a Full Report

The Catholic Press · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 5

People who had come from all quarters to take part in the jubilee of his Lordship Bishop Lanigan were fully rewarded by the sermon preached at the High Mass on…

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The Catholic World Notes and News Interesting to Everyone. in All Quarters

The Catholic Press · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 27

On Monday, March 14, the Holy Father said Mass in the Consistorial Hall for the Swiss pilgrims then in Rome. Their number (about 250) was increased by a small body of…

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Children's Column. for Boys and Girls Who Read the " Catholic Press." a Goat Alphabet

The Catholic Press · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 8

A was an awful appetite Possessed by William Goat. B was a bone of whale which found Its way down his throat…

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Little Letty Lamington. A Story of Australian School Girls. Special, for "Catholic Press." Chapter VII.—" Boys."

The Catholic Press · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 22

The very morning that Adele expected her visitors, the clouds looked black, and there was every prospect of a dull day, and hor companions upset her as they told her,…

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The Old Folk at Home. Latest From Ireland. Personal, Political, Religious and Other News. Note.—a copy of the Hon. Edward Blake's great speech in the House of Commons on the " Over Taxation of Ireland," with introduction, index and tables, will be forwarded to every new subscriber to the " Catholic Press."—Ed.] New Church Bells at Magherafelt

The Catholic Press · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 25

The new church bells wore blessed by his Eminence Cardinal Logue during last month. The first at Slate Quarry Chapel, within the parish of Cookstown, on Friday, and that at…

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Sydney at Sunrise. People One Meets. the Strange Views and Reflections of an Early Riser. Special, for "Catholic Press."

The Catholic Press · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 2

" 'Tis morning," sang Cowper, " and the sun with ruddy orb ascending, fires the horizon," and the poet with eloquent pen describes the rural objects which pleased his…

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