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Churches, 1899

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The Anglican Church. Large Increase in Voluntary Offerings. London, Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 5

The voluntary offerings made to the Church of England during 1898 amounted to £7,500,000, exclusive of tho sums received on account of pew rents. The…

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A Church Dignitary Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 5

Some days ago the Dean of Newcastle employed two men to effect improvements to the footpath in Church-street, in the vicinity of the Pro-Cathedral, for the benefit of those attending the services, but…

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South Australian News. Scone in a Wesleyan Church. ADELAIDE

The Australian Star · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 6

The dead body of a man was found on the South Park lands this morning with the throat cut. The deceased had a luggage ticket in his pocket, which indicated that he had…

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Fire in a Church

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 5

Last night in the Templars' Wesleyan Church, during a lantern lecture, the staging supporting the lantern collapsed, and the kerosene reservoir exploded. The whole apparatus caught…

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The Church of England. Its Hold on the People. Increase of Voluntary Offerings

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--A return just published states that the voluntary offerings to the Church of England in 1808 reached £7,500,000. This was exclusive of…

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Presbyterian

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 10

At the annual meeting of the congregation of Picton church, which is to be held about February 27, it is expected that the convener of the sustentation fund committee of the Presbyterian Church…

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The Castlebar Catholic Church

The Catholic Press · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 5

The beautiful new Catholic Church, which was so far advanced in building, and which suffered such disastrous injury by the gale, as we reported last week, has been visited…

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Roman Catholic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 10

His Eminence Cardinal Moran will preach the first of a series of Lenten discourses to-morrow evening at St. Mary's Cathedral on the doctrines of the Church and is expected to deal with some of the…

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Catholic Items

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 11

FATHERS Hunt and O'Brien, of the Redemptorist Order, are giving a Mission in Singleton. It is being well attended. The parishioners of St. Patrick's Cooma, are…

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The Metropolitan Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 7

THE coming Conference is likely to be one of the most important held for many years. Seldom have so many great questions demanded the attention and…

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Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 10

The first of a series of pleasant evening entertainments was given in the Alexandria Mission Hall on Wednesday evening. All the available standing space was taken up, large numbers being unable to…

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A Worthy Methodist

The Methodist · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 8

John Wesley is reported to have said, "Our people die well." It is equally true that our people live well. As citizens they hold a worthy place both…

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La Perouse Aborigines' Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 11

The La Perouse Aborigines' mission committee held a special meeting on Monday to receive the report of the visit of Miss Dixon (La Perouse missionary) to the Shoalhaven district, a few weeks ago. The president (Mr. G…

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Anglican Diocese of Sydney. Ecclesiastical Statistics

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 375

The ecclesiastical statistics of the Church of England in the diocese of Sydney have been published, and they afford some very interesting information, though some of the parishes are down as having…

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Hurstville Presbyterian Band of Hope

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 3

THE monthly meeting of the above was held in the church. The Rev. R. Kay presided. The various items submitted were varied and instructive…

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Methodist Union. to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 7

SIR,—In view of the near approach of Conference I beg space to again ask the attention of its members to pp. 65 and 66 of the Minutes of the last General…

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A Visit to the Catholic Schools

The Catholic Press · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 16

On Monday morning there was a flutter among those children of Orange who attended Catholic Schools, for it was known that the visiting Bishops were going to…

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Our Catholic School Books. (To the Editor, Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 11

Sir,—The Cardinal and bishops of Australia are to be congratulated on the great boon they hare conferred on our Catholic schools by the introduction of the "Australian Catholic Readers," so…

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Death of a Venerable Catholic Woman. Archdeacon M'encroe's Sister

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 18

At the end of January Mrs. Catherine Hanly, relict of the late Thomas Hanly, sister of the grand old pioneer priest, Archdeacon M'Encroe, and first cousin of Archdeacon D'Arcy, Wellington, passed…

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

The Catholic Press · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 8

The Right Rev. Monsignor Aeneas Chisholm, D.D., LL.D., who ha for eight years been President of Blair'n College Abordeen-shire, has been chosen Bishop of the…

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