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Churches, 1899

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Rev. John Penman. President Elect of the Primitive Methodist Conference

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 504

The President Elect (Rev. John Penman) of the Primitive Methodist Conference which has just concluded its sessions for the year entered the ministry in 1872 and was appointed to…

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"The Catholic Press." the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. the Year's Work: the Paper Flourishing

The Catholic Press · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 15

The annual general meeting of the shareholders in the "Catholic Press" Newspaper Company, Limited, was held on last Tuesday at the Oddfellows' Temple, Elizabeth-street…

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The Children's Columns. For Boys and Girls Who Read the "Catholic Press." Fun and Fancy. The Sweetest Girl in Town

The Catholic Press · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 5

I know a little playmate, the sweetest one in town, She has no golden ringlets, nor glossy curia of brown…

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Her Majesty: The Private Nurse. A Public Danger. How We Are Gulled by the Uniform and Brass Plate by a Sister. Special for the "Catholic Press."

The Catholic Press · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 2

As we turn a street corner, take a short out through the Park, force our way in crowded thoroughfares, step carefully amongst toddling children and yelping dogs…

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Has Methodism a Mission? the Official Address to the Conference, Delivered in the Centenary Hall, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 1899, BY The Retiring President, Rev. E. J. Rodd

The Methodist · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 1

FATHERS AND BRETHREN,—It is said the swan utters its sweetest note in dying. Between a dying swan and a retiring President there is no similarity…

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The Cardinal at the Cathedral. Second of the Lenten Lectures. the Incarnation Not a Mere Fact of History. a Tempestuous Confusion of Errors Misrepresentations of Catholic Belief and Worship

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 9

On Sunday evening, at the Cathedral, the Cardinal-Archbishop delivered the second of his Lenten Lectures. THE MYSTERY OF THE INCARNATION…

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St. Thomas' Church, Lewisham

The Catholic Press · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 11

On last Sunday his Lordship Right Rev. Dr. Higgins administered the Sacrament of Confirmation in the above church. There were 103 candidates—42 girls, 53 boys and 8…

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A Judge's Sudden Death. He Was Stricken in Church—A Striking Lesson to Those Who Neglect Timely Warnings

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 22

A learned judge was taken suddenly sick in church, December 5, 1897, in the city of Brooklyn. Four days liter, in spite of the best medical aid, he died. The doctors said the judge had kidney…

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France. the Religious Side of the Dreyfus Case. a Plot Against the Church and the [?]Rsuits. the Comte Be Mun Silences a Slanderer

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 7

In a letter to the London Times (January 17) the Comte de Mun, one of the leaders of Catholic France, effectively disposes of certain charges brought by a well-known Englishman, Mr. F. C…

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Religious Instruction in Public Schools. Church of England Synod Commutee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon the Oddfellows' Temple, Elizabeth-street, was crowded, on the occasion of the distribution of prizes and certificates to the successful students under the scheme of religious…

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Mr. W. E. Nott. Organist of Australian Church, Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 508

Mr Willy Nott, whose portrait will be found in another column, is one of Australia's rising musicians. His musical education has been acquired solely in Melbourne, where he is at present organist of the…

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Church News

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 525

It is proposed to place a Blamed glass window in St. Simon and St. Jude's, Bowral, in memory of the late Dr. A. B. Morgan. The parishioners nave also agreed to obtain a new pipe, organ at a cost of…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 9

The presbytery of Bathurst was to meet at Dubbo on March 1, and that of Monaro at Bega on the same day. Archdeacon and Mrs. Gunther are passengers…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 8

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 churches, and a clergyman is rarely seen, the…

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The Church's Work

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 4

Naturally much interest centred on the Archdeacon's impressions of the position of the Church of England, about which we have heard so much lately by cable and…

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Expected Home To-day. "The Argus's" Special Interview. Impressions of Church Work.— The Ritualistic Practices.— Anomalous Position of Colonial Clergyman.—Hospitals and Benoyelent

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 4

As soon as Archdeacon Gunther touched Australia on his return from England, The Argus had arranged for eliciting his views on important ecclesiastical questions at…

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The Boot-box Tragedy. Mary Magdalene, the Judge, and the Church

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 March 1899 · page 8

The Chief Justice, In his charge to the jury in the boot trunk ease, touched on the question of the veracity of Dubberke, and urged that immorality did not necessarily…

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Presbyterian

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1899 · page 4

The Right Rev. the Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly has sent a cablegram to the Rev. Dr. Matthews (secretary of the Presbyterian Alliance in London) agreeing to his name being attached to an…

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United Methodist Free Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1899 · page 4

The Assembly of the United Methodist Free Churches will commence its sittings in the Centennial Church, Alexandria, on Wednesday morning next, at 10 o'clock. On Sunday next the pulpits of…

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Roman Catholic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1899 · page 4

The bazaar recently held at Camperdown Town Hall in aid of the Church funds realised £300. On Sunday week the Right Rev. Dr. Higgins administered the Sacrament of Confirmation in St…

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