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Churches, 1899

3,112 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 156

I Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 5

An interesting lettor has been received by the secretary from Captain Ferguson, Lord Hampden's son-in-law, enclosing £ 1O to the City Mission funds, and stating that his interest in the work…

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The Presbyterian General Assembly

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 9

The thirty-fourth annual session of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of N.S. Wales was commenced in St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street, Sydney, on the evening of May 9,…

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Sydney Mission to Seamen

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 11

On Tuesday evening an excellent concert, arranged by Mrs. Hagon, was held at the institute. On Thursday evening the' concert was organised by Miss Alice Kendall…

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Catholic Young Men's Society

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 17

IN this issue appears a full report of the inaugural meeting of the Catholic Young Men's Association at the Cardinal's Hall. In the report we gave the names of those elected to the Board of Management…

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Westralia. Ill-treatment of the Blacks. the Catholic Mission Station a Bright Exception. (For the Freeman.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 21

WITHOUT doubt the greatest blot on the Forrest Government is its treatment of the unfortunate aborigines, and, worse still, the treatment it has allowed the landed proprietors to mete out to them…

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Presbyterian General Assembly. Tenth Session

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 4

The sessions of the Presbyterian General Assembly of Now South Wales were concluded at St. Stephen's Church, Phillp-street, yesterday, the Moderator, the Rev. W. M. Dill Macky presiding…

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Presbyterian General Assembly. Tenth (Final) Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 5

The Moderator, the Right Rev. W. M. DillMacky, presided at the final sitting yesterday. PETITION FROM THE REV. R. J. SMITU, B. A…

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The Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 1164

The power of heredity in the development of men no one has yet fathomed. Not only are national characteristics transmitted from generation to generation, but individual men of great force of…

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Mr. Dacey's Mission a Failure. Murrumburrah

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 2

Mr. Dacey, M.L.A., addressed a meeting of electors at Johnson's Hall last night, Alderman Bourke (Mayor) occupying the chair. The speaker touched upon the defects of the…

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More Good Fortune for the Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 7

That wonderfully vigorous society, the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, which, started less than 20 years ago, now possesses in our home waters alone, not…

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The Children's Columns. for Boys and Girls Who Read the "Catholic Press."

The Catholic Press · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 15

Young people who live in Sydney may fancy that our city is crowded, and that many families must live, without very much air to breathe or space for the boys and girls…

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The Anglican Establishment and All Protestants Against Jesus Christ and St. Paul. (The Editor, Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 10

SIR,—Jesus Christ, Gospel according St. Matthew, c 16, v 18, promised that the gates of hell shall not prevail against His Church." By the gates of hell are meant the powers of hell; that is, all the…

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The Rev. William M. Dill-Macky. the New Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly. (See portrait on previous page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 38

The Rev. William Marcus Dill-Macky, recently elected as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales, was born near Londonderry, in the north of…

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The Cardinal: A Remarkable Character Sketch. Viewed From England. a Great Scholar, a Diplomatist, And, Above All, a Great Churchman

The Catholic Press · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 3

The current issue of " The New Era" contains the following interesting article on Cardinal Moran with an admirable portrait of his Eminence…

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Confession. How It Is Practised in the Church of England

The Catholic Press · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 20

" Holy Saturday," as the day is called by High Churchmen, is the one day in the year when all good "Catholic" churchmen make" their confession before approaching…

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The Gobarralong Church. (To the Editor, Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 10

SIR,—In a supplementary report of the opening ceremony of the Catholic church at Gobarralong, which took place a few days back, a few " typographical errors" occur. The mistakes are obvious…

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Church News. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 5

The Archbishop of Sydney on Sunday morning preached in the Cathedral, in the evening at St. Saviour's, Redforn, and on Tuesday afternoon presided over a meeting at Bishopscourt, at which an…

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Early Toilers and the Church

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 7

Having, heard that the ancient church of Allhallows-on-the-Wall had recently thrown open its doors at half-past 6 in the morning for the benefit the early ones, 1 bent my…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 10

Lord [?]town conducts the [?]ble-class in connection with the Free High Church, Dumbarton, the membership of which is now 454. Dean Church, Edinburgh, has now, in the…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 May 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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