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Churches, 1900

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Granville Baptist Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 7

A tea and public meeting was held in the Granville Baptist Church on Wednesday in connection with the Sunday-school an[?]versary, when there was a large gathering Present, ineluding [?]sitors from all…

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St. James' Church, Croydon. Presentations to the Retiring Rector and Curate

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 3

There was a large gathering of parishioners at St. James' Church, Croydon, last night, on the occasion of bidding farewell to the Rev. Samuel Fox (who has been rector of the parish for 18 years, and who is retiring)…

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The Country. Anglican Mission Work

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 10

GUNDAGAI, Friday. -- The Rev. George Too Hoo Ten and the Rev. W. Martin, of Sydney, who are interested in the work of organising and raising funds for the Australian Mission work, concluded…

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Catholic Items

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 16

HIS Eminence the Cardinal-Archbishop will be at St. Brigid's Church, Marrickville, to-morrow (Sunday) at 11 o'clock. A Guard of Honour, consisting of the members of the A.H.C. Guild, school…

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Roman Catholic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 14

On Sunday Cardinal Moran will visit St. Brigid's, Marrickville, on behalf of the building fund of St. Mary's Cathedral. The Cardinal will preside at the 11 o'clock mass, and afterwards…

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The Peace Mission

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 14

LONDON, April 18, 3.30 p.m.—A semi-official message from Berlin intimates that it will be useless for Mr. Fischer and the other Boer peace delegates to vis[?] the German capital…

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A Methodist Hero

The Methodist · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 2

He was a little pocket edition of a man. All in the town knew him, all greatly respected him, and all greatly pitied him. Bones overlaid with skin was a…

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The Late Tamworth Mission

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 19

A TAMWORTH correspondent writes:—A most successful Mission was recently held in Tamworth by the Passionist Fathers at the invitation of the zealous and much respected popular parish priest…

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Catholic Truth Society's Publications

The Catholic Press · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 19

Sir,—The present is a reading age, and as such I ask through the "Catholic Proem " to bring before priests in charge of parishes the need for disseminating among their…

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The Outlook. Methodist Union in England

The Methodist · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 1

For some time past negotiations have been proceeding in England for organic union between…

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The Imperial Bushmen's Contingent. the Catholic Chaplain

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 17

AT the eleventh hour, the Government decided to send a Catholic chaplain with the Imperial Bushmen's Contingent which lett Sydney for South Africa on Monday last. The matter of sending a…

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The Anti-Catholic British Navy. "Under No Circumstances Would a Catholic Chaplain Uk Allowed Aboard One of Her Majesty's Shii's. Catholic Boys Should Not Join the Navy

The Catholic Press · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 6

There is an object lesson in the debute that recently took place in the House of Commons on the question of Catholic chaplains in the British navy. It was raised by…

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Our Melbourne Letter. Clerical Presentations. the Late Catholic Chancellor of the University. the Coming General Triennial Election

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 18

THE attachment of our Catholic people to their priests is a well-ascertained fact. We sometimes hear even from the children of the Household of the Faith an expression such as this—it fares well…

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The Children's Columns. For Boys and Girls Who Read the "Catholic Press." My Post Bag. S Lander-street, Redfern

The Catholic Press · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 26

Dear Playmate, —I think that I have kept you a long time without, writing to you. When you asked me to write I thought that it would bo best to wait till I had a…

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The Decline In Church Going

The Catholic Press · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 10

The Rev. J. A. Mills (in the "Church Eclectic," New York) says:—"One of the apparent facts the historian of the nineteenth century will record is the decline of church…

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Church News. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 14

The Archbishop of Sydney on Sunday morning preached at St. John's, Rockdale, in the evening at St. Paul's, Kogarah; on Monday evening presided at the annual meeting of the New South Wales…

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Churchworkers' Gathering

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 14

A gathering of workers engaged in different departments of service was held in St. John's, Parramatta, on Wednesday evening. About 200 from the mother and the district churches attended…

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Mosman Wesley an Church

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 5

A public meeting in connection with the opening of the Wesleyan Church at Mosman was held on Wednesday in the new building. The Rev. W. H. Beale, the president of the Wesleyan Conference, was in the chair, and amongst…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 10

The Rev. James Hill, M.A., Bourke-street, Sydney, continues to progress towards recovery. The Jewish Passover holidays closed on April 21, the festal services having been very largely…

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A Church Parade

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 10

The annual church parade of the 7th Infantry Regiment (St. George's English Rifles) took place on Sunday morning at St. James's Church, Kingstreet. Sydney, at which there was a large mus'er…

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