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Churches, 1900

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 April 1900 · 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 Churches

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 12

The anniversary of the Granville Baptist Sunday-school was celebrated in part on Sunday under favourable conditions. Services were conducted in the morning and afternoon…

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Methodist Mormon. Nightingale and Ruth Swan Brown. a "Primitive" Preacher's Pranks. He Sues for Slander. And Gels Perfectly Paralysed, In More Ways Than One

Truth · Sunday 29 April 1900 · page 5

SOME remarkable evidence was given recently at, the Northumberland Assizes, where Mr. Justice Day heard a sensational slander action, arising out of the mysterice…

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Melanesian Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 April 1900 · page 8

On Saturday afternoon and evening a sale of work was held at the Kilburn Sisters' Collegiate High School grounds, Waverley, at which a large quantity of goods, &c., provided by the pupils of the school,…

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Church News. Glebe Presbyterian Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 April 1900 · page 8

The ninth anniversary of the induction of the Rev. Dr. Clouston was celebrated by special services on Sunday, April 22, when the preachers were the Rev. R. Scott West and Rev. J. F. Blair. A largely…

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The Churches. St. John's, Glebe Point. Neutral Ray Presbyterian Church. Annual Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1900 · page 6

The seventh annual exhibition of home industries in connection with the Neutral Bay Presbyterian Church was continued on Friday and Saturday at the Watersleighhall, Ben Boyd-road, Neutral Bay, and, as on the previous Yesterday there was a festival at St. John's Church, Glebe Point, to commemorate the thirty-second anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone. At the 11 o'clock service, the Archbishop preached. In the…

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Australian Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 April 1900 · page 8

At the evening service in the I.O.O.F. Temple, Elizabeth-street, on Sunday, the Rev. George Walters delivered an address to a large congregation on "Emerson and Carlyle—a comparison and a…

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The Peace Mission. a Failure in Europe. Delegates Go to America

Evening News · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 5

LONDON, April 30.—Dr. W. H. De Beaufort, the Netherlands Minister for Foreign Affairs, having sounded the European Powers at the instance of Mr. Abraham Fischer, the Boer peace…

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The Peace Mission. a Failure in Europe. LONDON, April 30, 6.50 a.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 4

At the instance of Mr. Abraham Fischer chief of the Boer peace delegation, Herr W. H. de Beaufort, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Holland, has sounded the various…

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Boer Peace Mission. Failure in Europe. Departure for America. Attitude of the United States. London, April 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 5

At the instance of Mr. A. Fischer, the head of the Boer Peace Delegation, Mons. W. H. de Beaufort, the Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs, sounded the…

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The War. an Advance Imminent. a Significant Sign. the Enveloping Movement. How the Enemy Escaped. Treatment of Oathbreakers. the Boer Peace Mission. Sounding the Powers. Unfavourable Replies. London, April 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 5

The British forces at the Glen Camp, Modder River, have been reinforced, and there are other signs that an advance is imminent…

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A Church Incident

Evening News · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 5

A peculiar incident occurred at St. Stephen's Church, Portland (Vic), on April 22. The Bi-shop of Ballarat (Dr. Thornton) was preaching his farewell sermons in this part of the diocese…

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Wesleyan Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 9

The Rev. Dr. Sellors occupied the pulpit at the Wesleyan Church, Parramatta, on Sunday, having returned from England the previous day, where he had been representing New South Wales at the…

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Protestant Church of England Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 9

The annual sermon, conference, find meeting of the Protestant Church of England Union were held last evening in St. Paul's Church and Schoolroom, Redfern. The proceedings were opened by a service…

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Churches and the Marriage List

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 4

The "Statistical Register for 1899 and previous years," just issued by Mr. Coghlan, gives an interesting tabulated statement under tile heading of "Marriages solemnised by ministers of religion…

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The War. Successful Boer Retreat. British Columns Forestalled. Free Staters Thoroughly Subdued. Failure of the Boer Peace Mission. Lord Roberts Ready to Advance. Capetown Hospitals Cleared. Delegates Off to America. Wreckage of the Boer Arsenal. the Bore Retreat. British Advance Imminent. Another Colonial Victory. Evacuation of De Wet's Dorp

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The British forces at Glen Siding, about 14, miles north of Bloemfontein, have been reinforced and there are numerous other signs that…

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The Presbyterian Commission

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 8

The Commission of the Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria met to-day, under the Rev. W. C. Wallace, Moderator. The delegates to the Federal Convention, to be called at the…

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St. Paul's Church Property, Redfern

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 4

For the last 30 years buildings have stood at the corner of Botany-raod and Cleveland-street, Redfern, which have been used as schoolrooms in counection wich St. Paul's Church, Re[?]feru. These…

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Newcastle. Baptist Union of New South Wales. the Position of the Church. the President on the Unity of Christians. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 8

The sittings of the half yearly assembly of the Baptist Union of New South Wales were continued at the Islington Baptist Church to-day. There was a full attendance of visiting and local delegates and…

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Newcastle. the Baptist Union. the Present Position of the Church

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 8

The half-yearly assembly of the Baptist Union of New South Wales was continued yesterday in Islington Baptist Church. A devotional meeting was conducted at 10.30 a.m. by the Rev. J…

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