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Churches, 1900

3,124 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 157

Sydney City Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 12

A meeting of ladies was held yesterday afternoon at Gordon to enlist practical sympathy on behalf of the City Mission. Mrs. E. T. Penford, of Veatnor, kindly placed her house at the disposal of the deputation which…

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Waverley Presbyterian Church. ORDINATlON Op Eldebs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 7

At the Waverley (Grahame Memorial) Presbyterian Church last evening a special ordination service took place, at which the pastor (Rev. John Macaulay, M.A.) presided. The progress of the…

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On the Macleay River. Around Smithtown and Gladstone. Rich Land and Prosperous Farmers. a Model Catholic Parish. No. II

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 22

IN my last article I endeavoured to show, by describing a few of the places on Austral Eden and Dark Water, what the farmers have been doing here, and also at the same time to give outsiders an idea…

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Home Missions. The Car Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 3

Rev. J. A. Walsh has sent in a most encouraging report for the month of April, so far as services and kindness of reception ate concerned. He has…

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Catholic Peers at the War

The Catholic Press · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 4

The departure of the Duke of Norfolk, the highest Catholic peer in England, as a volunteer for the seat of war, recalls the fact that the Earl of Fi[?]gall, the…

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The Catholic Exhibit at Paris

The Catholic Press · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 4

The Catholic world will find a prominent place in the great Paris Exposition which was opened recently. For over a year a committee formed under the patronage of…

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The Story of a New Zealand Mission. Looking Back Sixty Years

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 18

THE Right Rev. Dr. Grimes, S.M., Bishop of Caristchurch, New Zealand, will this year celebrate the Golden Jubilee of his diocese, and is availing himself of the occasion to raise funds for…

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The Children's Columns. For Boys and Girls Who Read the "Catholic Press." To Playmates

The Catholic Press · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 24

Dear Playmates,—You will see that I have been able to answer the letters this week, and I hope those playmates who had letters unanswered in the lait issue will not…

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Our Melbourne Letter. "Loyal" Larrikinism in the Streets—police and Firemen Called Out. Dean Phelan on the War. Archbishop Carr and the Catholic University College

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 10

LAST week reference was made to the palpable vitality of religious vocations amongst young Australians, especially those of the "gentle sex," and this Week further proof of this fact is forthcoming…

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Church Parade at the Melbourne Cathedral. the Relief of Mafeking

The Catholic Press · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 17

As a thanksgiving for the relief of Mafeking, the Metropolitan military forces attended special services at the various Melbourne churches on Sunday…

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The Church and the Plague

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 15

WE are authorized to state that in consequence of the plague not having as yet wholly disappeared from the city the regulations made regarding fasting for the past Lent in the Diocese of Sydney will hold…

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Church News. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 13

The Archbishop of Sydney preached on Sunday evening in the Cathedral, on Monday Afternoon preached at a meeting of the standing committee, in the evening preached at the twenty-fifth universary…

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Manly Congregational Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 12

A concert in aid of the Manly Congregational Church was given on Thursday evening, when a long programme of popular numbers was acceptably rendered. Concerted pieces by the choir, among them…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 10

The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel has voted £3000 for immediate distribution in South Africa. The new pastor of the Collins-street Baptist…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 9

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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St. John's Auxiliary to the Church Society

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 4

The annual meeting was held on Thursday, Archdeacon Gunther presiding. The report presented by the secretary, Mr. Harrington Cowper, showed that £119 odd…

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The Churches. Parramatta Congregational Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 11

The twenty-ninth anniversary of the establishment of the Congregational Church, Parramatta, was celebrated on Sunday and Tuesday by special services and a tea and…

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Notes on the War. The Bushmen's Mission And the Country They Are In

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 June 1900 · page 9

A sort of mystery has enveloped the reason of the Commander-in-Chief for despatching the Australian Bushmen to Rhodesia. Beyond tho suggestion that the…

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Randwick Presbyterian Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 June 1900 · page 8

The committee of management of this church has accepted the tender of Mr. William Webster, Randwick, amounting to £1170, for the building of a ma[?]se, which will be erected on ground adjoining…

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The Anglican Church in Australia. Question of the Primacy. (By Our Special, Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 June 1900 · page 5

The Bishop of Newcastle said in the course of his opening address before the dioces[?]n synod at Newcastle on Tuesday last: "The ever-vexed question of the Primacy will meet us as usual. Many of us…

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