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Churches, 1901

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Methodist Union. Meeting of the United Conferences. an Historical Gathering

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 7

The business of the Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist conferences was suspended yesterday for the morning and afternoon sessions, to allow of a united conference of the three…

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Equity Court. (Before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson.) a Question of Adjustment. Church v. Talbot and Others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 4

Mr. Langer Owen and Mr. Maughan, instructed by Messrs. Laurence and M'Lachlan, for the plaintiff, Mr. Lingen and Mr. Street, instructed by Messrs. Norton, Smith, and Co., for certain defendants; Mr…

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Church News. St. Luke's Presbyterian Sundayschool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 9

The annual distribution of prizes in connection With St. Luke"s Presbyterian Sunday-school, Redfer[?] took place on Wednesday last at the church, which was f[?]ed with the scholars, and their parents…

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City Mission Picnic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 3

The annual picnic of the Waterloo and Alexandria Branch Sunday School of the Sydney City Mission was held on Wednesday under favourable circumstances at Clifton Gard[?]ns. Between 500 and 600…

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The Primitive Methodist Annual Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 7

The annual Conference of the Primitive Methodist Connexion was continued yesterday at she Annandale Church. The closing sessious were opened at 10 a.m. by the president (the Rev. J. W. Holden)…

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Lutheran Church Synod. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 3

The synod of the Lutheran congregations of New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria has just completed its sittings at Burrumbuttock Clergy and laymen were present from all paris of Australia, the…

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North Sydney Congregational Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 9

On Sunday last harvest thanksgiving services were hold in the North Sydney Congregational Church. The Rev. W. Morley was the preacher. The church was beautifully decorated, and a special norvice of…

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Presbyterian Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 7

The Rev. Lewis Davidson, of Mayfield United Free Church, Edinburgh, arrived by the Britannia yesterday. Mr. Davidson is to occupy the pulpit of the Rev. John Walker, of Woollahra, for the next four…

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Roman Catholic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 7

Cardinal Moran will preach his third lenten sermon at St. Mary's Cathedral at 8 o'clock, to-morrow night. The remains of the late Father Power (the first…

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Catholic Items

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 14

FATHER Buckley, Junee, has made arrangements for the hold ng of a Mission in the Catholic church next month. An old and well-known resident of the…

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Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 17

Forty thousand copies of the Pope's poems will be shortly published in book form Verdi, the veteran composer, died from an apopletic seizure…

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Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 7

The [?] of the Paddington Mission Sunday School was held at the Bondi Aquarium on Wednesday afternoon. Children to the number of 400 and about as many adults were catered for. Missionary…

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Mission in Newcastle

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 14

The Rev. Fathers M'Carthy and Henry, of the Vincentian Fathers, opened a fortnight's Mission at the Sacred Heart Church, Hamilton, on Sunday morning last at 11 o'clock in the presence of a…

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Gilbert Parker on the Catholic Clergy

The Catholic Press · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 12

The well-known novelist, Mr. Gilbert Parker, in dedicating his latest work to Sir Wilfred Laurier, says:—"I have, as you know, travelled far and wide during the…

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Catholic Literary Societies. St. Thomas's, Lewisham

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 14

"IMPROMPTU speeches" was the order of the night at the meeting of the above-named society on the 28th February, under the presidency of Mr. J. F. Cloran. The subjects ranged from the…

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The "Austral Light" on the "Catholic Press."

The Catholic Press · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 5

The "Austral Light," the excellent Catholic monthly magazine published by ecclesiastical authority in Melbourne, rises in the March number to express its…

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Wesleyan Methodist Conference. Second Day. Ministerial Session

The Methodist · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 2

The President took the chair at 10.30 a.m. Prayer was offered by Revs. J. W. Dowson and II. Caldwell. The Assistant Secretaries, Revs. J. G. M…

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Roman Catholic Pioneers. Re-interment of Their Remains

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 11

His Eminence Cardinal Moran has decided that St. Patrick's Day, falling this year on a Sunday, cannot be more fittingly passed than in the work of re-interring the remains of the first Archbishop…

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Wesleyan Conference. Central Mission Affairs. Distribution of Grants. Ordination Service

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 10

The business of the representative conference was resumed yesterday at 10 o'clock a.m. The Rev. W. W. Rutiedge presented the report of the committee of procedure, which the…

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

The Catholic Press · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 26

My Dear Playmates,—There is always a bit of a slump in the playground after a competition, aud the post bag gets much lighter than is has any right to be, and if…

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