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Churches, 1902

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The Golden Jubilee Bazaar at Ryde. Archpriest Sheehy's Church

The Catholic Press · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 10

The Golden Jubilee Bazaar in aid of St. Charles' Church, Ryde, will be opened on Easter Monday afternoon by his Grace the Coadjutor - Archbishop…

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The Religions of the State. The "Startling Revelations." Is the Church of England Increase a Sham?

The Catholic Press · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 11

Mr. Coghlan's bulletin regarding the religions of the people of New South Wales indicates changes that very few dreamed had taken place between 1891 and 1901. "It…

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Holy Week in the Churches

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 22

The office of Tenebrae will be celebrated at St. Mary's Cathedral, on this Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evening at 7 o'clock. His Grace the Archbishop will preside. On…

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News of the Churches

Watchman · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 4
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

Rev. W. G. Taylor, of the Central Methodist Mission, reports good progress from Warwick, Queensland. During the week he has held several meetings at Brisbane and Warwick,…

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THE Watchman [?] [?] Saturday, March 29, 1[?]02. the Union of Protestant Churches

Watchman · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 4

IT is a common remark, now-a-days, that "Union is in the air." We are glad to know that it is more than "in the air." It is in the earth, and is in a few instances, at least, an…

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Good Friday. Church Services. St. Andrew's Cathedral. "An Up-to-date Religion."

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 10

The Archbishop (Dr. Saumarez Smith) preached in St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday morning to a large congregation, taking as his text, 1st John, chap. I., verso xxix.--"Behold the Lamb of God,…

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Pitt-street Congregational Church

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 10
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

There was a special service at the Pitt-street Congregational Church last night, when Stainer's "Crucifixion" was rendered by a large choir, the principal soloists being Mr. E. J. Fulton (tenor)…

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Church of Christ. Annual Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 10
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The seventeenth annual conference of the Churches of Christ was held yesterday at the Tabernacle, Metropolitan-road, Emnore, the predent, Mr. Walter Macindoe, occupying the chair…

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St. James' Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 9

Five services were held at St. James', King-street, yesterday. At 7.30 a.m. the Litany was read, at half-past 1) there was a children's service, and at 10.30 matins were recited. At 12 o'clock a three…

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Holy Trinity Church, Miller's Point

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 9

Yesterday three services were held in this church. The services in the morning and afternoon were conducted by the rector (Rev. P. W. Dowe), and in the evening by Archdeacon Langley. During Holy Week…

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Christ Church, St. Laurence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 9

In connection with Holy Week special services were held yesterday in Christ Church, St. Laurence, George-street. At 7.30 a.m. the Litany was recited, at 10 a.m. there was a children's service, and at ll…

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St. Philip's Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 9

Services were held at St. Philip's Church yesterday at ll a.m. and at 7.30 p.m., and on both occasions the congregation was very large. As is customary at St. Philip's on Good Fridays the form…

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Church News. Chuiich of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 7

The Archbishop of Sydney on Sunday morning preached at the cathedral, on Tuesday afternoon delivered an address at the festival service hold in connection with the Mothers' Union, on Wednesday…

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For Good Friday. (A Serimon by the Late Right Rev. Theodore Dehon, D.D., Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal, Church of South Carolina.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 9

"Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." John i, 29. I address you, my brethren, to-day, upon the most solemn subject which can be contemplated…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home. Sermons for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 9

Under this heading sermons by eminent preachers are published in this widely-circulated paper, in order that in the remote interor, where there are no churches, and a clergyman is rarely seen, the stockman, the…

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The "Church of Christ." to the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 3

Sir,—In a recent number of the ARGUS, there appears an error, which you will perhaps kindly allow me to correct. The paragraph I refer to read, "A new religious organisation…

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A Church Endangered

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 4

A somewhat serious bush fire broke out at Guildford, said to have originated from, the incautious burning of scrub. The fire raged in the region behind and near the…

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