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Churches, 1902

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Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 12

The Sydney City Mission will hold its fortieth annual meeting on Tuesday evening next. The Hon. A. W. Meeks, M.L.C., will preside. The city missionaries will give addresses upon their work in 28…

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Foreign Mission Enterprise

The Methodist · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 7

With the departure of the band of Missionaries, the first of whom left N.S. Wales this week, the United Methodism of Australia enters upon her enlarged…

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Catholic Young Men's Societies

The Methodist · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 3

The Priests can manage to keep the female members of their Church fairly well, but the men, especially the young men drift away in large numbers and are…

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Catholic Notes and News

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 22

The Diocesan Consultors, under the presidency of his Grace the Coadjutor-Archbishop met at St. Mary's Presbytery on Wednesday, 80th ultimo…

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Mission Work in the Islands

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 10

Yesterday the Titus left for the Solomon Inlands, and amongst the passengers were the Revs. Dr. Drown, J. F. Goldie, S. Rabone Rooney, and a band of native agents. The latter…

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The Melbourne Catholic Young Men

The Catholic Press · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 23

Melbourne is extensively going in for buildings for its Catholic young men. On Sunday last the foundation-stone of a new hall was opened at East St. Kilda. The…

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A Walk in a Catholic Cemetery. Curious Epitaphs

The Catholic Press · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 10

How hard it seems for us to keep in bounds that human vanity and absurdity which we have all been sucking from our mother's breasts since the time when the…

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

The Catholic Press · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 32

Dear Playmates,—Next week I will announce the winner of the competition. PLAYMATE…

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What to Eat. How Food Affects Health. by Chas. W. Maccarthy, M D., F.R.C.S.J. a Series of Articles. Specially Written for the "Catholic. Press." Introductory

The Catholic Press · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 24

In the course of a varied professional experience it has often occurred to me that a more general knowledge of the subject of food, in relation to life and health, would lessen the…

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Bishop Murray's Services to Church and State. Archbishop Kelly's Discourse

The Catholic Press · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 6

At the Pontifical High Mass on Tuesday, in St. John's Cathedral, Maitland, his Grace Coadjutor-Archbishop Kelly, of Sydney, preached from the test :— "Let…

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Ghosts: The Teachings of the Church

The Catholic Press · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 34

In the currant number of The Nineteenth Century, Mr. W. 8. Lilly writes "concerning ghost stories." He treats the subject very seriously, and evidently is thinking…

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News of the Churches

Watchman · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 5
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A reception was tendered last Thursday to the Rev. W. H. George at the Rosedale Methodist Church. Mr. D. Bradshaw occupied the chair. Addresses were delivered by Rev…

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The Early Church of Rome

Watchman · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 7

THERE is something divine in all religion, the heaven-kindled spark may burn dimly in the stifling atmosphere of superstition or be dulled by unmeaning ceremonial, but the light is…

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The Reflection of a Son on the Church. [All Rights Reserved.]

Watchman · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 7

You just take my word, its a nice thing entirely, This ruling the roost in an up-to-date way, We mate no commotion, we just do it slyly There is not much fuss, but we've got all the…

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Church Fair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 14

A fair in aid of St. Thomas' Rectory building fund was opened yesterday afternoon by Lady Beaumont at the North Sydney School of Arts. The hall was tastefully decorated, and the numerous stalls…

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Church News. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 12

The Archbishop of Sydney on Sunday afternoon preached in the cathedral, in the evening at Christ Church, Enmore, on Monday afternoon presided at a meeting of the standing committee, in the evening…

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The Churches. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 10

The Rev. S. A. Palmer, who has been pastor of the Baptist Church for the past 18 months, has received a call from the Carlton Church. He has placed his resignation in the hands of the deacons…

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St Thomas Church; North Sydney. Bazaar in Aid of the Rectory Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 4

A bazaar in aid of St. Thomas Rectory building fund was opened yesterday afternoon at the North Sydney School of Arts by Lady Beaumont. The hall was decorated for the occasion, and the…

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

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 May 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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